Procurement Coordinator

**Job Title**

Procurement Coordinator
**Job Description Summary**

This role is based in Hunter Central Coast region Supporting the Procurement, Sourcing Lead in sourcing and procuring local contractors, with a focus on local and indigenous engagement this includes planning, collaboration, and delivery.

**This role will be responsible for**:
This role is based in the **Hunter Central Coast** region. It involves supporting the Procurement and Sourcing Lead in sourcing and procuring local contractors, with a focus on local and indigenous engagement. This includes planning, collaboration, and delivery.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Internal Collaboration**
- Provide guidance and technical support to contractors from submission to onboarding.
- Provide support to the Procurement and Sourcing Lead
- Supporting the Administration & Governance and HSSEQ Team in contractor onboarding processes.

**Operational**
- Provide support to contractors in procurement processes.
- Assist the Procurement and Sourcing lead with end to end procurement activities
- Schedule and assist in organising debriefs.
- Source contractors in line with the gap analysis.
- Manage contractor communication via Concep regarding training, contract advices, and tenders.
- Update training materials in collaboration with the wider team.
- Evaluate submissions and prepare tender evaluation reports.
- Prepare and periodically review the contractor engagement calendar and coordinate events.
- Management of ongoing communication, education and clarification campaigns to contractors.

**Reporting**
- Provide ad hoc reporting of procurement statistics/status to the Procurement and Sourcing Lead and the client.
- Assist in the preparation of procurement data for Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Reports.
- Fortnightly reporting on contractor status for client reports.

**Stakeholder Management**
- Build relationships with contractors, internal team, and co-contract peers.
- Attend client meetings and co-contract peer meetings.
- Maintain strong communication with the Procurement and Sourcing Lead and the client.
- Communicate contractor status to all stake holders.
- Liaise with C&W internal departments.

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Good communication skills to support the Procurement and Sourcing Lead.
- Understanding of local and indigenous engagement.
- Organised, proactive, and basic understanding of end to end procurement.
- Experience working with local and Aboriginal-owned businesses.
- Ability to build relationships with clients, contractors and internal teams.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.
- Experience in reporting and preparing tender evaluation reports.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.

**Why join Cushman & Wakefield?**
- Being part of a growing global company.
- Career development and a promote-from-within culture.
- An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion.

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion-from-within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional, and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong. That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. As part of our ongoing commitment to RAP, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders are highly encouraged to join us (For AUS only) We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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