Manager, Procurement

AirTrunk; North Sydney Council; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AirTrunk is seeking a Procurement Manager based at our Sydney HQ to lead CAPEX procurement across Australia. You will own the end-to-end process from supplier onboarding, RFx initiation, and post-tender interviews to contract award, driving efficiency and value.

You will collaborate with Category Managers, coordinate with leadership across the APAC region, and ensure timely, compliant tender execution while managing multiple stakeholders and travel (<25%).

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Contract/Cost Management or Business Administration.
• 5+ years’ experience in procurement with 3+ years in CAPEX categories, preferably data centre space.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and complex projects with cost and schedule constraints.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced MS Office proficiency and strong analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end procurement process from supplier onboarding to contract award.
• Develop, execute and monitor tenders across multiple countries and ensure on-time execution.
• Achieve efficiencies through bidding, negotiation and strategic initiatives.
• Understand customer requirements to establish robust procurement plans delivering business value.
• Collaborate with Category Managers to innovate processes and tools in procurement lifecycle.
• Communicate expectations to internal teams and build positive relationships.
• Ensure compliance with supplier qualification processes.
• Support Supply Chain optimization and materials management initiatives.

Skills

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Stakeholder management

Contract negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Contract/Cost Management or Business Administration

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Want to be a part of Asia Pacific & Middle East's (APME) largest, most innovative, and rapidly growing data centre company?

AirTrunk is a technology company with a powerful purpose - to scale and sustain the relentless growth of the region's digital future. We do this by continuously redefining and delivering hyperscale data centres that meet the needs of our customers - the world's most transformational companies. And we're doing so sustainably, for today and tomorrow.

Having opened Australia's first and largest hyperscale data centres in 2017, we set our eyes on rapid expansion and now operate a platform of hyperscale data centres across the APME region. With backing from our investors, including Blackstone, this is just the beginning…

Come join the A-Team at AirTrunk, where the cloud meets the ground.

A Snapshot

As Procurement Manager based in our HQ in (Sydney), you will report to the Procurement Director – Sourcing & Execution and work closely with various teams and leadership across the Asia Pacific region, making your mark in a number of ways:

• You will join a diverse team and collaborate with talented people across AirTrunk to help us deliver data centre capacity with speed and scale in the APJ region.
• You will take ownership of the end-to-end procurement process ensuring on time and flawless execution of RFPs till contract award.
• You will have the opportunity to identify, formulate and implement ideas that would contribute to more efficient delivery.

Your Day to Day

• Manage the procurement of various categories within the CAPEX domain within Australia.
• Develop, execute and monitor to ensure on-time execution of tenders across multiple countries from supplier on-boarding, RFx initiation, pre-tender briefings, post-tender interviews and clarifications, proposal evaluations, negotiations, supplier recommendations till contract award.
• Achieve efficiencies through bidding, negotiation and strategic initiatives.
• Understand customer requirements to establish and implement a robust procurement plan that deliver value to the business
• Work collaboratively with Category Managers to innovate within the procurement space, automating and/or improving tools or processes to better support the Procurement Lifecycle.
• Communicate expectations to internal teams within AirTrunk and build positive relationships, influencing others to achieve desired outcomes.
• Facilitate compliance with AirTrunk's supplier qualification process
• Provide inputs to support Supply Chain's optimization of the logistics function
• Partner with Supply Chain to build up materials management systems, processes, and tools
• Support the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Program through the development and scoring of supplier commercial performance KPIs, attending Supplier Business Reviews (SBRs) and delivering on any assigned action items

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Contract/Cost Management or Business Administration from an accredited university.
• 5+ years’ of relevant experience in a performing procurement related work, contract negotiation and bidding, with 3+ years managing CAPEX categories preferably in the Data Centre space.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize workload, work with multiple technical and non-technical stakeholders across multiple functions to manage complex projects within cost and schedule to deliver results.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Highly proficient in MS Office
• Some travel may be required (<25%)

The AirTrunk Culture

Working at AirTrunk is a once in a lifetime opportunity to fast-track your career and amplify your impact. Whilst you're helping scale our region's digital future, we'll help you Grow@Hyperscale and unleash your full potential.

The pace in which we operate means you'll feel an electric atmosphere at AirTrunk. We are a team of challengers and collaborative problem solvers who break new ground every day. We do this by living our values, going above and beyond, and being dynamic, transparent, and responsive.

Every AirTrunker brings their own unique background and diverse perspective to find solutions to problems that matter. We make sure you have everything you need to make your mark and thrive in a flexible and safe working environment, where everyone feels welcome. Our benefits empower AirTrunkers to stay positively charged.

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