Sourcing And Workforce Planning Specialist

Michael Page; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 111,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page is recruiting on behalf of a large, global Energy & Resources employer for a Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist based in Brisbane.

You will partner with capital project leaders to forecast labour demand, consolidate project signals into an integrated workforce view, and develop fit-for-purpose sourcing strategies across labour, services and capital-project needs.

Qualifications

• Experience in labour forecasting and workforce demand planning.
• Strong ability to consolidate signals into forecasts, dashboards and reporting.
• Demonstrated capability in leading sourcing initiatives across labour and professional services.

Responsibilities

• Partner with capital project leaders to understand pipelines, schedules and labour demand.
• Develop and maintain short-, medium- and long-range labour forecasts by role, trade, location and timing.
• Consolidate project demand into an integrated workforce view and identify risks and opportunities.
• Translate labour forecasts into sourcing and supplier engagement strategies.
• Lead key and complex sourcing projects for project labour and capital-project needs.
• Manage demand with internal stakeholders and suppliers, challenging assumptions and prioritising with project schedules.
• Prepare dashboards and reports on forecast vs actual demand, vacancies and supplier capacity.

Skills

Labour forecasting

Stakeholder engagement

Negotiation

Presentation skills

Analytical capability

Autonomous working

Education

Degree in Business/Law/Engineering/Construction/PM

Job description

Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist

A sourcing and workforce management role within a large business in the Energy & Resources Sector

We're recruiting on behalf of a large, global household name in the Energy & Resources industry. The business has a range of large-scale projects underway or due to launch at various stages of development and continue to play a major role in the national and state economy.

Due to an internal move, they have an opportunity for someone to join their wider Procurement team in a Sourcing and Workforce Optimisation role.

Description

The Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist will be based in Brisbane. Core responsibilities include:

• Partner with capital project leaders to understand project pipelines, schedules, capability requirements and changing labour demand.
• Develop and maintain short-, medium- and long-range labour forecasts across the capital portfolio, including role, trade, location, timing and volume requirements.
• Consolidate project demand into an integrated workforce view to identify peaks, constraints, duplication, mobilisation risks and opportunities to sequence or aggregate requirements.
• Translate labour forecasts into fit-for-purpose sourcing, contracting and supplier engagement strategies.
• Lead key and complex sourcing projects for project labour, professional services, maintenance support and associated capital-project requirements.
• Manage demand with internal stakeholders and suppliers, challenging assumptions where required and supporting prioritisation against project schedules and available market capacity.
• Prepare regular dashboards and reports covering forecast versus actual demand, vacancies, fulfilment, mobilisation, supplier capacity, cost, compliance, risk and emerging constraints.

Profile

A successful Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist should have:

• A degree in Business, Law, Engineering, Construction, Project Management or a related discipline is preferred but not mandatory.
• Strong experience in procurement and contracts across the end-to-end contract lifecycle, ideally supporting capital projects, sustaining capital or major maintenance programs.
• Demonstrated experience in labour forecasting, workforce demand planning, resource planning or contractor workforce management.
• Proven ability to consolidate multiple project demand signals into clear forecasts, dashboards and decision-ready reporting.
• Experience leading sourcing initiatives across labour, professional services, construction, maintenance or project-support categories.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, including confidence working with workforce, supplier, spend and performance data.
• Strong influencing, stakeholder engagement, negotiation and presentation skills, with the ability to work effectively across project, operational and functional teams.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and contribute to a collaborative team environment through knowledge sharing and capability uplift.
• Experience working with tier-one multinational companies and suppliers across mining, resources, heavy industry, construction or manufacturing is desirable.

Job Offer

This role will be offered on an initial 12 month contract with daily rate commensurate with the role.