Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist

Michael Page Australia; Sydney; Híbrido; AUD 148.000 - 203.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Michael Page Australia is partnering with a global energy and resources leader to hire a Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist based in Brisbane. You will partner with capital project leaders, develop labour forecasts across portfolios, and translate forecasts into sourcing strategies.

You will consolidate demand, lead complex sourcing projects, manage stakeholder relationships and deliver dashboards covering forecast vs actuals, vacancies and supplier capacity.

Formación

• Degree in Business, Law, Engineering, Construction, Project Management or related discipline preferred but not mandatory.
• Strong experience in procurement and contracts across end-to-end contract lifecycle, ideally supporting capital projects or major maintenance.
• Demonstrated experience in labour forecasting, workforce demand planning or contractor workforce management.
• Ability to consolidate multiple project demand signals into clear forecasts and reporting.
• Experience leading sourcing initiatives across labour, professional services, construction or maintenance.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability with data on workforce, supplier, spend and performance.
• Strong influencing, stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills across teams.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and uplift capability within a team.
• Experience with tier-one multinational companies in mining, resources, heavy industry, construction or manufacturing is desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with capital project leaders to understand pipelines, schedules, capability needs and labour demand.
• Develop short-, medium-, long-range labour forecasts across the capital portfolio (role, trade, location, timing, volume).
• Consolidate project demand into an integrated workforce view to identify peaks, constraints and mobilisation risks.
• Translate forecasts into fit-for-purpose sourcing, contracting and supplier engagement strategies.
• Lead key and complex sourcing projects for project labour, professional services and maintenance requirements.
• Manage demand with internal stakeholders and suppliers, challenging assumptions and prioritising against project schedules.
• Prepare dashboards and reports covering forecast vs actual demand, vacancies, fulfilment, mobilisation, supplier capacity, cost, compliance, risk and constraints.

Conocimientos

Procurement

Contract lifecycle

Labour forecasting

Sourcing initiatives

Stakeholder engagement

Data analytics

Forecast dashboards

Educación

Degree in Business/Law/Engineering/Construction/PM

Descripción del empleo

• !2 month + contract in a Global business
• Brisbane-based with minimal site travel

About Our Client

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.

Job 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.

The Successful Applicant

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.

What's on Offer

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