Strategic Sourcing & Workforce Lead - Brisbane (12-mo)

Michael Page Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 148,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Procurement

Contract lifecycle

Labour forecasting

Sourcing initiatives

Stakeholder engagement

Data analytics

Forecast dashboards

Education

Degree in Business/Law/Engineering/Construction/PM

Job description

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.