Senior Procurement Officer - 6 months

With offices in Australia, Canada, USA, Southern Africa, Ghana, Philippines, Argentina and Peru, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium is currently recruiting for a Senior Procurement Officer to join our growing team in Brisbane. 

Reporting to the Group Manager Projects & Studies, the Senior Procurement Officer will be responsible for purchasing, expediting, transport logistics, freight schedules, maintaining procedures and information reporting for various projects.

The tasks you'll perform

• Plan, coordinate, monitor and report progress of all activities required for timely issue of enquiries, tender evaluation and award of purchase orders.
• Work in conjunction with a range of internal and external stakeholders to secure optimum prices and deliveries for equipment to meet project technical, schedule and commercial requirements.
• Commercial analysis and evaluation of quotations to enable the correct supplier choice to be made.
• Develop and maintain an effective vendor data (including manuals) and goods tracking system both on a company-wide and on a project-specific basis.
• Implement and monitor the procurement schedule in accordance with the overall delivery schedule.
• Liaise with and provide professional support to the Project team in the preparation of project deliverables.

The expertise you'll bring

• A minimum of 7 years’ procurement experience with significant experience in mining projects.
• Previous experience working on international projects – Africa preferred.
• Sound knowledge of international and local tendering and contract laws regulations and practices.
• High-level negotiating skills and problem solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail, organisational and time management skills, with the ability to own and prioritise.
• Ability to create a positive stakeholder management and customer support environment.
• Capability to work independently and deliver to agreed deadlines with a results driven approach.
• Ability to perform under pressure and meet targets and deadline
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we :

• Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
• Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
• Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
• Provide employees with a variety of additional benefits such as coverage for professional memberships, 18 weeks full paid company maternity leave + superannuation continuance, discount and rewards programs, and much more.   

Lycopodium is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering diversity and maintaining a discrimination free workplace, guided by our core values of Respect, Integrity and Diligence. 

As part of our commitment to providing the best possible care and service to you the candidate, we commit to respond to every applicant.

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