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Wollstonecraft, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Manage procurement requirements for the Sydney Accommodation Project, out-fitting new broadcasting studios and office spaces in Parramatta.Key responsibilities: - Gathering and documenting requirements for procurement activities- Managing procurement activities in line with the ABC’s internal procurement process and policies- Drafting and submitting approval memos for procurement activities - Maintain a procurement register for procurement activities and upload contracts… Show more Manage procurement requirements for the Sydney Accommodation Project, out-fitting new broadcasting studios and office spaces in Parramatta.Key responsibilities: - Gathering and documenting requirements for procurement activities- Managing procurement activities in line with the ABC’s internal procurement process and policies- Drafting and submitting approval memos for procurement activities - Maintain a procurement register for procurement activities and upload contracts into the contract management system- Project managed an accelerated printer refresh project for 33 printers across Australia Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Create tools and reports from a range of data sources to inform procurement decisions in a timely mannerKey responsibilities: - Perform analysis and reporting on procurement data for stakeholders- Review and process price and other contract variations- Categorise education spend data for NSW Government Spend Cube upgrade- Systems used: Portt, T ReignKey Achievements:- Procurement activity report for status of procurements and staff utilisation- Expiring contracts… Show more Create tools and reports from a range of data sources to inform procurement decisions in a timely mannerKey responsibilities: - Perform analysis and reporting on procurement data for stakeholders- Review and process price and other contract variations- Categorise education spend data for NSW Government Spend Cube upgrade- Systems used: Portt, T ReignKey Achievements:- Procurement activity report for status of procurements and staff utilisation- Expiring contracts report- Tender evaluation tools to compare and score tender submissions- CPI variation schedule of rates, particularly for contracts with a large number of rates, suppliers and regions Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Facilitate Commercial and Financial best practice is to maximise value and minimise risk and cost to VBA. Managing and supporting source to contract and contract management activities.

Sydney, Australia

Managing and supporting source to contract and contract management activities. Worked in Chemicals Category, Maintenance & Engineering Category and Strategy and PerformanceKey responsibilities: - identification of sourcing requirements; - preparation of sourcing, recommendation and contract documents; - conduct tender analysis and negotiations; - manage running of contract including monthly supplier meetings, invoice checks, price reviews, resolution of… Show more Managing and supporting source to contract and contract management activities. Worked in Chemicals Category, Maintenance & Engineering Category and Strategy and PerformanceKey responsibilities: - identification of sourcing requirements; - preparation of sourcing, recommendation and contract documents; - conduct tender analysis and negotiations; - manage running of contract including monthly supplier meetings, invoice checks, price reviews, resolution of issues.- Systems used: FMIS (Oracle), MAXIMO, ARIBA Show less

Portland Group is an operations management consultancy and is recognised as a market leader in Procurement and Supply Chain in Australia.- Regularly saved 10-30% of costs on projects totalling over $100 million for ASX Top 100 companies in the mining, telecommunications and petrochemical industries. - Managed combined annual spend of $15 million across multiple categories and participated in day to day management of an outsourced team based in India.

Key Responsibilities:- Maintaining safety and navigation for ships by monitoring surroundings, including radar, in close proximity to other ships, navigational dangers during adverse weather conditions and warfare exercises;- Manage personnel on ship during watches.Key Achievements:- Six-week exchange on Indian Naval Ship Tarangini during circumnavigation of the globe;- Successful 10-day celestial navigation of a naval frigate travelling from Singapore to Fremantle… Show more Key Responsibilities:- Maintaining safety and navigation for ships by monitoring surroundings, including radar, in close proximity to other ships, navigational dangers during adverse weather conditions and warfare exercises;- Manage personnel on ship during watches.Key Achievements:- Six-week exchange on Indian Naval Ship Tarangini during circumnavigation of the globe;- Successful 10-day celestial navigation of a naval frigate travelling from Singapore to Fremantle, Australia using only the stars and sun;- Served in 7 countries on frigates, tankers, patrol craft and tall mast sailing ships; Show less

Teaching and demonstrating concepts/experiments, marking experimental write-ups and exams, setting up experimental equipment and supervising other demonstrators in the laboratory

Post-Graduate Diploma Of Science (Physics), Bachelor Of Science (Physics, Mathematics)

- 2003 Faculty of Science Study Award - 2001 Physics Summer Scholarship - 2001 Senior Prize in Mathematics

Bursary (Hsc Equivalent), - Finished In Top 50 Students In Nz With Scholarships In All Six Subjects