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Perth, WA, AU

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

• Manage contract categories as allocated by Category Lead
• Subject Matter Expert (“SME”) for the Procurement Platform
• Analyse spend data to identify contract opportunities
• Develop and lead contract sourcing events including o Conduct research to identify market conditions in preparation for tender o Liaise with customers to understand scope of requirement o Prepare tender and release to.
• Perform contract management to ensure full value is extracted from contracts
• Identify and monitor contract leakage and take appropriate actions to eliminate/minimise

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

• Manage contract categories as allocated by Sourcing Manager
• Subject Matter Expert (“SME”) for the Procurement Platform
• Analyse spend data to identify contract opportunities
• Develop and lead contract sourcing events including o Conduct research to identify market conditions in preparation for tender o Liaise with customers to understand scope of requirement o Prepare tender and release to.
• Perform contract management to ensure full value is extracted from contracts
• Identify and monitor contract leakage and take appropriate actions to eliminate/minimise

Perth, Australia

• Fledgling Lithium Mine Project. Unfortunately after six months the project was put on hold; 90% of the project team was made redundant.
• Assist and develop Procure to Pay procedures for entire project with a focus on cost control, efficiency, automation and accountability.
• Provide guidance and training to wider project on all Procure to Pay procedures
• Research and develop vendor relationships and KPI’s via report development and face to face meetings
• Expedite all open goods and service orders to ensure accurate delivery and cost control
• Scrutinise requisitions for compliance to P2P policy and processing to Purchase Order

Perth, Australia

• 2018 I was selected for secondment to the Gruyere Gold Mine Project Team. This was my first time working for a project. I was primarily working for the engineering team to source and procure all equipment spares for.
• Assist the Engineering Team in identifying, collating, reviewing, cataloguing, sourcing and procurement of all critical and operational spares for the mine
• Research and tender machinery purchase with a focus on cost savings and fit for purpose
• Provide guidance on the Goldfields Australia procurement policy and align the project wherever possible with current cost saving and consolidation procurement strategies
• General goods and services quoting, purchase and expediting as above

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

• Mostly transactional role with Goldfields Australia however I was selected to lead a project to increase automation and reduce contract leakage. I achieved an increase from 57% to 82% purchase automation in six months.
• Purchasing of commodities using the Procurement Policy as a guide
• High paced, critical time-management role
• Promote automation, consolidation, standardisation and cost saving strategies
• FPA tendering and management
• Stock control, optimization and automation

I started my first full-time, Perth based Purchasing Officer role with Rio Tinto. It was an excellent opportunity to experience how a top tier, globally managed Iron Ore mining company manages its operations and Procurement. SAP based role.

A challenging FIFO role that involved the planning, procurement and stocking of a warehouse and supply department. Introduced to my first global ERP system, Pronto.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

A standard Store Person role including goods receipt, stock management and issuing. Some transactional purchasing.