Kemerton Lithium Project

Successful management, co‐ordination and overseeing of all activities relating to Category Management, Strategic Sourcing and Contract Management for the Operation and Maintenance – Thermal Generation category, ensuring maximum value is generated for Synergy, through:• developing and maintaining strong relationships with the Business Unit representatives; Contract Owners and their representatives, project managers, supply chain, planners, Synergy Senior and Executive Leadership teams and external suppliers; • successful application of category management processes in alignment with Synergy procurement policies and corporate and operation objectives; • drafting, negotiation, implementation and management of contracts across operation and maintenance for thermal generation category; • communication and effective influence across the business in relation to category strategies, supplier performance and contract life cycle activities; • development of collaborative relationships with suppliers to ensure optimum delivery quality and sustained performance in line with business objectives; • development of effective relationships with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements, to forecast demand and to verify the effectiveness of established contracts;• application of Total Cost of Ownership modelling to assist in evaluating potential scenarios; evaluation of the commercial aspects of the bid process and providing recommendations to the business to ensure high impact commercial outputs;• conducting market research and supplier profiling to ensure currency of market intelligence and trends;• education of internal stakeholders on all aspects of procurement practices and policies; and • leading and managing a team of category managers.

Provided assistance to members of the building industry with regards to the terms and conditions of residential building contracts, residential building legislation and dispute resolution options.

Successful management of day to day facets of contracting and procurement for delivery of operations and projects including drafting of tender and contract documents, management of tender process to ensure governance and due process, as well as to ensure timely award of contracts. • Negotiating and implementing of contracts and contract variations to ensure best value for money and timely provision of goods and services. • Work closely with Engineers and Site Personnel, providing advice to ensure compliance with all commercial and legislative requirements for all contracts. • Designing and setting up legal database to capture and manage all contracts and legal agreements within the organisation, ensuring all relevant information recorded and deliverables managed and met.• Drafting and implementing of contracting and procurement processes and procedures to ensure a standard approach throughout the organisation.• Drafting contracting and procurement documentation templates to ensure standard approach and documentation throughout the organisation.• Reviewing and updating general terms and conditions of contracting templates to ensure compliance with legislation and relevant industry standards. • Drafting and reviewing various legal documents on an ad hoc basis.

• Successful management of day to day facets of nine contracts for delivery of village operation, maintenance and management.• Successfully managed village operation contracts to ensure timely delivery of all services and delivery within or under budget. • Negotiating and implementing of Contract Variations to ensure best value for money and timely provision of services. • Proven ability to process claims and manage dispute resolutions in a timely manner.• Extensive experience in management of tender process through to contract award• Successful and timely preparation of tender documentation including scopes of work, tender evaluation, negotiation and award and implementation, especially with tight timeframes. • Successful management, verification and processing of all invoices to ensure delivery of contract under budget.• Oversaw and worked closely with Engineers on various major projects to successfully deliver billion dollar Cape Lambert Port Upgrade, Brockman 4 and Power Station Upgrade projects to ensure timely completion. • Provided advice to Engineer to ensure compliance with all commercial and legislative requirements for all contracts were met including payment of contractors, security and releases.

• Developed, implemented and managed Contract Amendment through reviewing and authorisation of contract variations to ensure compliance with contractual, governance, legislative and national standard requirements.• Co-ordinated and undertook audits to assess the Strategic and Contractual Performance.• Successfully co-ordinated and managed Contract Resource Management and Analysis to ensure contract resources are appropriately managed and controlled at the regional and base level.• Undertook continuous review of legislation, departmental policy, governmental policy etc to ensure contract standards relevant and up-to-date. • Developed and successfully implemented governance plans for WA base operation and maintenance contracts.• Developed and managed Risk Assessment and Mitigation Plans.• Provided advice on contractual terms and conditions of the contracts as well as departmental procurement process and policy. • Tender preparation, management, negotiation and assessment.• Successfully co-ordinated contract transition, including preparation of transition plans, for all WA base operation and maintenance contracts to ensure delivery of services were not impacted.

• Reviewed international security agreements between Australia and other countries to ensure compliance with departmental contracting policies.• Organised and presented information sessions and training at various Defence establishments regarding departmental contracting policy updates.• Provided advice and assistance to clients throughout procurement process to ensure compliance with procurement governance and procedures. • Successful establishment of Procurement Services Office in Western Australia and South Australia providing procurement advice and assistance to clients in these regions. • Reviewed governmental documentation to ensure policies were included in departmental documents. • Supervised a small team to ensure team goals and outcomes were achieved and individual staff skills and knowledge were developed.