Principal Procurement Officer

• Global EPCM Company
• Growing pipeline of awarded projects of various sizes, scopes and commodities
• Unique Principal level opportunity within a highly experienced team

With offices in Australia, Africa, Canada, Peru and the Philippines, 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.

As we continue through an exciting period of growth, and due to the Company’s involvement in a number of new projects and studies, we are currently recruiting for an experienced Principal Procurement Officerto join our Perth based team.

Reporting to the Group Manager – Project Services, the Principal Procurement Officer will act as the primary focal point for supporting the Perth Lycopodium Minerals business in relation to the Procurement function, and is responsible for assisting and coordinating the management of procurement and expediting activities of projects and/or studies across the business.

The tasks you'll perform

• Provide leadership to the procurement function within the Lycopodium Minerals Perth (and subsidiaries) business.
• Act as the agent for continuous improvement in all procurement procedures and policies.
• Assist the Group Manager – Project Services in ensuring Lycopodium procurement policies and procedures are being adhered to across the projects and studies being executed.
• Act as a focal point and SME for Clients on matters related to procurement, expediting and materials management.
• Assist in providing training to the procurement and broader project teams as required.
• Carry out commercial analysis and evaluation of quotations to enable the correct supplier choice to be made.
• 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.
• 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.
• Depending on the size of project, you may be required to oversee the project Procurement team to perform their designated functions with suitable speed, accuracy, efficiency and with adherence to company policy.

The expertise you'll bring

• A minimum of 15 years experience in the procurement, expediting, and/or logistics disciplines, ideally within the engineering or construction industries.
• Qualifications in a Procurement discipline is preferred, but not essential.
• Demonstrated experience with computerised purchasing and logistics systems, and their operation and applications.
• First class knowledge of international and local tendering and practices will be considered favourably.
• High-level negotiating skills and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve consistently high standards within both budgetary and schedule constraints.
• Provide mentoring and professional development for personnel within your business unit.
• Ability to create a positive stakeholder management and customer support environment.

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.
• Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.

We encourage and value diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, age, disability and ethnicity, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

Our commitment to equal opportunity is embodied in our values of Respect, Integrity & Diligence. They are inherent in who we are, as individuals, and collectively as a Company.

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

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