Head of Procurement - FM

Location: melbourne
Salary: Competitive salary on offer
Job Type: permanent
Contact: Christine Armadass
Head of Procurement – Property & Facilities Management
This role leads $150 - $200m of annual property and facilities spend across three large hospitality and entertainment sites that operate around the clock.

About the organisation
Our client is one of Australia’s largest hospitality and entertainment groups, with major sites in three capital cities and backing from a global investor. Procurement is elevating their capability from an immature function to act as a commercial partner, with strong support from the executive team and the owners. A new contract management system and spend reporting are being put in place, which gives this role clear visibility from day one.

About the role
Reporting to the CPO, you will lead a team of three across Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. You will own the strategy for hard and soft services, including cleaning, laundry, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire, lifts and energy. There is a clear mandate to uplift the team and function, and move from site-based buying to group category management.

Your focus will include:
  • Running an active pipeline of sourcing and contract activity across all sites
  • Leading insourcing and outsourcing reviews, and resetting which services are core and non-core
  • Building fit-for-purpose statements of work and supplier frameworks
  • Managing supplier relationships and commercial performance across a broad supplier base
  • Standardising minor capital spend across sites, such as kitchen equipment specifications
  • Developing your team and lifting capability across the function
  • Working with executive and board stakeholders, site General Managers of Property 
Why join
Few procurement roles in Australia come with an estate of this scale and variety. You will be buying for hotels, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues and back-of-house operations that run around the clock. The group is putting significant money into new dining and entertainment precincts, so the spaces you buy for will keep changing and growing. You will also have the chance to shape the function by rebuilding the team, setting up the group category model and putting the new contract and spend systems to work. Your results will be visible to the executive team, the boards and the owners, and you will report to a procurement leader who is building a strategic function. Team members also enjoy discounted dining across the group’s restaurants.

About you
You will bring 15+ years in procurement, including at least four to five years leading property and facilities categories. You will have worked client-side in a complex, multi-site environment such as shopping centres, property groups, airports, hospitals or hospitality.
You will also bring:
  • Strong commercial judgement and a track record of writing statements of work and contract frameworks that hold up in practice
  • Deep supplier relationship management experience
  • The credibility to engage executive and board stakeholders, and the confidence to hold your ground with senior operational leaders
  • Experience leading and developing a team across multiple locations
  • A relevant tertiary qualification
What’s on offer
This is a Melbourne-based role, with four days in the office, one day from home, and regular travel to Sydney and Perth. 
To apply, click Apply, or contact Christine Armadass on 0483952152 for a confidential conversation.

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