Procurement Manager

**Procurement Manager**

**Job ID**
- 201333

**Posted**
- 15-Jan-2025

**Service line**
- GWS Segment

**Role type**
- Full-time

**Areas of Interest**

Purchasing/Procurement

**Location(s)**

Auckland - Auckland - New Zealand
- **GWS account - a multinational bank and financial services client**:

- ** The Governance, Risk and Procurement Lead responsible for leading and driving the procurement and supply chain activities**:

- ** Auckland CBD | Tāmaki Makaurau**

**About CBRE**
- CBRE is the world's leading and largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, servicing over 90% of the world’s Fortune 100 companies. Our Global Workplace Solutions division (GWS) is comprised of the best and brightest industry professionals, at the forefront of innovation, and highly invested in the development and unique needs of our diverse employees and global clients.

**About the Role**
- The Governance, Risk and Procurement Lead is responsible for leading and driving the procurement and supply chain activities adding value to the client and CBRE. A key part of this role is to support the Alliance Director in the overall governance and risk management of the account ensuring ongoing compliance to the client's requirements.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Governance and Risk Management
- Responsible for the overall compliance and governance of CBRE Contract with the client, including reporting requirements.
- Develop and maintain risk management plans in consultation with workstream leads to ensure that risks are mitigated and disaster recovery and business continuity plans are in place.

Procurement
- Develop a procurement strategy aligned to the client’s core business objectives.
- Create and deliver a sourcing plan for the delivery of all Facility Management supplier services to the client, leveraging CBRE purchasing power for the betterment of the client's portfolio.
- Negotiate contracts ensuring quality, cost-effectiveness, timely delivery and relevant legislative requirements
- Establish strategic objectives with all suppliers to improve sustainability practices & decarbonization of supply chain.
- Establish Indigenous engagement priorities into all procurement activities.
- Oversee ongoing supplier contract management tracking and monitoring all cost and service variations
- Develop and lead a supplier performance management framework for the delivery of all supplier services.
- Manage relationships of key strategic suppliers to ensure service levels are met and continued focus on. innovation and ESG
- Work with the operational teams to address supplier performance issues and coordinate agreeable outcomes for the account.
- Support the operations teams with procurement requirements.
- With the Alliance Director/Senior Portfolio Manager, provide support to the client's led ESG initiatives and annual plan.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor degree or equivalent qualifications in Supply Chain, Governance and/or Risk Management
- Demonstrated 10 + years of experience in a similar role
- Knowledge and demonstrated experience of Supply Chain and Procurement policies and processes and relevant legislation
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills
- Experience developing and managing supplier relationships
- Ability and experience in developing strategic procurement plans, business reporting and documentation
- Experience in working within an environment with Governance and Risk requirements
- Proven ability to co-ordinate and manage key stakeholders and evaluation teams

**What's in it for you?**
- Working alongside an experienced and established team/leader
- Our people are free to expand their skills and knowledge to drive their careers and reach their full potentia
- Our mission is to realise the potential in all the businesses & people we work with, so that together we can create the real estate solutions of the future
- We are driven by the entrepreneurial spirit of our people & the diverse needs of our clients.

If this sounds like a good fit, we’d love to hear from you-
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