Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist in Sydney

• !2 month + contract in a Global business
• Brisbane-based with minimal site travel
• About Our Client

We're recruiting on behalf of a large, global household name in the Energy & Resources industry.

The business has a range of large-scale projects underway or due to launch at various stages of development and continue to play a major role in the national and state economy.

Job Description

The Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist will be based in Brisbane. Core responsibilities include:

• Partner with capital project leaders to understand project pipelines, schedules, capability requirements and changing labour demand.
• Develop and maintain short-, medium- and long-range labour forecasts across the capital portfolio, including role, trade, location, timing and volume requirements.
• Consolidate project demand into an integrated workforce view to identify peaks, constraints, duplication, mobilisation risks and opportunities to sequence or aggregate requirements.
• Translate labour forecasts into fit-for-purpose sourcing, contracting and supplier engagement strategies.
• Lead key and complex sourcing projects for project labour, professional services, maintenance support and associated capital-project requirements.
• Manage demand with internal stakeholders and suppliers, challenging assumptions where required and supporting prioritisation against project schedules and available market capacity.
• Prepare regular dashboards and reports covering forecast versus actual demand, vacancies, fulfilment, mobilisation, supplier capacity, cost, compliance, risk and emerging constraints.
• The Successful Applicant

A successful Sourcing and Workforce Planning Specialist should have

• A degree in Business, Law, Engineering, Construction, Project Management or a related discipline is preferred but not mandatory.
• Strong experience in procurement and contracts across the end-to-end contract lifecycle, ideally supporting capital projects, sustaining capital or major maintenance programs.
• Demonstrated experience in labour forecasting, workforce demand planning, resource planning or contractor workforce management.
• Proven ability to consolidate multiple project demand signals into clear forecasts, dashboards and decision-ready reporting.
• Experience leading sourcing initiatives across labour, professional services, construction, maintenance or project-support categories.
• Strong commercial and analytical capability, including confidence working with workforce, supplier, spend and performance data.
• Strong influencing, stakeholder engagement, negotiation and presentation skills, with the ability to work effectively across project, operational and functional teams.
• Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and contribute to a collaborative team environment through knowledge sharing and capability uplift.
• Experience working with tier-one multinational companies and suppliers across mining, resources, heavy industry, construction or manufacturing is desirable.
• What's on Offer

This role will be offered on an initial 12 month contract with daily rate commensurate with the role.

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