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Ziyaad Hawkeswood

Brisbane, Australia, Australia
Function: Procurement
Industry: Retail
Category: IT - Software
Level of responsibility: Senior

Work experience section iconWork Experience

Procurement Portfolio Manager

Flight Centre

September 2014 - Present (10 years, 6 months)
Category Manager (Corporate Services)

Aurizon

August 2012 - September 2014 (2 years, 1 month)
• Management of commodities including IT (Software, Hardware, Services, Outsourcing), Telecommunications, HR (Labour Hire), Travel (Airlines, Accommodation, Car Hire, Travel Management) as well as Marketing, total spend approximately ~$400million annually • Identify, negotiate and implement sourcing events that increase value delivered to the organisation via, cost savings, quality, delivery improvements and reduction of risk • Development of commodity strategies and procurement policies that outline the overall goals and enable delivery of these goals I.e. reduction of contract spend, improve the economies of scale for the contracts in place etc. • Supplier Management to ensure that the benefits identified through sourcing events are delivered through the contract lifecycle and to identify improvement opportunities • Re-negotiation of existing contracts to improve overall TCO • Procurement & Commercial adviser to Key Stakeholders • Identification of contract requirements through to contract implementation • Manage up to 2 direct reports and up to 3 staff from other teams as projects require additional resources
IT Procurement Manager

QR National

February 2011 - September 2012 (1 year, 7 months)
• Manage the organisations ~170 IT contract. This incorporates, software, hardware, IT Services and Professional Service related contracts. These are a combination of GITC, supplier specific and QR National/ Queensland Rail contracts. • Convert expiring GITC contracts to QR National specific contract document (once QR National was listed on the stock exchange, GITC contracts could not be extended using the existing framework). • Managing these contracts also involves the management of supplier relationships, contract reporting, managing customer requirements, implement and measure contract cost saving initiatives. • Run Sourcing Projects to negotiate the best commercial outcome for the organisation based on a ‘Total cost of ownership’ model. This process starts by developing a hypothesis, conducting relevant analysis (market, industry, supplier, spend etc), Request for Proposal development, supply selection through to the contract implementation and in most cases, on-going contract/commodity management. • Procurement & Commercial adviser to Key Stakeholders • Identification of contract requirements through to contract implementation • Facilitate the implementation of contracts in conjunction with IT functional and project teams. • An aspect of this role is also to actively seek improvement opportunities that can deliver great commercial benefit to the organisation. Benefits could be through cost savings or improving service offerings.
Procurement Analyst

QR National

July 2010 - February 2011 (7 months)
• Managing the Courier Services, Printing Services, First Aid Supplies and Training Services to ensure that contract KPI’s and service levels are met. Managing these contracts also involves the management of supplier relationships, contract reporting, managing customer requirements, implement and measure contract cost saving initiatives. • Assist customer with requests to implement contracts. This process involves identifying contract requirements through to contract implementation. • Assist with Professional Services queries. • Assist the Procurement Manager (IT) with various contract initiatives.
Strategic Sourcing Manager

QR Limited

December 2009 - June 2010 (6 months)
• Managing the Courier Services, Printing Services, First Aid Supplies and Training Services to ensure that contract KPI’s and service levels are met. Managing these contracts also involves the management of supplier relationships, contract reporting, managing customer requirements, implement and measure contract cost saving initiatives. • Assist customer with requests to implement contracts. This process involves identifying contract requirements through to contract implementation. • Assist with Professional Services queries from QR employees. • Manage the Professional & Admin Services team to ensure that customer service levels are achieved and employees work productively and efficiently. • Report to management regarding initiative progress and major contractual issues. • Provide management with ad hoc Professional Service related reports. • Manage a team of three staff to perform the activities above.
Project Officer

QR Limited

January 2009 - December 2009 (11 months)
Process improvement for the Procurement division.

Education section iconEducation

Griffith University

Graduate Certificate

2011 - 2011
Griffith University

Graduate Certificate

2005 - 2005
Griffith University

Bachelor

2001 - 2005
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