Mohammed Rahman
Senior Procurement Professional
Leumeah,Sydney
Summary
Experienced procurement professional with 18+ years in end-to-end procurement and project delivery in Infrastructure Construction, Maintenance, Goods and Services, and Professional Services. Strong analytical skills, knowledge of best practices, and strategic category management. Proven ability to build strong business relationships and meet requirements and deadlines. Demonstrated leadership through employee empowerment, communication, and innovative problem-solving.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Procurement Category Manager
Sydney Water
11.2023 - Current
- Development, implementation and management of enterprise-wide category and contract strategies.
- Senior stakeholder engagement and management and trusted advisor for the business.
- Lead, manage and deliver strategic projects including shaping business requirements, market engagement, source to contract activities, negotiations, and contract handover.
- Managing risk and delivering tangible and intangible benefits within the Category.
- Coaching and mentoring the Category Specialists and contributing to the overall growth of the capability of the team.
- Effectively managed total combined annual spends of $104m under the allocated Resource Recovery Category, providing a total cost savings of $3m as bankable savings and $8.5m as cost-avoidance year to date.
- Provided on-job mentoring and guidance to new Category Specialists with the Category Management team.
- Successfully expanded the panels by adding additional suppliers to increase the geographical footprint of suppliers within regional NSW.
Category Manager
Transport for NSW
10.2021 - 11.2023
- Lead the development and delivery of strategic category management programs that are safe, sustainable and deliver whole of life efficiency to the organisation.
- Build trust relationships with suppliers to achieve better pricing and quality of services.
- Takes swift action to prevent issues by starting communications with stakeholders and developing solutions to avoid potential problems.
- Effectively managed total combined annual spend of $30m under the panel arrangements namely, supply and delivery of Ready-Mix Concrete and Quarry Materials, providing a total cost savings of $4.1m year to date.
- Provided on-job mentoring and guidance to new procurement team members like Contract Officer and Category Specialist.
- Conducted supplier relationship forums; successfully expanded the panels by adding additional suppliers to increase the geographical footprint of suppliers within regional NSW.
Portfolio Category Manager
Transport for NSW
02.2021 - 10.2021
- Undertaking business needs assessment, supply market analysis and commercial risk assessments to make informed procurement planning and sourcing decisions.
- Identifying, managing, and mitigating risks to deliver maximum value.
- Developing and leading sourcing activities to establish supply arrangements that meet business needs for key categories.
- Developing contract management plans, supplier performance management and compliance requirements through effective supplier relationships to enhance business outcomes.
- Planning and negotiating contracts to ensure contractual/ operational risks are addressed along with other commercial aspects of the procurement.
- Efficiently handled total procurement spend of circa $450m; provided a total cost savings of $37m.
- Successfully delivered high-value high-risk project procurements such as Repainting of Mooney Mooney Bridge valued at $12.4m, Batemans Bay Link Road Project valued at $17m. Achieved total cost savings of more than $5m.
- Managed a team of 5x Category Specialists and 11x Contract Officers, assisted Senior Manager Strategic Procurement and procurement cross-functional teams during each stage of procurement activity, ensuring effective administration of all procurement process outcomes, and overseeing compliance with all procurement policies, processes, and procedures.
Category Specialist
Transport for NSW
01.2019 - 02.2021
- Manage end-to-end strategic procurement process to deliver value for money outcomes for procurement of project works, materials and services for asset development and asset maintenance projects.
- Contribute to the development of category strategies in partnership with the business.
- Set-up and managed Ground Vegetation Control, Rest Areas Maintenance, and Traffic Signal Maintenance Contracts total valued at $30m per annum.
- Supported cross-functional team by collaborately; prepared documents and assessed and successfully awarded Sydney and North Vehicular Ferry Operation Contracts valued at $37m in a record time.
- Set-up multiple year contract arrangements for long-lead items and developed category management plans for construction materials.
- Implemented Total Cost of Ownership model across all plant purchase contracts resulting in multi-million dollars savings while keeping lofty standards of probity.
Transaction and Governance Manager
Transport for NSW
09.2017 - 01.2019
- Manage, mentor, and train a team of Transaction Officers to ensure efficient commercial and administrative support across the Procurement Unit.
- Ensure proper governance and probity practiced by all the stakeholders throughout the procurement life cycle.
- Reviewed and amended existing procurement templates such as Forms 951, 952, 955 Extension of Time, and various contract award templates such as C61, C62, C63, C41 etc.
- Managed commercial transactions (vendor claims) and contract governance of about 2,000 contractual arrangements per annum, amounting to circa $420m.
- Achieved record contractual savings of $43m (about 10%) over the total contract spend of $420m during 2017/18 financial year.
- Attained 85% Security of Payment Act (SOPA) compliance rate, highest across all the NSW State Governments Departments.
Project Contract Officer
Transport for NSW
01.2016 - 09.2017
- Ensure that the tender process, assessment, and award of assigned contracts achieved in a prompt and efficient manner by conducting the scoping of work, developing tender or contract documents, administering the tendering process and aiding in the award of contracts.
- Aided in setting-up various high-value and high-risk state-wide panel contracts including Statewide Supply and Installation of Road Signs, Ground Vegetation Control and Rest Areas Maintenance total valued at $40m per annum.
- Demonstrated high level of organisational skills including the capacity to set priorities and work to deadlines and maintained high standards of probity.
Contracts Administrator
Emirates Central Cooling Systems
02.2005 - 08.2015
- Ensure that the tenders are thoroughly reviewed for contractual, legal, safety, risk management, financial, and accounting issues and provisions prior to submitting to management for approval.
- Prepare pre-qualification documents for distinct types of contracts in conjunction with project engineers and recommends bidders list for approval.
- Plan and execute pre-contract stages, including commercial evaluation of tenders, ensuring the contracting strategies and the ultimate contracts developed are consistent with approved policy.
- Set-up and managed high value, high risk district cooling networks, district cooling plants and ETS Rooms valued circa $60m.
- Prepared documents, tendered, negotiated, and independently managed $50m worth of projects per annum, meeting time, cost, and quality criteria.
- Developed and implemented procure to pay procedure mapping for Supply of Goods.
Education
Post-Graduation Diploma - Construction Project Management
Heriot-Watt University
01-2009
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
MJ College of Engineering And Technology
01-2004
Skills
- Category Management
- Process Improvement
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Probity and Governance
- Procurement Planning
- Stakeholder Management
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Contract negotiation
- Risk management
Affiliations
- Chartered Institute of Supply Chain (CIPS)
- Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) NSW
Professional Referees
Upon request.
Timeline
Procurement Category Manager
Sydney Water
11.2023 - Current
Category Manager
Transport for NSW
10.2021 - 11.2023
Portfolio Category Manager
Transport for NSW
02.2021 - 10.2021
Category Specialist
Transport for NSW
01.2019 - 02.2021
Transaction and Governance Manager
Transport for NSW
09.2017 - 01.2019
Project Contract Officer
Transport for NSW
01.2016 - 09.2017
Contracts Administrator
Emirates Central Cooling Systems
02.2005 - 08.2015
Post-Graduation Diploma - Construction Project Management
Heriot-Watt University
Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
MJ College of Engineering And Technology
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