Procurement & Cost Lead

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At JLL we take pride in keeping our clients happyand your role is instrumental in keeping this tradition of excellence alive. As the person in charge youll identify their needs and come up with solutions that will effectively meet their business demands. Likewise youll be in charge of creating and consolidating the procurement tendering and selection processes with clients.

Youll also handle project reviews and commercial assessments; and see to it standard contracts follow the clients corporate standards guidelines and all commercial terms for the project. Furthermore youll help evaluate quotations and formalise agreements with contractors and vendors.

General Responsibilities

Provide cost information such as benchmarking data to support decisions

Evaluate and analyze fee proposals / bids and provide recommendation for decision making

Evaluation of vendor / supplier invoices prior to submission into client Finance systems for pre-approval

Provide forecasts and cash flow analysis

Maintain and manage cost reports for regional projects providing regular financial updates and reporting

Assist in the validation and maintenance of the project schedule to ensure alignment with budgets.

Assist in developing reporting tracking tools and generates cost reports in line with project governance requirements

Create and maintain spreadsheets to enable fast and accurate data manipulation

Extract data from several sources transforming it to fit reporting and operational outputs

Reconcile data to support complete accuracy and creates a clean audit trail

Handling contracts effectively

Do you have a proven track record in contract management As the key person youll be in charge of post-contract obligations including monitoring and managing negotiations claims and disputes between the clients and contractors. Equally youll monitor compliance with the clients and see to it that all contractors are handled accordingly.

Keeping an eye on costs and risks

One of your most essential functions is to look after the projects budget. As the person in charge youll create a cost control system to identify increases in costsboth incurred and anticipated so that timely action may be taken to stay within budget. Youll also closely monitor the cost planning pricing and payment schedule. On top of these youll also manage the projects cash flow and monitor the payment schedule for vendors consultants suppliers and contractors.

Another facet of your job is mitigating potential risks. Youll need to develop a plan to determine latent risks evaluate their impact and identify ways to mitigate these risks. Also part of your mandate is to provide contingency policy management services.

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