Blair K.

2018-04-01 - Today

Senior Manager

I am currently employed by Beaconfield Partners in a position of Senior Manager – Commercial Advisory. During my time at Beaconfield Partners, I have been responsible for providing commercial advice on over 30 IT procurement projects to our clients who are a mixture of Government and private organisations. The role included completing tasks such as benchmarking deals, creating category strategies, reviewing contracts, developing procurement strategies, conducting market sounding activities, drafting ITO documents, conducting evaluation moderation, contract negotiation and contract writing. In this role, 

2017-03-01 To 2018-04-01

Manager - Contract Management

During my time at TransLink, I completed two roles in a contract management role and a contract development role. The contract management role included managing numerous contracts and leading a contract management team in the passenger transport branch which included governance meetings, contract variations, contract dispute resolution and payments. In the contract development role, I was directly involved in developing the service levels/performance measures for the 4th Generation South East Queensland bus contracts to the value of $4.5 billion. In this role I was also responsible for change management function which included teaching other contract managers how to get the best out of the new contract suite.   

2008-01-01 To 2018-01-01

Army Logistics Officer

I joined the Australian Army in 2008 and held numerous roles before discharging at the rank of Captain. I was a member of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport, which saw me complete a wide range of logistic and supply chain management roles. This included positions in Army’s national distribution organisation, the retrograde/redeployment team for Tarin Kot (Afghanistan), HQ logistics officer, Army’s watercraft unit and logistic planning positions. All of these roles involved leading specialised teams of up to 100 people, in both barracks and field type environments. In each role I was also responsible for business planning, resource management, personnel administration, operational support, human resources, office management, customer service, training and forecasting.