Professional Profile

Amanda is a highly experienced Procurement professional with more than 10 years working with many of the country’s pre-eminent organisations both as an employee and as an external Consultant. Her roles have exposed her to all aspects of the project Tender cycle from opportunity identification through to post-tender clarification and close for success.

This involvement through the whole life of a tender has enabled Amanda to develop and hone her many specialist skills to facilitate the provision to Clients of a reliable and robust solutions-driven approach to tender management and support.

These skills enable the end to end production of Tender documentation to be performed to the highest degree of professionalism, which include:

• Methodical and analytical approach – this ensures that from Strategy to win themes, through document preparation and content validation, the message maintains consistency and the visual aesthetic remains uniform;
• Strong communication – this ensures that all members of the team are clear on their roles, accountabilities, deadlines and productivity requirements;
• Attention to detail – this ensures that “no stone is left unturned” in the pursuit of the strongest possible submission;
• Validation and verification – these ensure that documentation is thoroughly reviewed and proofed, errors are corrected, information is relevant and consistent with core messages, and that all content is properly incorporated to provide the most harmonious offering; and
• Inter-personal skills – an imperative when working with and managing multiple stakeholders, many different types and styles of people, and operating to tight deadlines this ensures clarity of thought and need throughout the preparation process.

Amanda has a broad range of experience across multiple varied industry sectors including:

Construction and Infrastructure:

• Transfield Services Australia
• Reed Constructions Australia
• Abigroup Contractors
• Lend Lease Infrastructure

Pharmaceuticals:

• Pharmac
• Sanofi Avensis

Defence and Government

• Department of Defence
• NSW Government
• VIC Government
• Federal Government

Other general:

• Sydney Water - Plumbing Services
• Sydney Fireworsk Spectacular
• Coles Fleet Management Services
• High-rise construction

Amanda has recently spent more than 6 years working for specialist Tender support organisations which has developed strength in the facilitation and strategic challenge of organisations to identify and articulate Win Themes, and to associate these directly with organisational values and cultures to provide a clear, non-confusing demonstration to potential Clients of an organisations’ true compatibility with their needs. This additional strength brings the full tender cycle together and enables the absolute provision of clarity both internally and externally to all stakeholders.