Procurement Advisor

  • Australia
  • Melbourne
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

This is a standalone role part of a growing, innovative business. Despite their growth, they are values led, multi-award winning and have strong foundations. This is a permanent, full time role with a requirement to work 5 days per week on-site in the CBD.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage the procurement process across the business, including in depth analysis of materials purchasing, and developing purchasing recommendations for new and existing purchasing agreements with a focus on sustainability.
  • Management of existing and new key supplier / trade relationships.
  • Manage compliance and adherence to existing client rate agreements.
  • Develop and execute supplier implementation plans and manage performance.
  • Responsible for composing, evaluating, and negotiating contracts and improvement plans with key suppliers.
  • Negotiate trading terms and supplier agreements, including volume rebates and preferential purchasing
  • Oversee compliance audits and the monitoring of supplier solvency.
  • Maintain accurate records and National price files, communicate and train staff accordingly.

Key Requirements

  • Experience with trade management & sourcing in insurance construction (ideal but not necessary)
  • Understanding of relevant Building codes and Australian standards and State based legislation.
  • Experience in interacting with multiple stakeholders at different levels
  • High level systems literacy and ability to maintain a digital pricing/rates database.
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously with excellent time management.
  • Passionate about driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Benefits

  • Performance driven business that sets realistic and practical KPIs and actually rewards them
  • Functional structured business with visibility and access to senior leadership
  • Strong professional development program
  • Opportunity to grow this role into a well-developed function within the business

If this opportunity sounds of interest, please reach out to Milly on milly.kerei-keepa@talentinternational.com. You are welcome to forward your CV to her via email, or simply hit APPLY via SEEK.

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