Procurement and Contract Specialists
- Multiple Procurement and Contracts roles available on a fixed and permanent basis.
- Lead strategic category and contract management activities to deliver value for money.
- Develop and implement category and contract strategies while managing supplier performance.
About the roles
Multiple Procurement and Contracts roles are available on a fixed and permanent basis within this large Not-For-Profit. Working in the Corporate Services team, you will have access to strong leadership and be part of a team supporting essential services to Queenslanders.
In this influential role, you'll play a key part in delivering value for money through the design and implementation of best-practice procurement methodologies. You'll lead strategic category and contract management activities, identify commercial opportunities, mitigate risk and drive continuous improvement across the organisation.
Key Requirements
The below requirements are a combination across all roles available.
- Develop and implement category and contract strategies that deliver value for money
- Drive strategic sourcing initiatives, including panel establishment and standardisation
- Lead and support end-to-end procurement and tender activities, including high-value and complex sourcing
- Analyse demand, utilisation and market dynamics to identify savings, risk and innovation opportunities
- Develop category plans, sourcing strategies and procurement initiatives
- Support the negotiation and execution of commercial contracts
- Manage supplier performance and resolve complex customer and supplier issues
- Partner with key stakeholders to align procurement decisions with business priorities, outcomes and safety
- Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
- Maintain category, supplier, contract, spend and performance information to support effective decision-making
- Identify market trends, innovation opportunities and industry developments to inform category strategies
- Promote a customer-focused procurement culture and collaborative business partnering approach
About you
You're a commercially astute and driven procurement professional who thrives in a complex environment and enjoys building trusted partnerships to deliver meaningful outcomes.
You'll bring:
- Demonstrated, tenured experience in procurement, category and contract management within large, complex organisations
- Knowledge of the inner workings of high volume procurement activities
- Strong commercial negotiation, contract development and supplier management skills
- Proven ability to develop and implement strategic procurement and category initiatives
- Demonstrated experience managing complex supplier and stakeholder issues and resolving performance concerns
- Strong analytical capability, using e-procurement systems and data to generate meaningful insights
- Experience in strategic sourcing, demand analysis and supplier/category optimisation
- A relevant procurement, commercial or business qualification/certification is desirable
- A collaborative, proactive and commercially focussed approach, with a commitment to integrity and service excellence
A background in retail, manufacturing, or industry where high volume and complex procurement activities are part of the day-to-day would transfer well into these roles.
For a confidential discussion, please contact Crystal Lugge on 07 3032 2283 or email crystal.lugge@marsrecruitment.com.au
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