Tactical Procurement Lead
Job no: 1457
Category: Procurement, Property & Facilities
- Join a prominent WA brand and purpose driven organisation
- Exciting leadership opportunity to shape decisions that will develop & sustain WA’s water sources
- Salary: $131,740 + Super + Benefits
About the role
In this important role, you will lead procurement, tactical sourcing and supplier operations related to management of goods and service to the Corporation to meet its business needs in a timely and effective manner.
We’re looking for a superstar to mentor our Tactical Procurement team in navigating their journey to the tactical sourcing whilst ensuring sustainable and continuing procurement performance improvement and best practice.
Benefits that matter because you do too
Working in the heart of Perth’s best cosmopolitan hub, our Leederville office is only a skip, hop and a jump from the Leederville train station.
In this is a permanent, full-time role, you’ll get to enjoy our flexible working arrangements, including flexible working arrangements, which means you’ll have more time for the important things in life.
Boundless variety
- You'll get the opportunity to carve a career path as diverse as the different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives of a team of more than 5000 solution seekers.
- Hybrid working between locations including Leederville and Home
When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state.
If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.
Real benefits that matter.
- You’ll also get the option to work a 9-day fortnight and work from home two days per week.
- Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
- Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
- Generous co-contribution superannuation up to 14%
- Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.
About you:
There are a few things that we’ll look for in your CV;
- Tertiary level qualification in a business related discipline and / or extensive Procurement experience in a large multi-disciplined engineering focussed commercial organisation
- Substantial experience in purchasing and supplier management strategies, plans, programs and systems, including the sourcing, planning and managing contracts and agreements for a range of goods, services and works
- Considerable experience and demonstrated advanced knowledge of the commercial management of Procurement.
- Demonstrates well developed knowledge and understanding of contemporary Procurement management theory and practice, including advanced understanding of electronic trading applications and processes.
- Demonstrates capability in developing and applying tactical and operational procurement frameworks.
- Capable as a member and can manage multi-disciplined teams to foster sound relationship management and to enhance joint business capability.
What the role will involve
- Participate in and contribute to the development and implementation of procurement change initiatives to ensure sustainable and continuing procurement performance improvement and best practice.
- Lead the procurement planning, commercial sourcing advice and purchasing support to ensure alignment with broader sourcing strategy and procurement road map.
- Lead commercial sourcing advice, support and guidance to the business and direct reports to ensure alignment to the Corporations commercial sourcing strategy.
- Identify, source, plan, develop and manage panels of preferred supplier agreements and period contracts for the procurement of tactical services, consultancy, labour hire and travel at a tactical level to support Capital Works projects.
- Initiate and analyse Corporate spend of goods and services for consolidation.
- Influence the customers’ business planning activities to ensure the supply chain process is recognised understood and implemented.
- Identify and collaborate with major suppliers and contractors who can provide goods and services to meet the Corporation’s on-going needs, ensuring they are technically and commercially capable of providing and trading through e- procurement systems.
Apply: If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.
As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.
Applications close 5 February 2025
We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date.
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:
Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.
We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Applicants with disability who require adjustments, or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 9420 2000.
To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website
Job no: 1457
Category: Procurement, Property & Facilities
- Join a prominent WA brand and purpose driven organisation
- Exciting leadership opportunity to shape decisions that will develop & sustain WA’s water sources
- Salary: $131,740 + Super + Benefits
About the role
In this important role, you will lead procurement, tactical sourcing and supplier operations related to management of goods and service to the Corporation to meet its business needs in a timely and effective manner.
We’re looking for a superstar to mentor our Tactical Procurement team in navigating their journey to the tactical sourcing whilst ensuring sustainable and continuing procurement performance improvement and best practice.
Benefits that matter because you do too
Working in the heart of Perth’s best cosmopolitan hub, our Leederville office is only a skip, hop and a jump from the Leederville train station.
In this is a permanent, full-time role, you’ll get to enjoy our flexible working arrangements, including flexible working arrangements, which means you’ll have more time for the important things in life.
Boundless variety
- You'll get the opportunity to carve a career path as diverse as the different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives of a team of more than 5000 solution seekers.
- Hybrid working between locations including Leederville and Home
When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state.
If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.
Real benefits that matter.
- You’ll also get the option to work a 9-day fortnight and work from home two days per week.
- Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
- Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
- Generous co-contribution superannuation up to 14%
- Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.
About you:
There are a few things that we’ll look for in your CV;
- Tertiary level qualification in a business related discipline and / or extensive Procurement experience in a large multi-disciplined engineering focussed commercial organisation
- Substantial experience in purchasing and supplier management strategies, plans, programs and systems, including the sourcing, planning and managing contracts and agreements for a range of goods, services and works
- Considerable experience and demonstrated advanced knowledge of the commercial management of Procurement.
- Demonstrates well developed knowledge and understanding of contemporary Procurement management theory and practice, including advanced understanding of electronic trading applications and processes.
- Demonstrates capability in developing and applying tactical and operational procurement frameworks.
- Capable as a member and can manage multi-disciplined teams to foster sound relationship management and to enhance joint business capability.
What the role will involve
- Participate in and contribute to the development and implementation of procurement change initiatives to ensure sustainable and continuing procurement performance improvement and best practice.
- Lead the procurement planning, commercial sourcing advice and purchasing support to ensure alignment with broader sourcing strategy and procurement road map.
- Lead commercial sourcing advice, support and guidance to the business and direct reports to ensure alignment to the Corporations commercial sourcing strategy.
- Identify, source, plan, develop and manage panels of preferred supplier agreements and period contracts for the procurement of tactical services, consultancy, labour hire and travel at a tactical level to support Capital Works projects.
- Initiate and analyse Corporate spend of goods and services for consolidation.
- Influence the customers’ business planning activities to ensure the supply chain process is recognised understood and implemented.
- Identify and collaborate with major suppliers and contractors who can provide goods and services to meet the Corporation’s on-going needs, ensuring they are technically and commercially capable of providing and trading through e- procurement systems.
Apply: If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.
As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.
Applications close 5 February 2025
We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date.
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:
Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.
We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Applicants with disability who require adjustments, or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 9420 2000.
To read our diversity and inclusion statement, please visit our website
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