Category Sourcing Specialist, Indirect

3 weeks ago

Perth, Australia CHC Helicopters Full time

Reach Beyond: CHC provides unmatched helicopter services that enable our customers to reach beyond - to work in remote and challenging destinations that limit others - and come home safely. We are dedicated to our purpose of getting our customers where they need to be, when they need to be there, anywhere in the world - safely and reliably. All you have to do is get on board

At CHC, we pride ourselves on our values and culture:
**Accountability**: Take pride and ownership of our actions and results.
**Collaboration**: Working together with transparency and trust to drive continuous improvement.
**Care**: Creating a safe and sustainable environment for all.
**Integrity**: Doing what's right and fostering a culture of respect.
**Excellence**: Prioritizing quality services and setting industry standards.
Role Summary:
**Category Sourcing Specialist, Indirect**

**West Perth, WA**

**Reach Beyond**

CHC Helicopter is a leader in the provision of helicopter support to the offshore energy market, search & rescue, and government departments, as well as organizations requiring helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul services through its Heli-One division.

For more than 75 years, CHC Helicopter has provided safe, reliable, and cost-effective helicopter services in some of the most remote and challenging environments around the world. Our dedication to safety and reputation for quality and innovation help our customers reach beyond what they thought possible.

The Indirect Category is responsible for all categories of spend that do not attach to an aircraft, such as travel, credit card, facilities, IT, shop supplies, training, uniforms/work wear and other corporate services. This position provides a unique opportunity to support a variety of spend categories within a global organization. On any given day, you could be working with colleagues and suppliers from any of our locations, which may include Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Scotland, and the US.

**All you have to do is get on board.**

Key Responsibilities:
The Category Sourcing Specialist will demonstrate the following core competencies to execute the job responsibilities:

- Become the ‘go to’ Category lead / expert for assigned category(ies) of spend
- Develop and execute an annual procurement strategy for assigned categories of spend as well as procurement strategic for specific projects
- Establish strong relationships with stakeholders to partner on the strategy to effectively manage spend and identify opportunities for savings, prioritize initiatives and other improvements
- Full visibility and ownership of local suppliers and contracts as well as assigned global areas of spend
- Proactively analyze spend to identify opportunities for savings and effectively evaluate supplier proposals
- Lead the end-to-end sourcing process including building the project team, procurement strategy, gathering requirements, issuance of RFQ/RFP, evaluations, negotiations and contracting
- Document and report on results
- Ensure contracts are transitioned into the vendor management phase and roles are clearly defined. Effectively support the stakeholder in the vendor management process including running business reviews.
- Contract management including proactively addressing upcoming expirations and working with the stakeholders to ensure compliance to the contract.
- Support global programs in region including support of the travel, credit card, facilities and procurement programs as needed.

General:

- Reporting of KPI, savings and other business or internal reviews
- Collaboration and engagement with key stakeholders across CHC such as Finance, Legal, HR, Safety & Quality
- Ensure compliance to CHC Procurement and other relevant policies
- Other duties as may be assigned

Qualifications, Skills & Attributes:

- Minimum 5 years Supply Chain / Strategic Sourcing experience
- Strong financial / analytical skill set. Ability to analyze a large set of data and use the analysis to formulate strategies and opportunities
- Outstanding negotiation skills with proven experience and results in negotiating high value, complex contracts
- Innovation and Problem Solving, ability to think out of the box to find creative solutions
- Strong business acumen with a high degree of professionalism
- Ability to develop strong relationships across the organization and external vendors
- Adaptable to changing priorities
- Proficient with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint and Word) and generating reports
- Ability to demonstrate ethical conduct
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Availability to international travel

At CHC we believe a diverse workforce makes us stronger. We want our people to be proud of who they are and where they come from. We will support our colleagues to work safely together, take care of each other and feel empowered and valued in sharing ideas as we create an organisation where we celebrate our differences.

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