A07 Principle Advisor

Eden Ritchie is seeking an A07 Principle Advisor to provide specialist procurement advice, actively contribute to the development of policies, procedures, systems, tools, and standards to enable key stakeholders undertake procurement planning, sourcing, contract, and supplier management.
- Initial 5 month contract with possible extension
- Location: Bowen Hills

**As the Principle Advisor your key responsibilities will include;**
- Adhere to defined service quality standards, health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken to ensure high quality, safe services, and workplaces.
- Research, develop, implement, and review organisational procurement policy, procedures, tools and standards to effectively support business procurement needs, identify and mitigate procurement risk, increase adoption of leading practices and meet all legislative and regulatory compliance requirements. The role is fully accountable for the quality, integrity and validity of procurement advice provided.
- Support and promote ongoing strategic alignment with department and key stakeholder initiatives in respect of service delivery, transformation and procurement.
- Proactively identify and address procurement process risks and develop mitigation strategies to meet relevant organisational requirements.
- Provides support to team members and encourages strong communication, knowledge sharing, coaching, positive and collaborative culture.
- Effectively engage and deliver specialist procurement advice to stakeholders and customers in a professional, timely and courteous manner to foster positive working relationships.
- Contribute to the design and ongoing improvement of the procurement governance function of System Procurement to ensure the team has leading practices.
- Undertake continuous improvement activities through regular reviews of the procurement framework (including relevant tools and processes) using approved information sources to monitor and optimise its effectiveness.

**The successful applicant will demonstrate**:

- Significant experience in leading, managing and/or coordinating procurement governance matters and capability development activities preferably within a large and/or complex organisations.
- Possesses an excellent understanding of the end-to-end procurement processes, the underpinning systems (e.g., SAP / S4 or others) and key touchpoints with other key functions such as Finance and Supply Chain.
- Demonstrated ability to confidently manage multiple stakeholder relationships, foster collaboration and build implicit trust with the stakeholder base.
- Must have strong written and verbal and communication skills to be able to communicate effectively across various stakeholder groups and prepare timely reports, briefs, training, and guidance materials.

While not mandatory, a relevant qualification would be well regarded.

**If this role sounds like you, please APPLY NOW submitting your resume in WORD format.**

**If you would like more information or to discuss the role, please contact Allison Detaille on (07) 3230 0038**

Job Reference: 576611