Category Specialist
3 weeks ago
**About the organisation**:
Our client is a well-known Australian based organisation that focuses on giving back to the community. The services and offerings they provide are incredibly vast, and as such no two days are the same. Their values encourage all employees to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Due to their strive for change and positive improvement they are now seeking two Category Specialists to join the team in this newly created function.
**About the role**:
Reporting into the Head of Procurement, as a Category Specialist you will be responsible for:
Driving category value from contracts, procurement and vendor management;
Delivering value by optimising procurement strategies;
Being the first point of contact on all procurement advice relating to your categories;
Identifying & implementing new opportunities for process improvement and efficiencies;
Working cohesively & collaboratively across internal & external stakeholders; and
Getting involved in adhoc projects i.e. system implementation alongside the wider team.
**About you**:
You will be resilient, pragmatic and have an engaging style and approach. Working alongside the wider team, to be successful in the role, you will:
Ideally be tertiary qualified in a relevant discipline;
Have 3+ years' experience in a procurement position in a multi-site organisation, ideally within a category structure;
Demonstrate strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to take internal stakeholders on a journey; and
Take a continuous improvement approach to your role, focusing on increasing efficiencies and processes.
If you are seeking your next challenge and ready to give back to the community, we would love to hear from you
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Please submit your resume in Word format only.
Megan Jones.
SENIOR ASSOCIATE, PROCUREMENT, CONTRACTS & SUPPLY
Get in touch
Call me on 07 3232 9104
Visit me at the Brisbane offices
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