Category Specialist

5 days ago

Perth, Western Australia DFP Recruitment Full time
Category Specialist Role

We are seeking a skilled Category Specialist to join our team at DFP Recruitment. As a Category Specialist, you will play a crucial role in supporting our client's mission by managing procurement categories that are vital to our business needs.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Procurement Management: Manage assigned procurement categories, delivering end-to-end contracting and procurement requirements, and developing sourcing and category plans to meet stakeholder needs, including ESG, supply security, and social licence imperatives.
  2. Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with internal teams to ensure alignment of supply chain strategies and deliver value-driven solutions.
  3. Supplier Management: Engage with core and strategic market suppliers to identify improvement opportunities through effective category planning and stakeholder engagement.
  4. Compliance and Reporting: Ensure compliance with our organisation's policies, State Government procurement processes, and Government legislation. Prepare and submit WA Government WAIPS and Aboriginal Procurement Policy compliance reports on time.
  5. Contract Management: Lead the evaluation of offers, develop evaluation methodologies, and ensure that procurement policies and procedures are followed. Manage the contracting process, ensuring all contracts are effectively handed over and documented in the Contract and Lease Register.
Essential Skills and Experience:
  1. Contract and Category Management: Practical experience in negotiating, documenting, managing, and closing out contracts and agreements, with a strong understanding of category management principles, tools, and techniques.
  2. Stakeholder Relationship Development: Proven track record of building and managing successful stakeholder relationships, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
  3. Technical Proficiency: Experience in using ERP systems and Procure to Pay (P2P) business processes, along with proficiency in using spreadsheet and word processing applications (e.g., Excel, Word).
Desirable Experience:
  1. Industry Knowledge: Experience within the shipping, transport, and port operations sectors, with a good working knowledge of maintenance and port operations category scopes and markets.
  2. Contract Management Best Practices: Familiarity with best practices in contract management systems and processes, including maintenance planning and delivery models.
Qualifications:
  1. Education: Suitable degree qualification in business, commerce, legal, or a related field.
  2. Experience: Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar role, with experience in category and sourcing strategy development and execution.

Our client is dedicated to maintaining our ports as key economic gateways. As a Category Specialist, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the efficient and effective operation of our ports, ensuring that our procurement processes are aligned with our strategic goals. If you are a results-driven professional with a strong commitment to excellence, we encourage you to apply.

DFP Recruitment welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and people with disability. In addition, DFP Recruitment will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability throughout the recruitment process. If you identify as a person with disability and require adjustments to the application, recruitment, selection, and/or assessment process, please advise via email or phone and indicate your preferred method of communication so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.

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