Category Manager
1 month ago
Are you a seasoned procurement professional with a passion for delivering high-quality services and products in a dynamic environment? Our client, DFP Recruitment Services, is seeking a Category Specialist to join their team and lead the procurement process across their three port sites, ensuring the seamless delivery of operations and maintenance services.
Position Overview:As a Category Specialist reporting to the Procurement Manager, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the organization's mission by managing procurement categories that are crucial to our business needs. You will be responsible for leading and supporting the rapid sourcing project, expediting the sourcing and awarding of maintenance services and supply agreements. This senior role requires a strong business partner who can provide contracting and procurement support to key internal stakeholders, ensuring that all activities align with our strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:- 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.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Increase stakeholder satisfaction by identifying and engaging collaboratively with internal teams, ensuring alignment of supply chain strategies and delivering value-driven solutions.
- Supplier Management: Proactively engage with core and strategic market suppliers, identifying improvement opportunities through effective category planning and stakeholder engagement.
- Compliance and Reporting: Ensure compliance with the organization's policies, State Government procurement processes, and Government legislation. Prepare and submit WA Government WAIPS and Aboriginal Procurement Policy compliance reports on time.
- 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.
- Contract and Category Management: Practical hands-on experience in negotiating, documenting, managing, and closing out contracts and agreements, with a strong understanding of category management principles, tools, and techniques.
- Stakeholder Relationship Development: Proven track record of building and managing successful stakeholder relationships, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- 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).
- 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.
- Contract Management Best Practices: Familiarity with best practices in contract management systems and processes, including maintenance planning and delivery models.
- Education: Suitable degree qualification in business, commerce, legal, or a related field.
- Experience: Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar role, with experience in category and sourcing strategy development and execution.
- Ability to Travel: Ability to travel to other Southern Ports locations (Albany, Bunbury, Esperance, and Perth).
- Current Driver's Licence: Current minimum C Class driver's licence.
- Maritime Security Identification Card: Ability to obtain a Maritime Security Identification Card (MSIC).
Our client is dedicated to maintaining their ports as key economic gateways. As a Category Specialist, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the efficient and effective operation of their ports, ensuring that their procurement processes are aligned with their strategic goals.
DFP Recruitment Services welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and people with disability. In addition, DFP Recruitment Services 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 adjustments@dfp.com.au or 1300 337 000 and indicate your preferred method of communication (email, phone, text) so we can keep in touch and meet your accessibility needs.
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