Procurement Specialist

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Procurement Specialist to join our Coles Group Procurement team. This role is responsible for supporting Category Managers with a range of procurement activities, including analytical reporting, performance tracking, risk identification, and stakeholder engagement throughout strategy development and sourcing processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the Initiative Tracker, Contract Repository, and Initiative Folders to ensure benefits are effectively tracked and reported, and support the endorsement and approval of initiatives.
• Manage sourcing activities, prioritizing and rebalancing against business objectives.
• Support the RFx process as directed by Category Managers.
• Provide analytical and operational support for strategic sourcing, SRM, contract performance management, reporting, and other procurement activities.
• Support Category Managers in creating insights from data sets and market intelligence sources.
• Conduct TCO, commodities management, benchmarking, and other analysis to enable better decision-making and management of suppliers and spend categories.
• Collaborate and communicate regularly with stakeholders to ensure alignment of objectives and build a clear understanding of requirements for third-party goods and services.

About You and Your Skills

Our ideal candidate will bring strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, along with a high level of personal integrity and ethics. You'll have solid researching and networking skills, as well as the enthusiasm to learn more about your suppliers, stakeholders, and procurement in general.

Requirements

• Related tertiary qualification, ideally in Commerce, Supply Chain Management, Law, or Property category.
• Competent in Ariba, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and e-procurement tools/systems.
• Demonstrated understanding of basic Australian contract law as it relates to the purchase and supply of goods and services.
• Strong business acumen and negotiation skills gained in major projects and contract negotiations.
• Highly developed commercial experience, possibly gained in other large commercial/FMCG/Retail enterprises.