Purchasing Officer

**Purchasing Officer - Food Services | The Wesley Hospital**
- **Employment Term**:permanent, full-time
- **Location**: located in the peaceful surrounds of Auchenflower, The Wesley Hospital is just 5 mins from Toowong Shopping Village and 10 mins from Brisbane City
- **Remuneration**: $32.87 - $33.71 p/h (FTE $66,828 - $66,611) + 10.5% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

**Make a meaningful difference with The Wesley Hospital**
- We’re looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.- An integral part of our team at The Wesley Hospital as a
- **Purchasing Officer** you’ll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.- Let’s make a meaningful difference, together.**What makes a difference for you?**
- The Wesley Hospital is one of Australia’s iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals, caring for you for life. From the heart of Brisbane more than 800 Visiting Medical Practitioners and 2,000 staff deliver personalised care through life’s journey for generations of Queenslanders.- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits
- Subsidised On-Site Parking
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program
- A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
- Professional development, through Graduate Certificates, skills development courses, bursaries, grants and partnerships with leading Universities (Hospitals).
- Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

**Your part in The Wesley Hospital team**
- Joining our team as a Purchasing Officer, you will be responsible for the procurement of provisions and goods for the Food Services Department.- Receiving, receipting and distributing goods, you will also be responsible for stock management, the purchasing of goods and services from approved vendors within allocated budgets and stakeholder support throughout the purchasing process.- This role may also see you supporting other areas of the Food Services Department, therefore full flexibility and a willingness to be adaptable is essential for the successful applicant.**What makes a difference for us?**
- Entry level food safety for the Health & Community sector - HLTFSE001
- Current LF (forklift) License
- 2+ years’ experience working in a supply environment
- Intermediate computer literacy skills, with knowledge of SAP data entry or similar
- Experience in computerised purchasing and inventory control systems
- Ability to communicate effectively within a team environment
- Excellent time management skills

**Minimum Physical Requirements**:

- The Purchasing Officer position, requires a degree of physical fitness. This may include lifting kitchen equipment and/or pushing heavy trolleys throughout the kitchen and hospital environment:
- Walking/standing - Constantly (67-100%)
- Ability to push heavy trolleys - Frequently (34-66%)
- Ability to lift and carry trays (5-9kg) - Frequently (34-66%)

**The Wesley Hospital is proudly part of the UnitingCare family, we’d love you to be too.**
- At the Wesley Hospital, we offer comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services with a particular focus on cancer care, cardiac care, women’s and children’s care, and complex surgical care. This includes the busiest robotic surgery program and the first Robotic Surgery Centre of Excellence accredited in Australia.- Joining the Wesley Hospital, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.**Start making a difference today**_ Diversity & Inclusion_**
- Our approach is simple -everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long