Purchasing Administrator

**Job no**: 974155

**Employment type**: Fixed Term Contract

**Location**: Adelaide, SA

**Categories**: Administration

engineers, trades and professionals are committed to the delivery of an agile and potent submarine capability for the Royal Australian Navy.

**About the Opportunity**

Reporting to the Procurement Manager, the purpose of this position is to assist in the purchasing of materials and services to support the ASC facility and maintenance activities of Collins Class Submarines. Primarily this position is to ensure materials are available via expedition, resolution of exceptions and ensuring that materials are acceptable with respect to objective quality evidence, as well as maintain data and metrics relating to Supply Chain and Supplier performance. These activities are to be undertaken in accordance with ASC’s procurement strategy, guidelines, policies and procedures.

This role is a 24 month fixed term contract, based in Osborne, SA.

**Responsibilities**
- Responsible for reviewing all material requirements, ensuring that the supply of material to support both schedule requirements and production need is efficient and maximized.
- Expedite materials on Order to ensure delivery in accordance with committed dates, or where can be improved.
- Expedite Requests for Quotations (RFQs) to ensure materials are ordered expediently.
- Maintain and monitor specific KPIs related to Supply and Suppliers performance.
- Raise purchase orders that represent value for money and manage risk at an acceptable level to ASC.
- Undertake the review of look ahead reports to assess potential material impacts and the subsequent liaison with relevant stakeholders regarding mitigation of these impacts.
- Manage the resolution of material acceptance by obtaining Objective Quality Evidence (OQE) in accordance with ASC policies & procedures.
- Attend any meetings as required by the relevant Project teams.
- Other duties as directed by the Procurement Managers or Supply Chain Project Leads.

**About you**

To be successful in this role one must demonstrate the following;
- Commitment, drive, organisation skills, initiative, and enthusiasm
- Clear concise and effective written and verbal communications.
- Understanding of how procurement is aligned to the organisation’s business strategy.

**Desirable competencies and experiences**
- Qualification in a related area and/or considerable procurement experience.
- Previous experience in Procurement administration.
- Identifies efficiencies and opportunities for procurement process improvement.
- Able to manage senior professionals effectively.
- Experience and knowledge with use of an MRP system.
- Strong skills in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Clear concise and effective written and verbal communications.

**Eligibility and Requirements**

**About our offer**

We offer more than just a challenging and rewarding career. We have put together a range of programs, initiatives and benefits that help empower our employees to reach their personal and professional goals to ensure their career with us is both challenging and rewarding.
- Staff training and leadership development programs
- Additional 2 weeks of leave
- Paid parental leave
- Salary sacrificing options
- Paid defence reservist leave
- Flexible working arrangements
- Onsite cafeteria & parking
- Access to our onsite gym and wellbeing programs
- Annual Flu vaccinations and onsite health centre

**About ASC**

ASC has proudly served as Australia’s sovereign submarine builder and sustainer for over 35 years and our 1,800 strong workforce are based in the Osborne Naval Shipyard in SA and in the Henderson Maritime Precinct and Garden Island in WA. We are an enduring and integral part of Australia’s maritime strategy and national security, and a trusted and efficient partner with sovereign design, build and sustainment capabilities, driving best value for our customers. At ASC, our values of protect, respect, integrity, discipline and excellence drive our standards, behaviours and the decisions we make each day to create a culture which is safe, engaged and customer focused.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

At ASC, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing a work environment where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We encourage diversity of age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, thinking styles, experience, family background and gender identity or expression. We know there are many aspects of our employee’s lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits including flexible working options, a generous parental leave policy and other leave entitlements. ASC’s Reconciliation Action Plan sets out our commitment to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, organisations and communities - the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters