General Manager

**Competitive salary + Free car parking + Not for Profit Salary Packaging**:

- ** Leading Not-for-profit Aged Care Provider in Victoria**:

- ** Rewarding role where you will make a difference**

As Royal Freemasons continues to make a positive difference to the lives of older people across Victoria, the organisation seeks to appoint a dynamic and customer-oriented leader to join the organisation as the General Manager - Procurement & Contracts.

**The role**

The General Manager
- Procurement & Contracts reports directly into the Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for procurement and supplies across the organisation, including managing supplier and vendor contracts. General Manager - Procurement & Contracts controls spend and drives a culture of long-term saving and/or value creation on procurement costs.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Developing and executing source strategies to deliver best value to the organisation ensuring best practice to help shape the organisation and achieve prioritised outcomes.
- Ensure Royal Freemasons has best practice policies, procedures and guidelines for procurement, tendering and contract management and develop, improve and implement these as required
- Preparing, managing and delivering a key contract review program ensuring timely and regular contract renewals/revisions
- Lead the tendering process for the business and partner with appropriate sites to enable the success of the contracts engaged

**Knowledge and experience**
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience within procurement and contract management
- Proven experience in negotiating supplier and vendor contracts, and evaluating suppliers’ delivery against same
- Experience in developing and delivering detailed procurement reports that provide insights into spending patterns, supplier performance, and market trends. Including presenting reports to stakeholders to inform strategic decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to drive operational performance and deliver commercial outcomes through the timely and cost-efficient supply of supplies across the organisation
- Extensive knowledge of, and technical competence with, contract management software
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of procurement and contracts frameworks, contract management, including negotiation, and ongoing variations

**What we can offer you**
- Salary packaging, package up to $15,900 per year tax free on items like Mortgage, Rent or everyday bills
- In addition to your tax-free benefit, you can also use up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for entertainment expenses (meals, holiday accommodation etc.)
- Ongoing training and support, we care about your personal and professional development

**About Us**

We are an established and highly regarded Not-for-Profit provider of Aged Care Services across the Residential, Home Care and Retirement Living sectors. We offer salary packaging and a comprehensive employee benefits scheme. With locations across greater Melbourne and Victoria our staff benefit from great learning and career prospects, fantastic resources and enjoy an envied reputation for excellence in care.

Royal Freemasons is committed to providing and maintaining a workplace that is safe and without risks to health. This includes a smoke free workplace and influenza vaccine program.

**NDIS Worker Screening Check (includes Australian Federal Police Check)**
Royal Freemasons is a NDIS approved provider. As part of the NDIS scheme, employees, contractors, labour hire and volunteers must have a completed NDIS check. This is part of compliance and needs to be completed prior to commencement as well as an **International Police Check** for those that have lived overseas for 12 months or more within the last 10 years.

**Mandatory Vaccines **All aged care workers must be vaccinated against Covid-19 (3 vaccines) and encouraged to receive the Flu-Vaccine, all successful applicants will be required to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination prior to commencement.

**Recruitment Agencies are requested to kindly NOT contact us.