Procurement & Contract Manager

**Job no**: 890274
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Eastern
**Categories**: Procurement and Supply Chain and Contract Management
- **Salary: ASO8 / $121,107.00 - 125,679.00 p.a.**:

- **Full Time / Ongoing**:

- **EASTWOOD / 5063**

**About Us**:
SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia’s provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.

We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.
- Our Vision_: An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.
- Our Mission_: Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.
- Our Purpose_: To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state’s emergency preparedness and health response capability.

**Our Values**:
**_ PATIENT FOCUSED_**: We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.

**_TEAMWORK_**_:_ We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.

**_ INTEGRITY AND HONESTY_**_:_ We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.

**_RESPECT AND COURTESY:_** We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.

**_COMMUNITY COLLABORATION_**: We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.

**_CHANGE READY_**: We know our communities’ needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.

**_AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP:_** We will support leadership development for our people at every level.

The Procurement & Contract Manager is responsible for procurement & contract management and coordination related to SAAS activities to ensure value for money is realised, contracts deliver the required outcomes, and risks are managed appropriately across the organisation.

The Procurement & Contract Manager leads the development of policies and strategies that contribute to the overall Procurement Services SA procurement framework and advice. The incumbent represents the Unit/Directorate/Department in senior level and/or inter-agency delegations and negotiations pertaining to procurement, is responsible for the provision of high-level specialist advice and leadership, which ensures the delivery of efficient and effective procurement services for SAAS.

This is an important and strategically significant role for SAAS in terms of setting its forward procurement and contract management plan to ensure SAAS can meet its service delivery demand and customer expectations.

**What We Offer**:

- Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a culture of inclusion and diversity.
- Giving back to the people of South Australia Play a vital role in enhancing the well-being of our community.
- We take care of you Access to a range of staff and wellness support programs

**Key Responsibilities**:
Manage and coordinate the delivery of procurement and contract activities, projects, and plans aligned with SAAS objectives and deadlines.

Provide expert procurement advice, information, and reports to the Executive Director Corporate Services, governance committees, and SA Health when required.

Establish and review contracts, ensuring timely execution, implementation, and identification of savings opportunities.

Develop and implement policies, standards, and best practices to support SAAS's procurement activities and enable an appropriately skilled workforce.

Manage contract and supplier/provider performance, including monitoring Key Performance Indicators, resolving issues, and renegotiating terms when necessary.

Engage and manage relationships with stakeholders across the public and private sectors, negotiating and liaising on procurement programs while considering operational, political, financial, and strategic impacts.

**Application Information**:

- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

**Job ref: 890274**

**Application Closing Date: Friday 10 January 2025**

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**Advertised**: 24 Dec 2024 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 14 Jan 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time