Strategic Sourcing Manager

3 days ago

Melbourne, Australia RMIT University Full time

Overview:

- Full-time, Fixed Term position - 2 Years
- Salary Level HEW 9 + 17% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
- Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, and hybrid ways of working

About You

The Strategic Sourcing Manager will report directly to the Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager and is responsible for sourcing initiatives and delivering strategic and commercially effective solutions for RMIT across Property Services categories. The main activities include diagnosing, validating and maximising sourcing opportunities and executing end-to-end strategic sourcing events from analysis, RFT development, evaluation, selection and contract delivery.

The Strategic Sourcing Manager is expected to take a highly collaborative and consultative approach, liaising with portfolios/colleges, category/vendor managers, legal and other relevant stakeholders. The Strategic Sourcing Manager will have an affinity to Corporate Services, ITS or Property Services, but may operate as part of a shared pool of Strategic Sourcing resources working across each of these categories as required based on the Procurement team’s prioritisation.

To be successful in this position, you’ll have as a minimum:

- Proven strategic sourcing experience (structured and fact-based) in a commercial, government or other large organisational settings
- Demonstrated the capability to successfully develop/execute sourcing strategies, tender processes, supplier evaluations and negotiation strategies to deliver significant value
- Strong contract development experience
- Advanced stakeholder management, influencing skills and written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with Category/Vendor Managers/Procurement Analysts to ensure that sourcing events align to and compliment category strategies/plans
- A high level of competency using Excel and Procurement Systems and sound analytical capabilities
- Strong contract development experience and understanding of commercial implication of key legal clauses

About the Portfolio

Procurement is a specialized focused group. The role of Procurement is to review sourcing and procurement options across the university based on an expenditure on goods and services of ~$500M.

Key issues addressed are:

- Identifying cost improvement initiatives across the university spend
- Rationalising supplier base
- Negotiating and establishing major RMIT group contracts based on combined purchasing power
- Enabling the procurement process and policies through both systems and controls
- Using and leveraging group contracts to provide savings

To Apply

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.

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