Purchasing Officer

**Introduction**:
BallyCara is an established charitable organisation that offers a wellness-focused lifestyle for our clients to facilitate independent living, health, and happiness.

At BallyCara, you will belong to a welcoming and inclusive community where your individual strengths and interests are embraced and are the key driver to everything that we create together. We will empower you with flexibility, autonomy and coaching to allow you to make a meaningful difference, whilst supporting you in your career and personal journey.

We inspire healthy and happy living through our SONA® (Happiness) ethos and enhance our employee's wellness through the following employee benefits:

- Emotional Wellness: Enhance your happiness. Accrue a wellness day off each year to take on your birthday, for your family, or just for you because you are worth it.
- Physical Wellness: Improve your health and wellbeing with a fitness allowance for yoga, pilates, swimming, or gym plus access to an online fitness portal LIFT Fitness
- Professional Wellness: Enhance your career with two days of paid study leave combined with yearly study assistance
- Financial Wellness: access not-for-profit salary packaging up to $18,550, receive 17.5% annual leave loading, and up to $1,892 per annum in financial discounts from our Lifeworks EAP and wellbeing portal

**Description**:
You will be joining a welcoming, fun and experienced team who is passionate about our clients, our employees and the aged care community.

**Skills and Experiences**:
To be successful at this role you will need to demonstrate the following:

- At least 3 - 4 years purchasing experience in a similar role
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A proven ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers
- Computer literacy, including the proficient use of Microsoft Office (Word & Excel)
- Strong administrative skills, organised and with good attention to detail
- A strong team player with the willingness to be hands on when required
- Experience in negotiation with suppliers, including sourcing new suppliers

Desirable
- Experience working within a not-for-profit/aged care, wellness, or disability sector will be well regarded.
- Experience/understanding of services for older people and working with older people would be an advantage.
- Experience in procure-to-pay solutions

How to apply