Purchasing Officer

**We’re seeking a Purchasing Officer to join our Metro Supply Team at The Wesley Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in a six months fixed-term, part-time position.**

**Remuneration Value**:$32.22 - $33.05 p/h (FTE $63,676 - $65,307) + Super + $15,900 NFP Salary Packaging Value + Shift Penalties/Allowances + Discounted Onsite Staff Parking- UnitingCare provides health and community services to thousands of people every day of the year through its service groups. We operate one of the largest not-for-profit private hospital groups in Queensland and are proud to deliver a range of specialist healthcare services out of our four unique hospitals; The Wesley, St Andrew’s War Memorial, Buderim Private and St Stephens, Hervey Bay.- Our Metro Hospitals include The Wesley Hospital, one of Australia’s iconic and largest private not-for-profit hospitals, offering comprehensive care across a wide range of acute tertiary-level medical and surgical services and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, specialising in complex health needs. By bringing together the finest medical experts, care and technology, we’re able to deliver personalised care and world-class results.**Your Role**:

- As the
- **Purchasing Officer**, you will be responsible for the purchasing of goods and services in accordance with delegations for UnitingCare Queensland Hospitals and for expediting those orders where necessary to ensure goods and services are received in a timely manner to meet stakeholder requirements and enable essential services.- The role will also be responsible for the following:
- Order goods and services in line with approved requests and within delegations and ensure the purchases align with contract obligations.
- Execute the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) process for the hospitals and ensure the right orders are being placed at the right time
- Ensure accurate pricing on all purchase orders to minimise delays in ordering and payments
- Support stakeholders through the purchasing process, including resolving day-to-day purchasing issues
- Ensure the hospitals achieves “value for money” when purchasing non-catalogued or capital items
- Proactively undertake an expediting function to follow up and action open / back orders to ensure critical supply levels are maintained

**About you**:
To be successful in this role, you will be a flexible and values-based leader with the following skills and attributes:
- 3+ years’ experience in a purchasing role
- Knowledge of products used in hospitals and vendors in the health care industry
- Experience and proven ability to identify, secure and establish strong, long-term internal and external relationships.
- Experience operating at a management level including managing financial imperatives and scheduling.
- Sound customer service experience, including ability to interact with stakeholders and respond to enquiries; and.
- Understanding of SAP Materials Management system or demonstrated ability to quickly acquire skills in an ERP software

**What we offer**:

- Together with Buderim Private Hospital, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital and St Stephens Hospital, we are part of UnitingCare, the largest not-for-profit provider of healthcare and community services in the state, and home to over 17, 000 employees and 9, 000 volunteers.- Our mission is to improve the health of individuals and their families. We differentiate ourselves by living out our values to optimise patient care and experience through committed and inspired leadership and the dedication of our people. We believe in rewarding and recognising our people through:
- Flexible work-life balance opportunities, including family-friendly rostering
- Increase your take-home pay with Not-for-profit salary packaging options: allocate up to $15,900 of your pre-taxable income to everyday expenses
- Extensive career progression opportunities
- Additional paid parental leave, education leave & additional leave purchases
- One-on-one support from pastoral care team & employee assistance programs
- Access to _Inspire_ portal - discounts on hundreds of retailers, travel & accommodation providers
- Hospital admissions discounts
- Discounted health insurance & gym memberships**_ Please Note: _**:

- To ensure the health and safety of our people, and the clients, residents, patients and people we serve at Uniting Care Queensland, all staff are required to comply with statutory and Government requirements, such as public health directions, and Uniting Care's vaccination policy requirements, with respect to COVID-19 vaccinations. The successful applicant must be able to meet Uniting Care's mandate of receiving _
- all recommended doses of _
- approved Covid-19 vaccines_
- (including boosters) approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration_
- and the provision of Covid-19 Certificate before commencing employment._

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential: How many years' experience do you have in a purchasing role?
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