Procurement Business Partner

**Procurement Business Partner, Ongoing, Sydney**

***The Department of Customer Service (DCS) is looking for an enthusiastic and team-orientated individual to provide high quality specialist services to key DCS stakeholders of the Corporate Services Procurement Team. The successful applicant will be part of a functional team of six specialists. The role is to deliver expert procurement advice, guidance, and services to designated business areas (Agencies) to enable them to effectively identify and manage their procurement needs. This role is fully accountable for the delivery of work assignments on time and to expectations in terms of quality, deliverables, and outcomes.

This position involves working in a fast-paced environment with the opportunity to grow and develop in a supportive and collaborative team. The right applicant will be a team player willing to hit the ground running, who can work independently and be client focused. An advanced knowledge of procurement acumen will need to be demonstrated.

The Corporate Services Procurement Team are currently undergoing transformation with several exciting opportunities including 6x current vacancies for a Procurement Business Partner to join our team

***Benefits**
- Fantastic ongoing clerk grade 11/12 Opportunity
- Salary range: $131,094 - $151,609 + super, commensurate with experience
- Genuinely flexible working arrangements according to our Flexible Working Policy
- State of the art offices
- Wellbeing programs and resources available
- Excellent career development and learning development opportunities
- Discounted Gym Memberships and Employee Assistance Programs
- Annual Leave Loading, development opportunities, training and much more

***About Us**

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our Corporate Procurement Team which services the DCS cluster. The team sits within the Corporate Services Division of DCS, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer for DCS. Corporate Procurement has three functions within the team: Business Partnering, Sourcing, and Centre of Excellence. This role sits within the Business Partnering team and reports directly to the Chief Procurement Officer. The Business Partnering team will service DCS Agencies including Service NSW, Customer Delivery & Transformation, Revenue NSW, Digital NSW, State Insurance Regulatory Authority, Corporate Services, and Better Regulation Division.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Provide authoritative expert advice to key stakeholders on all aspects of the procurement function to encourage innovative practices, achieve delivery of business outcomes and support policy directions
- Provide guidance and support to customers and stakeholders including a cross functional team of procurement specialist to efficiently source goods and services in line with corporate and government procurement framework and guidelines
- Partner with business leaders to identify business priorities and procurement needs, including identifying resource requirements and aligning support activities to meet business needs and maximise value
- Lead stakeholder engagement to develop and implement procurement plans and strategies to meet business needs and align with corporate procurement strategies and compliance requirements
- Contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures, systems, and performance management frameworks for all procurement related activity to ensure a high level of professional practice and deliver compliant, effective and efficient procurement outcomes

***About you**:
You are genuinely passionate about procurement with demonstrable experience delivering excellence in commercial outcomes, sustainable procurement and brokering value for customers. This role would suit an expert with experience leading a high performing team in a complex procurement environment and perhaps an industry with regulatory frameworks. As this is a new role, you will understand expectations set by the Chief Procurement Officer and be able to operate at a high level of autonomy and hold yourself accountable for the quality, integrity and value of service provided. You will work collaboratively with key stakeholders and the Corporate Procurement team to support business needs.

If you want to be part of this forward thinking, innovative team that thrive in challenging the status quo, we would love to hear from you

**What we need from you**:
A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process to fill future ongoing and temporary opportunities.?

Salary Grade 11/12, with the base salary for this role starting at $131,094 base plus superannuation

**Closing Date: Monday 25th July at 10am**

**Working at Department of Customer Service**

The Department of Customer Service (DCS) is a great place to work Our values of accountability, trust, service, and integrity drive our initiatives and culture. We support innovative programs in areas as broad as digital government, consumer protection