Contracts Specialist

**Job no**: 497011

**Work type**: Permanent

**Location**: Newstead

**Categories**: Finance, Consulting and Strategy, All other
- Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals._
- We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people._

**About the role**

Mater’s **Procurement and Supply Chain Operations** has an exciting, newly created permanent full-time, position for a **Contracts Specialist - Engineering Services & Maintenance**. This position is based in our newly purpose-built offices in Newstead.

The Contract Specialist will be responsible for ensuring effective outcomes are delivered and achieved from Mater’s contractors for all high-risk high value engineering services and maintenance contracts across the State.

You will also be pivotal in developing a contract management strategy for Engineering and Services & Maintenance Contracts and lead the day-to-day operational management of contracts/agreements in conjunction with the local Engineering Services Teams across the state.

**Salary: Commensurate with experience plus superannuation and salary packaging**

**What you’ll be doing**

Strategic Sourcing
- Prepare, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, the tender specifications and supporting contractual documentation to deliver best value outcomes for Engineering Services
- Ensure standard procurement processes are adhered to, whilst also identifying any opportunities to improve those processes

Contract management
- Develop and implement contracts that incorporate performance incentives, desired procurement outcomes to payments and that enable effective contract performance management
- Manage changes over the life of the contract/agreement in conjunction with the Indirects Category Team
- Monitor and analyse supplier and contract/agreement performance to ensure the goods and services are provided in line with the agreed specification and conditions
- Ensuring contractor compliance remains up to date and maintained in the Contract Management System

Supplier Relationship Management
- Maintain working relationships with relevant key suppliers
- Collaborate with stakeholders in dispute resolution and complaint management and escalate matters as required
- Manage cohesive contingency planning for all key suppliers
- Support research into current and emerging markets/suppliers for a wide range of commodity and service types relevant to the category

Stakeholder Engagement
- Engage, consult, and negotiate with all levels of staff, suppliers, and customers
- Engage and influence negotiations with vendors and customers to deliver positive, sustainable relationships through a business partnering approach
- Manage planning, coordination and administration of stakeholder and vendor meetings

**About you**

As the successful applicant, you will have Demonstrated experience in managing complex Indirect Service contracts in a large diverse organisation along with the ability to develop and implement contract strategies. You will also possess:

- Relevant procurement or business qualification or certification
- Demonstrated experience in managing complex engineering contracts in a large diverse organisation
- Demonstrated experience with transitioning out and implementing new contracts.
- Demonstrated experience with monitoring performance of contract and managing KPIs with supplier and hold review meetings as per contract or as required
- Demonstrated experience with co-ordinating supplier reviews and documenting meetings with formal minutes and other documents as required.
- Knowledge and experience of e-procurement systems is essential, including the ability to generate reporting information and analyse data.
- Significant IT skills for online communication and content creation, including the Microsoft office suite.
- Strong customer service skills with the ability to communicate effectively with suppliers, customers and stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven analytical skills including the ability to analyse and interpret information, prepare written reports

**Why join us?**

Joining a 10,000+ strong workforce, you will have the opportunity to work for an Australian leader in the field of Health, Education, Research and Foundation, and work with a team who make a real difference to the lives of our patients, consumers and community. You will be a part of a workplace that offers compassionate care in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy.
- Via salary packaging arrangements allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increasing take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses
- Access to leading education via Mater Education
- Flexible working arrangements, including work from home options where suitable
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