Manager Bankwest Procurement

Manager Bankwest Procurement - Category Management (12 Month Contract)

**Do work that matters**:
As part of the largest financial services company in Australia, we have access to world leading technology, while maintaining our unique Bankwest identity and care for our customers and colleagues. We're big enough to have a broad and exciting technology stack, and nimble, so you get to spend more time on the work you love.

We believe great technology comes from a diverse and truly flexible workforce and when technology teams are at the heart of exploring and delivering new solutions.

Our Technology team plays a critical role in delivering the brilliant experiences that make our customers' lives easier. They are leveraging world-leading technologies to increase our footprint in cloud, design and deliver automation, discover new ways data science can help personalise our customer interactions and build API-enabled systems to deliver a modern and safe technology platform and architecture.

We couldn't create so much, so quickly without our agile ways of working. We're moving faster than ever before while we experiment, learn and pivot. You can make decisions quicker here, and have real opportunities to collaborate, solve and innovate.

**See yourself in our team**:
You'll be joining a team who knows that our people are the heart and soul of our tech business. As the heartbeat of technology, we are improving the ways we work, building on and sharing the expert capabilities of our talented team of people with the community and partnering with the Group to access and deliver globally recognised and world class technology solutions. Joining our Bankwest Procurement Team will see you working closely with Bankwest Technology and Commonwealth Bank Technology to ensure that all procurement and partnerships receive our world-class end-to-end delivery experience. At Bankwest, we take risk and regulation seriously. It is our priority to protect what matters most to our customers. All our procurement and partnership activities are delivered within the Bank's risk appetite.

**On any given day you will**:

- Support the proactive review, renewal and monitoring for all existing and new contracts.
- Work closely with end users to understand service demands and constraints for current and new contracts.
- Research and negotiate major organisational contracts and procurements.
- Coordinate the acquisition of goods, materials and services for the organisation.
- Preparing complex purchasing assignments requiring vendor selection and pricing comparisons.
- Negotiate with vendors to obtain optimum quality, cost, terms, etc.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers.
- Ensure that the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) concept and approach is embedded across all of the organisation's procurement activities.
- Manage and monitor compliance to internal policies and procedures in relation to procurement and purchasing processes and provide clear advice on contract governance.
- Support the Category Specialists in the development of continuous improvement programs, both internally and externally, as they relate to efficient and effective procurement best practice.
- Identify and seek value added opportunities and cost savings in the procurement process.

**We're interested in hearing from people who have**:

- Minimum of 3 years within a procurement/contract environment.
- Previous IT Procurement experience is desirable but not essential.
- A strategic ability to negotiate contracts and identify opportunity for business development.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with a natural ability to liaise with vendors and stakeholders.
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Proactive nature and high level of initiative.

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Advertising End Date: 08/10/2024

Job ID REQ217831