Principal Contracts

15 hours ago

Brisbane, Australia Queensland Government Full time

**Your typical day as a Principal Contracts and Procurement Officer may include:

- Leading an initial procurement consultation meeting with business representatives to understand their sourcing requirements and key priorities and constraints.
- Gathering procurement inputs by reviewing existing contracts, supplier performance reports, and conducting preliminary market research to assess supplier capability and inform sourcing strategies.
- Collaborating with finance colleagues to confirm budget availability and any financial constraints for proposed procurement activity.
- Drafting procurement documents, including procurement plan, request for quote and evaluation criteria, incorporating input from business representatives to ensure alignment with operational needs.
- Providing a concise daily update to your manager on key outcomes, highlighting new risks, issues, decisions and pending approvals.

You will be supported by a positive, constructive team and divisional leaders as you do your work.

To be successful in this role, you will need to demonstrate:

- Extensive experience (5+ years) in a complex ICT senior procurement role in a large-scale organisation.
- Expertise in QITC or Government contracting frameworks.
- A proven track record in managing large strategic procurements processes.
- Ability to understand business needs and how they translate into service deliverables and key performance indicators.

We welcome applicants to share with the contact officer any health condition, disability and/or cultural/linguistic background, so that we may make any necessary adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process.

If you are interested in this role - click 'Apply' to be redirected to the full advertisement including role description and contact details.

Applications may remain current for 12 months after the closing date of the vacancy and may be used to fill identical or similar roles.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/647661/25
Closing Date: Tuesday, 22 July 2025
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