Purchasing Manager

**ASX 300 listed financial services organisation**:

- **Flexible & hybrid working arrangements**:

- **Melbourne location**

**Do you want to**:

- work in an organisation where 98% of all team members believe that their manager genuinely cares about their well-being and feels valued?
- understand the strategic direction of your organisation and how your effort contributes to success?
- work in an inclusive environment who is proudly a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality?
- work for a climate Active CERTIFIED Carbon Neutral fleet management organisation?
- be recognised and rewarded for your performance?
- work for an organisation where ‘C-A-R-E’ are their values?
- have career opportunities, a voice that’s heard, and a fast-paced, dynamic yet flexible working environment?

If so, then Eclipx Group might be the place for you.

Eclipx Group is an ASX 300 listed financial services, vehicle management, and employee benefits company. We support all types and sizes of businesses to acquire and effectively manage their vehicles, with over 93,000 vehicles currently under management. We also help everyday Australians to maximise their salary by administering employee benefit programs and help them to get into the car of their dreams.

**Who we’re looking for**:
The Purchasing Manager has full accountability for the successful operation of the Purchasing functions for our Fleet Partners customers, providing excellent customer service throughout the pricing / order to delivery processes. Underpinned via a focus on quality assurance, process improvement, team excellence, and adherence to SLA’s.

**What you’ll be doing**:
Functional responsibilities:

- Coach, train, manage, and lead the team of Purchasing coordinators
- Responsible for the procurement process from order to delivery, including the effective communication across the relevant internal departments and with external suppliers
- Develop and manage daily reporting to ensure the adherence of teams to agreed SLA’s
- Manage the overall pipeline of new orders ensuring timely and accurate updates of estimated delivery dates
- Manage relationships with third party suppliers to ensure efficient delivery of new vehicles
- Manage supplier and internal relationships to ensure timely and accurate activation of new vehicle deliveries
- Maximise resource allocation through regular workforce planning & forecasting
- Act as a point of contact for escalations and issues, and proactively investigate root causes
- Other duties as required

Staff engagement / relationships:

- Drive engagement across the team and build effective working relationships with all stakeholders.
- Role model, foster and embed the Eclipx values
- Ensure direct reports have active job descriptions, balanced scorecards and development plans
- Build and manage the capability and performance of the team, through bi-annual performance reviews, 1:1 meeting, daily team meetings and other initiatives.

Continuous improvement:

- Contribute to the development of new ideas, opportunities to improve and effectively manage the implementation of changes at work.
- Lead the team to implement projects designed to increase productivity and service delivery.
- Control error rates to within agreed performance standards. Create a culture of “right first time” through quality assurance / risk mitigation methodologies and capability development.

**Requirements**:

- Relevant costing, finance or procurement experience, preferably within the motor vehicle or related industry
- Results driven - demonstrate a determined commitment to achieve standards of excellence
- Leading teams - energise and align employees around a shared vision. Create a climate in which teams’ performance is optimised, and teams are aware of / achieving expectations
- Build effective relationships within and across teams and encourage cooperation
- Customer focused, internal and external with strong service mentality
- High concern for detail and the desire for accuracy and quality in work completed
- Well-developed interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate both written and verbally.

**Benefits**
- 7 additional days of annual leave per year.
- 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary careers, regardless of gender and with no minimum tenure and 4 weeks paid leave for secondary carers.
- a ‘Dress for your Day’ policy.
- flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- an extensive range of other employee benefits.