Manager, Procurement

**TAFE SA**
**Job reference**: 618866
**Location**: 5010 - REGENCY PARK
**Job status**: Ongoing
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Ongoing Appointment**

**- SA’s Largest Registered Training Organisation**
**- MAS3 ($127,859) + Super**
Join a contemporary Procurement & Contracts Management team. Public sector experience is not essential.

**About TAFE SA**

TAFE SA is proud to deliver world-class vocational education and training (VET) across South Australia. Recently named Training Provider of the Year at the 2021 South Australian Training Awards, TAFE SA provides high-quality, future-focused training in metropolitan, regional, and remote areas, ensuring our students can reach their full potential.

Since establishing in 1971, we’ve taught over one million students in more than 80 industry areas. With specialist, purpose-built facilities, high-quality in-person and online delivery, and educators who are experts in their industries, TAFE SA is at the forefront of building a resilient and innovative workforce for South Australia.

**Why work with us?**

By working at TAFE SA, you’ll become part of a highly experienced workforce dedicated to transforming lives through education. Collaborating closely with industries and communities across our state, we deliver innovative education and skills training to meet South Australia's evolving economic and cultural needs.

TAFE SA values excellence in all aspects of our operations, from our dynamic workplaces to the responsive, relevant, and future-focused training opportunities we deliver across South Australia. By working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to advance your career in a safe and inclusive working environment, participate in a collaborative and transparent Organisational culture, and play a meaningful role in delivering successful career outcomes for students across South Australia.

**The role**

The TAFE SA Procurement and Contracts management team comes from diverse industry backgrounds and display a genuine openness to fresh ideas and contemporary practices in procurement and contracts management. Be part of the success story providing high quality leadership to the Procurement and Contract Management function that ultimately delivers value to TAFE SA.

This role is a unique opportunity to work on delivering key projects and driving TAFE SA forward in their strategic plan. With a growth mindset, you will contribute to real change within the community and join a team focused on building positive relationships and empowering their people. You will work with a supportive manager and enjoy career development opportunities and successes across the short, medium, and long term.

**Your new role will involve**:

- Developing the most effective financial approach to the delivery of goods & services, enabling value for money outcomes for TAFE SA.
- Leadership and coaching of the Procurement function, embedding a team culture of high performance, professionalism and continuous improvement.
- Application of your strategic mindset and exercising significant levels of independent judgement to contemporary procurement solutions.
- Having a program approach of the procurement portfolio.
- Working within the SA Government Procurement framework.
- Contributing to TAFE SA’s strategic plan and the functions objectives.

**What you will get in return**:

- You will work with an experienced manager, who is invested in your development, and will support you with a seat at the table to voice your ideas and expertise
- Further study support is available, including study leave
- You will have flexibility to work from multiple sites, including the Regency Park, the Adelaide City, Tonsley campus, and work from home
- The Procurement and Contracts Management team are varied in their experience and tenure at TAFE SA - you will work alongside recent joiners, and long-tenured staff, who come from a diverse industry background, such as state and local government, energy, Defence and manufacturing
- You will work with varied and high value contracts, adding diversity to your knowledge base and existing contracts management skill set

**What you will need to apply**:

- Experience in managing, leading and motivating teams to a high performance.
- Delivering tangible Value for Money in a complex environment.
- Formulate and suggest practical and innovative solutions and implement change and mitigate risk.
- Procurement program or portfolio management expertise.
- Proven ability to lead, develop and manage collaborative, productive and successful working relationships, liaise and negotiate at senior levels and foster trust, co-operation, and support from others.
- Ability to work under very broad direction and exercise a high level of original and strategic thinking, independent judgment, drive and initiative in identifying problems, and taking, or recommending corrective action to address.
- You will be a community minded individual, passionate about ensuring the deliv