Procurement Manager

13 hours ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Department of Education Full time

**Procurement Manager - Ongoing / Full Time**

**About the Department**

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.

The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

**About the Division**

Procurement Division works with the Department's stakeholders to deliver optimised procurement outcomes, providing value-for-money with integrity and impartiality.

The Corporate Procurement team deliver procurements of goods and services on behalf of Groups and Divisions in the department, support and advise on procurements undertaken by DET corporate (including the regions) and undertake procurement strategy development.

**About the Role**

The Procurement Manager provides leadership and guidance based on advanced procurement expertise. This includes:

- ; Provision of thought leadership, commercial and procurement expertise, advice and assistance to the procurement team and internal stakeholders;
- ; Develops briefs on highly complex issues that provide options for decision;
- ; Leads a team to deliver savings target through leading procurement activities end to end and delivering projects on time, according to scope and within budget;
- ; Leads a team to work collaboratively across the Department with a focus on customer service, responsiveness and a supportive engagement model;
- ; Initiates strategic and innovative change in procurement;
- ; Initiates and manages negotiations with peers (internal and external) to gain commitment to procurement projects, and delivery of activities to meet timelines;
- ; Routinely advises senior levels of the organisation on government policy objectives being driven through procurement; and
- ; Develops technical or professional standards for the organisation.

This role is fulltime and requires office attendance three days per week.

**Attributes**

This role requires excellent people management skills, strong procurement expertise, proclivity to support others and high energy. The Department is seeking an innovative thinker with strong critical thinking ability and skills.

**Desirable**Qualifications and Experience**
- Essential: Minimum 6+ years of procurement sourcing experience
- Essential: Tertiary qualification in related field
- Desirable: Experience in leadership role.

**Further Information**

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

**Applications close: 11 August 2025

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