Category Specialist, Nsw Procurement

**Category Specialist (Fleet), NSW Procurement**
- **Employment Type**: Ongoing
- **Classification / Grade / Band**: Clerk Grade 9/10
- **Remuneration**:$120,859.44 - $133,183.44; plus Superannuation and Leave Loading
- **Location**: Sydney CBD, Flexible & hybrid working options available
- **Applications Close**: Friday, 31 January 2025 at 10:00am

**Stepping into the heart of the NSW Government**

You will have an invaluable opportunity to create a positive impact for the people of New South Wales. You will be challenged to provide the best outcomes possible in this role while developing and growing your own skills.

When you join Treasury, you join an organisation that is a whole-of-government financial and economic advisor. Treasury is a critical component of the government and provides advice that informs a wide range of financial, economic and policy driven work for the state of NSW.

We consider work-life balance a key feature of being employed here. You will have the flexibility to manage your work schedule around times that best suit your life outside of the workplace and in line with organisational needs.

**Enrich your career with the NSW Treasury**

While we are certain you will already have your own expertise to ensure success in this role, you will also continue to learn and improve your skills in core areas, including:

- Procurement Expertise
- Category Management Knowledge
- Strategic Thinking
- Project Management

You will join our NSW Procurement team and will be working within the Commercial Division. Read more about your future Group and Division.

Transform and develop your career in a central government agency that is invested in you.

The Category Specialist (Fleet) role will provide you with the opportunity to expand your network as you will have the chance to work with multiple teams, agencies, external stakeholders, suppliers and organisations to help shape your career.

**Investing in you**

The team you will join is made up of a diverse and welcoming group of people. We understand what starting a new job is like, and to ensure you have the most positive experience we will ‘Buddy’ you up with a team member to help settle you in.

Just some of the benefits of working with Treasury include:

- Flexible hybrid working at our office at 52 Martin Place, Sydney with standard working hours 35 hours per week.
- Accrue quarterly flex time for any hours worked over the standard hours, and enjoy true work life balance
- A healthy workplace, both mentally and physically. Our **Wellbeing at Treasury**curriculum offers regular seminars. From opportunities to connect with colleagues to boost social connection, to seminars on creating better financial health and physical and psychological wellbeing.
- A range of leave to support you with your needs out of work including generous paid parental leave, carers leave and more.

Read more about our benefits.

**Your day as a Category Specialist**

We are seeking a highly skilled Procurement Category Specialist to join our Fleet team, specialising in strategic procurement and category management. You will play a pivotal role in enhancing NSW Procurement strategies by bringing your experience across planning, project management, risk management, cost reduction, innovation, reduced supply chain risk and continuous improvement.

Your typical day-to-day work includes partnering with stakeholders across the fleet category to plan, develop, source and manage procurement arrangements to deliver value for money and effectively meet business outcomes and government directions.

Your primary responsibility will be to partner with a wide range of stakeholders (internal and external) and contracted suppliers to develop robust category plans and reporting mechanisms that drive informed decision-making within our team. You will also have the opportunity to demonstrate your leadership skills and lead category management related projects, including go to market activities within our Fleet category.

This role liaises extensively with other areas within Treasury, with NSW government agencies and equivalents in other jurisdictions across Australia, and with external stakeholders.

**Achieve success as Category Specialist**

In this integral role there are a few things we would like for you to have to best support yourself and add value to the people of NSW.

You will be successful in this role if you can:

- Lead Fleet category management related activities for whole-of-government contracts including running end to end Request for Tendering (RFT) supplier relationship management, contract management, including negotiating variations and modifications. Write briefing notes, procurement strategies and governance plans.
- Collaborate with contracted suppliers and internal stakeholders leveraging your commercial insights and high-level negotiation skills to optimise the value of the procurement through balancing value for money, compliance to policy, efficiency, risks and s