Procurement Specialist

5 days ago


Greater Adelaide SA, Australia The University of Adelaide Full time

**(HE08) $106,561 to $119,550 per annum plus an employer contribution of 17% superannuation**

**Continuing full time position.**

**Exciting opportunity supporting the research portfolio as part of our Strategic Procurement team**.

Our Strategic Procurement team provide leadership and procurement management across a range of specialist areas, partnering with stakeholders across the University. In this role you will promote continuous improvement through consideration of risk, variety, quantity, supplier base, price, total cost, quality, and stakeholder experience.

Your strengths will include a continuous improvement mindset and excellent stakeholder engagement skills. Your extensive procurement experience will showcase your capability to create and implement comprehensive and integrated strategic procurement processes, and review contractual agreements while ensuring suppliers are fully accountable in providing services for the University.

**To be successful you will need**:

- Procurement management experience gained within a complex commercial environment.
- Experience with tender processes, systems and a broad understanding of contract management issues relating to Category Management
- Experience in Category Management with the ability to contribute to the development and implementation of procurement strategies, policies, processes, guidelines, pricing and cost analysis, alongside robust performance monitoring, commodity and contract management reviews
- Highly developed interpersonal, consultation and negotiation skills, including the ability to influence and liaise effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders in a way that encourages support and respect.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including effective presentations to stakeholders to secure support for proposed strategies.
- Experience or exposure to procurement management within the research, scientific, and/or medical equipment and consumables domain is desirable but not essential.

**Enjoy an outstanding career environment.**

The University of Adelaide is a uniquely rewarding workplace. The size, breadth and quality of our education and research programs - including significant industry, government and community collaboration - offers you vast scope and opportunity for a long, fulfilling career.

It also enables us to attract high-calibre people in all facets of our operations, ensuring you will be surrounded by talented colleagues, many world-leading. Our work's cutting-edge nature - not just in your own area, but across virtually the full spectrum of human endeavour - provides a constant source of inspiration.

Our culture is one that welcomes all and embraces diversity consistent with our Staff Values and Behaviour Framework and our Values of integrity, respect, collegiality, excellence and discovery. We firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, so we work to grow and diversify the skills, knowledge and capability of all our staff.

We embrace flexibility as a key principle to allow our people to manage the changing demands of work, personal and family life.

In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive staff benefits. These include: salary packaging; flexible work arrangements; high-quality professional development programs and activities; and an on-campus health clinic, gym and other fitness facilities.

**Your division's broader role**

Our procurement team is an important contributor within the Division of University Operations. This division enables the University's delivery of high-quality and distinct learning, teaching and research experiences. Its responsibilities link to Adelaide's strategic plan and focus on people, community, assets and infrastructure, and processes. You can learn more about our team at: adelaide.edu.au/operations

**If you have the talent, we'll give you the opportunity. Together, let's make history.**

Applications close 11.55pm Sunday 28th April

**For further information**

For a confidential discussion regarding this position, contact:
Magda Hebert
Manager Strategic Procurement



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