Category Manager

2 weeks ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia HAYS Full time

Join an established Procurement & Category Management team with a reputable public agency on a contract basis

**Your new company**
This public sector agency is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Category Manager to oversee a diverse range of projects and initiatives with a wide-ranging mix of stakeholders from across Victorian government departments and agencies, industry groups and suppliers of goods and services.

**Your new role**
With strong executive support, you will be responsible for developing implementing and managing whole of Victorian government procurement strategies, initiatives and relationships impacting on the overall spend of non-ICT goods and services. Key elements of the role include:

- Lead the end-to-end category management activities across a broad range of goods and
- services categories to ensure that optimum procurement outcomes are achieved.
- Lead whole of Victorian government sourcing projects including requirements gathering, business case development, tender preparation, evaluation, supplier negotiation and implementation whilst collaboratively engaging with key stakeholders to deliver effective procurement outcomes.
- Develop effective and collaborative relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders including senior management, departmental colleagues, Chief Procurement Officers and other key staff from government departments, suppliers and industry bodies.
- Contribute to the identification of opportunities to provide innovative and effective approaches to procurement practices to deliver

**What you'll need to succeed**

Key attributes and skills required for the role include:

- Recognised procurement professional with expert knowledge in undertaking sourcing events for strategic engagements including leading complex negotiations to drive effective procurement outcomes.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with proven ability engage with a diverse range of stakeholders and build collaborative and effective relationships to deliver outstanding procurement outcomes.
- High level analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to deliver innovative solutions to resolve complex problems.
- Strong knowledge of Victorian Government procurement policies will be highly regarded

**What you'll get in return**

**What you need to do now**

At Hays, we value diversity and are passionate about placing people in a role where they can flourish and succeed. We actively encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

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