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**Are you a strong negotiator and able to build and maintain relationships with key suppliers? If so, we want to hear from you**

Our Procurement & Projects team is looking for a motivated, highly organized and experienced **Procurement Specialist** to join our team on a **full-time basis **at our Head Office on the **Gold Coast**.

**What’s in it for you?**
- Opportunity to showcase your analytical skills identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization within a team of highly skilled individuals.
- Flexible working arrangements with attractive salary.
- The opportunity for career progression and development.
- Be part of a business that is committed to giving back to our people and the communities in which we operate, through environmental, community and wellbeing initiatives.
- Access to our employee benefits program which includes a wellbeing platform, discounted private health insurance and access to specials and discounts from over 700 retailers.

**What does a typical day look like?**

Reporting to the GM Procurement & Supply Chain, this role is responsible for building strong alliances with key suppliers, negotiating best value and delivering improved outcomes for the business, whilst at all times maintaining the integrity of the service. You will undertake several duties in relation to analyzing the costs within the business, investigating, recommending, and negotiating cost savings.

**What are your responsibilities?**
- Supplier relationship management - source new and manage existing strategic supply partners.
- Drive supply chain synergies in areas of food, utilities, uniforms, PPE and service overheads.
- Conduct independent internal audit programs, which review the costs in areas of food utility purchases of the business to detect potential cost savings.
- Business case & sourcing strategy development - make recommendations to Operations Management on cost saving areas identified and assist in implementation.
- Manage end to end cost saving initiatives from Procure to pay.
- Assist Manager Contracts to maintain supplier contract files and contract register in line with policy, while also negotiating best value and delivering improved outcomes for the business.
- Assist and support efficient building of Procurement data for input into the ERP spend analytics systems.
- Authorize invoice payments for non-standard product purchase in conjunction with the GM Procurement & Supply Chain.
- Identify opportunities to bring new and/or improved products and services to the designated category.
- Plan delivery timetables and liaise with suppliers regularly to ensure orders and delivery times are met.
- Solve supply chain issues as they arise.
- Develop relationships and ensure communication lines between the Procurement/Culinary and Accounts Payable teams are effective to close the gap on supplier price changes & PPV.
- Have complete understanding of and adhere to dnata catering policies and procedures.
- Carry out additional duties as may be reasonably requested by Senior Management.

**What do you need to be successful in securing this role?**
- Demonstrated success in a similar role.
- Experience working in the catering industry essential.
- BI & or spend analytics reporting experience, preferred.
- Ability to adapt, develop and maintain customer and vendor relationships.
- Excellent time management with the ability to prioritize high workload.
- Effective communication and negotiation skills.
- Demonstrated understanding of principles and cost driving factors.
- Ability to build rapport with staff members across the company hierarchy.
- Strong business and industry acumen.
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft office with advanced Excel skills.
- Confident approach and ability to work with mínimal supervision.

**Your prospective employer**:
Part of the Emirates Group, we are highly regarded within the global aviation and meal manufacturing industries.

It is our three Australian brands - dnata catering, snapfresh and marhaba - that enables us to deliver extensive service capabilities and ensures we maintain our reputation as Australasia’s most admired catering and retail partner, specialising in inflight catering, travel retail technology and airport lounge management.

Chosen by many of the world’s top airlines for our fresh, award-winning meals and outstanding service, we operate 15 catering facilities across 9 cities, employ over 2,000 people, produce over 64 million meals and service over 246 thousand flights each year.

We know that it is our people and our communities, that make us great. Which is why we put our people first and give back to the communities in which we operate. Over the past five years, we have supported Australian food rescue organisations to create more than 1.3 million meals for those in need and have raised over $420,000.00 for the Kids with Cancer Foundation, The Smith Family, and other Australian charities.

**If this role and our business over