Category & Contracts Manager

**Job no**: 502214
**Work type**: Permanent
**Location**: Newstead
**Categories**: Supply Chain Operations

**About the role**

The Category & Contract Manager - Corporate Services & FM is a **permanent full-time** opportunity to maximise value for money by prioritising initiatives that align with our vision and adhere to industry best practices.

Your expertise in contract formation and scoping will ensure compliance with policies and legislation. Develop and implement category strategies and oversee contracts to drive supplier performance. Provide surge support to our Strategic Sourcing Team during high-demand periods.

**Salary range: $128,617 - $138,031 per annum**plus 11.5% superannuation and**access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900** +**access to many staff benefits

**What you’ll be doing**

**These accountabilities and responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Oversee and manage category and contract strategies, initiatives, and plans
- Establish and drive the vision and objectives for the Corporate Services & FM category portfolio
- Lead negotiations and execution of commercial contracts, ensuring value for money
- Report on market trends, activities, and risks within the category portfolio
- Implement and maintain procurement and contract-related systems for accurate data collection and reporting
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including managing supplier performance
- Lead dispute resolution and address non-compliance and poor performance issues
- Develop and implement a benefits realisation plan for the category portfolio
- Engage with industry to promote innovation and adapt category strategies accordingly

**About you**
- Relevant procurement or business qualification or certification, highly desired
- Extensive experience in procurement, contract, and category management in a large and diverse organisation, specifically within the medical and surgical category
- Strong knowledge and practical experience in commercial and contract negotiations, and contract and supplier management
- Proven ability to develop and promote procurement, contract, and category management initiatives
- Capability to plan, manage change, improve performance, and project manage
- Demonstrated experience in managing complex customer and supplier issues, resolving supplier performance issues, and ensuring contract compliance
- Knowledge and experience with e-procurement systems, including data analysis and reporting capabilities

**Why join us?**

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. **#MAKEYOURMATERMOVE**
- Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
- Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
- Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
- Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
- Access to on-site, discounted parking
- Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
- Access to gym, pool and end of trip facilities within our new purpose-built corporate office in Newstead

**For more information specific to the role, please view the PD here -**Category & Contracts Manager - Corporate Services & FM PD.pdf**

**Applications close on 12**th** January 2025.**_Please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW_

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
- For more information regarding Reconciliation at Mater, please visit o_ur _Reconciliation webpage_._

**Advertised**: 17 Dec 2024 E. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 12 Jan 2025 E. Australia Standard Time