Material Planner

Company Description
**About Us**

We work with Defence and Federal Government organisations to upgrade, improve, automate, harden and maintain their systems, processes and equipment, across both Information Technology and Defence Mission Systems.

We've got so much to offer at Leidos, here are a just a few of the **Benefits** we provide our team:

- BUPA corporate health insurance plan, offering employees access to a suite of corporate products not available to the general public.
- Parental Leave as Primary Carer is paid by Leidos for 12 weeks full or 24 weeks half pay; or Partner Leave is paid for 4 weeks.
- Supportive people leaders and team members to help achieve the right **work/life **balance for you.
- Regular and ongoing conversations between yourself and your people leader ensuring you are able to set yourself up for success and are supported, engaged and developed.
- Life Days are the Leidos way of recognising that we all need some extra time out to take care of life. By working slightly more than the minimum weekly hours (2 hours per week for full timers) you can accrue up to **an extra 12 days of leave** per year.

**Job Description**:
**Your New Role**

We have an opportunity for a Material Planner. This position will see you engage with various stakeholders across the enterprise.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement Operations and liaising within project teams, this role will see you;
- Support our procurement lead of our Airborne Solutions line of business
- Work across both Direct & Indirect Procurement Requirements
- Provide support to other key projects and support other procurement representatives / officers as required;
- Contribute to solutions to complex problems faced by stakeholders;
- Management of procurement requisitions, invoicing and closeout;
- Contract creation in contract management system;
- Review & approve all Airborne solutions NPO (Non-Purchase Order) requirements via ERP & non-ERP systems & processes
- Generation of standard reporting across the procurement function;
- Collaboration with US and Australia based accounts payable teams for vendor set up, in country vendor invoice processes
- On the ground Subject Matter Expert advising key stakeholders on policy and process

**Qualifications**:
**About You and What You'll Bring**

Ideally you will bring experience in procurement as well as other business functions. Our team support each other, work hard and look for opportunities to improve our processes and outcomes for the business, so it would be great to have someone that can fit in with our existing way of working, and bring in new ideas of their own.
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams in a dynamic environment
- Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in tight timeframes
- Ability to quickly learn and become proficient in new tools and systems
- Ability to engage and influence key stakeholders
- Proven experience in identifying issues and providing positive outcomes
- Flexible, can-do attitude and demonstrated proactivity
- Non-negotiable on ethics and strong collaboration skills

Additional Information
**What You'll Love**

Over the last few years, we have successfully adapted our approach to enable everyone - whether working remotely from home, an office or a customer site - to continue to be collaborative, productive and, above all, safe and healthy. We proudly embrace diversity and support our people at every stage of their Leidos journey in terms of inclusion, accessibility and flexibility.
- This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and _**_willing to obtain an AGSVA security clearance_**.**
- The company's diverse employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Leidos is an Equal Opportunity Employer._
- Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1._