Contract and Relationship Manager

4 days ago

East Melbourne, Australia Charterhouse Full time

**Inner city location** | 5 min walk from train | Tram **stop** at the front**:

- **$150K + super (pro rata) | Hybrid working | **Supportive, open, inclusive, fun culture**:

- **9** month** fixed term contract** | Potential for extension or even permanent**

**$150K + super (pro rata)| Inner City**
**located**
**|**
**9 months fixed term - potential for extension or perm**

This position is to join a procurement team providing critical support to the Finance and Infrastructure team. Managing a portfolio of $250-300 million. This role is best suited to someone with strong Procurement/ Contract Management experience, a process improvement/ solution focused mind set, strong relationship mangagement skills and someone who can hit the ground running and make this role their own.

**Responsibilities***:

- End-to-end procurement focusing on best-practice/ process improvement
- Identifying and mitigating risks
- Stakeholder engagement and relationship management with contractual partners
- Coordinating approval process with service providers, reviewing terms of business, coordinate and assist the preparation of all required documentation and manage approval processes etc.
- Maintain procurement guidelines consistent with MACS procurement policies and processes that are efficient, comply with policy and are transparent
- Monitoring and reporting on contract expenditure to stakeholders within the business
- Develop clear written business cases for Executive approval.
- Maintain a vendor charter that governs how service providers engage with each other and company staff
- Understanding probity requirements and implementing this in processes
- Ad hoc duties within the procurement team

**Skills and experience**
**required***:

- More than 3 years' experience working within a tendering or contracts management role preferably within a multifaceted organisation
- Must be process improvement driven, use initiative and be proactive.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills
- Experience in the development and negotiation of technology contracts including relevant outcome SLAs, milestone-based delivery and associated reporting.
- Business engagement skills, ability to partner with both technical and non-technical staff to achieve buy in from multi-disciplined stakeholders.
- Highly organised with a good understanding of governance processes and managing risks
- An understanding of relevant legislation, in particular codes of tendering
- Excellent attention to detail is essential

**Benefits**
- Inclusive and supportive culture
- Hybrid working conditions - 3 days in office, 2 from home
- Working with likeminded people that will have similar views and values
- Great office location - 5 minutes walk from the train, tram stop at the front

If you are interested in this role please
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At Charterhouse, we embrace, and value, diversity of culture, working arrangements, sexual orientation, and gender identity. On behalf of our client, we promote a workplace that actively seeks to include and welcome unique contributions of all people; to embrace and celebrate the value of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, their skills and contributions to the workplace

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