Procurement Manager

Competitive Salary + Bonus Scheme + Great Benefits + Recognition Program
- Genuine growth and career development opportunities
- Australian Company - Sustainability Market Leader

**About this role**:
This position is responsible for Capral's procurement function to improve profitability through contemporary procurement best practice. Reporting to the National Procurement and Supply Chain Manager you will manage procurement, tactical purchasing, interface systems and processes.

It is expected that you will lead the procurement team to achieve improvements to the procurement function.

**Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Demonstrate effective people management.
- Oversee the supply / services agreements are in place and regularly review.
- Ensure suppliers equating to 85% of Capral’s spend plus any other suppliers deemed “at risk” are formally reviewed at least once every 12 months.
- Develop vendor service level agreements and manage vendor performance.
- Price negotiation with domestic and international vendors.
- Visit overseas suppliers regularly to build relationships, conduct negotiations, review capabilities and governance.
- Increase the proficiency of the purchasing function.
- Mange the review of contracts, vendors, and tender processes.
- Co-ordination of vendor rationalisation, maintenance, and management of supply agreements.
- Improvement of the procurement of hardware through standardisation of material masterdata, improved packaging configurations and branding as well as optimum lot sizes.
- Liaise with Product Development in the specification and prototyping phase of newly introduced products and vendor selection.
- Manage non inventory transactions.
- Other key accountabilities appropriate to the position as determined by the manager of the role.
- Relevant qualifications in Procurement or considerable experience in a similar procurement management role.
- Excellent people management and leadership skills.
- Proven negotiation skills.
- Problem solving skills and the ability to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to make strategic decisions.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and an ability to influence peers.
- Ability to undertake occasional travel as required.

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