Sourcing Specialist

Make a meaningful difference with us:

UnitingCare are looking for a Sourcing Specialist to join our Procurement Services team. This role predominantly supports our Facilities, Maintenance and Corporate procurement activities.

Reporting to the Category Manager, the Sourcing Specialist will initiate, develop and manage major and complex strategic sourcing exercises, to ensure goods and services are procured to maximum advantage.

This work involves extensive engagement with senior-level internal and external stakeholders to explore business requirements, industry dynamics and innovative sourcing and reverse-marketing solutions.

Please note, this is a full time, permanent position. Flexibility is important to us, and we know it is to you, too - this role supports hybrid working.

Your part in our UnitingCare team

• Lead negotiations of the most complex and the highest value, long-term commercial agreements with suppliers and business partners.
• Prepare fact base sourcing strategies, performing opportunity analysis and making sourcing decisions to deliver significant cost savings and value improvement.
• Design, develop and drive project plans, deliverables, metrics and milestones, ensuring organisational financial goals are met, including budget and savings.
• Advise the General Manager, Procurement Transformation and the wider procurement team regarding the development of the strategic sourcing program of work; as well as procurement and reverse marketing strategies and methodologies.
• Influence the development of business objectives and operational direction across the business, particularly with respect to opportunities leveraged in procurement markets and the supply chain.

What makes a difference for us?

• A degree qualification in Procurement, Business or a related discipline is essential.
• Experience in Electricity, Facilities Repairs and Maintenance, Corporate and travel would be advantageous, with a high-level knowledge of strategic sourcing techniques, strategies and related program development techniques.
• Extensive and proven knowledge of procurement practices; particularly with respect to developing and implementing fact-based sourcing strategy.
• Confidence in preparing and delivering sourcing presentations; reports; analysis findings to executives and senior management.

What makes a difference for you?

The opportunity to be part of the second-largest Queensland employer who has been leading by example as a proud not-for-profit, for more than 100 years. Joining our team, you'll be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. We're a proud not-for-profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.

• Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program.

• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme.

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.     

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.    

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children, implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services and appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur.