Purchasing Officer

Purchasing Officer

Permanent Full Time

Cabrini Malvern (on-site)

Cabrini offers:

• Tax savings to increase your take-home pay with Salary Packaging up to $18,850 per annum
• Attractive remuneration with guaranteed annual increases + 13% superannuation + 17.5% leave loading
• Vibrant Malvern locations close to public transport with discounted Myki Commuter fares available
• Access to a range of staff benefits including retail offers, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund services
• Commitment to employee development with training and support provided

About the role

Cabrini's Supply Team oversees the management of sourcing and purchasing activity across the organisation, providing efficient access to the goods and services required for our staff to deliver high quality care to patients. The Purchasing Officer is responsible for the efficient placement of cost-effective purchase orders for Cabrini Health. This role requires a candidate who will provide excellent customer service to all stakeholders and ensure a direct line of communication with service managers and vendors is maintained. Please Note: This is an on-site role, 5-days a week.

Your day will include:

• Managing purchase orders from creation to closure, with a focus on re-ordering theatre consumables.
• Ensuring timely supply of fit-for-purpose, cost-effective goods and services.
• Coordinating receipt, packing, and delivery of goods across the site.
• Monitoring order activity, resolving delivery issues, and liaising with suppliers.
• Reconciling invoices and managing discrepancies, returns, and credits.
• Supporting stocktakes and preparing reports as required.

About you

We're looking for a motivated and experienced Purchasing Officer who brings:

• Minimum 3 years' purchasing experience (healthcare/hospital setting highly regarded).
• Knowledge of theatre consumables, prosthetics, loans, and consignment items (advantageous).
• Strong skills in purchasing systems (JD Edwards e-Procurement preferred) and Microsoft Office.
• Proven negotiation, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to prioritise competing demands and work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a professional and ethical approach.

Enquiries to: Chaminda Pinto, Supply Manager (Acting) –

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne's southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.