Sourcing Manager

7 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NSW Government Full time $129,464 - $142,665 per year

Sourcing Manager, Ongoing opportunities based in Sydney, Gosford or Parramatta + hybrid working options

The Department of Customer Service (DCS) is looking for an enthusiastic and team-orientated individual within the DCS Procurement Team. The successful applicant will support DCS Procurement to provide high quality end-to-end sourcing and contract management to deliver value for money and effectively meet business outcomes. The role of Sourcing Manager is to provide a range of specialised procurement advice and services to agencies within the Department.

This position involves working in a fast-paced environment with the opportunity to grow and develop in a supportive and collaborative team. The right applicant will be a team player willing to hit the ground running, who can work autonomously and as part of a team.

Benefits

  • Fantastic ongoing clerk grade 9/10 opportunities
  • Salary range: $129,464 - $142,665+ super, commensurate with experience
  • Genuinely flexible working arrangements
  • State of the art offices
  • Wellbeing programs and resources available
  • Excellent career development and learning development opportunities
  • Discounted Gym Memberships and Employee Assistance Programs

About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our DCS Procurement Team which services the DCS cluster. The team sits within the Finance Division of DCS, reporting to the Chief Finance Officer for DCS. DCS Procurement has three functions within the team: Business Partnering, Sourcing, and Centre of Excellence. This role sits within the Sourcing team and reports to a Senior Sourcing Manager, who reports directly to the Chief Procurement Officer.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Develop, co-ordinate and lead sourcing activities to establish supply arrangements that meet business needs
  • Plan and lead contract negotiations in the establishment and review of supply arrangements to deliver value for money procurement outcomes
  • Manage and co-ordinate all aspects of contract management services including developing and administering contract management plans, negotiating changes and modifications, monitoring, and analysing performance, addressing non-performance, and ensuring compliance requirements to achieve the required contract outcomes
  • Provide high level advice and guidance to customers and stakeholders including a cross functional team of specialist across multiple business and portfolio to build expertise in procurement, provide governance and improve procurement practice and outcomes
  • Document procurement processes, decisions, and contractual arrangements to facilitate audit trail for probity and collaborate with relevant state agencies for audit purposes

About you:

You are genuinely passionate about procurement with demonstrable experience delivering excellence in governance, guidelines and processes which inform sustainable procurement and enhanced user experience. You are committed to your team and are flexible and reliable when your help is needed.

Some of your key attributes include:

  • An analytical thinker who can think outside the box to solve complex problems
  • A flexible worker who can adjust their capabilities to suit a variety of stakeholders
  • The go to person for reading and interpreting the NSW Government Procurement Policy Framework
  • Thrives around people, working towards collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • A strong background in public policy, preferably in the regulatory space and procurement experience highly desirable

If you want to be part of this forward thinking, innovative team that thrive in challenging the status quo, we would love to hear from you

What we need from you:

To start your journey towards becoming our Sourcing Manager, please click on the link below and attach your resume (max 5 pages) and cover letter (max 2 pages).

In your cover letter please share your motivation for applying for this position and your relevant skills.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process to fill future ongoing and temporary opportunities

Salary Grade 9/10, with the base salary for this role starting at $129464 base plus superannuation

Click Here to access the Role Description. For enquiries relating to recruitment please contact Nicole Turner via

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

Closing Date: 10am Monday13th October

Careers at Department of Customer Service

A career at the Department of Customer Service (DCS) gives you the opportunity to help improve government services and be part of reform that benefits people across NSW. We are focused on delivering excellent customer service, digital transformation, and regulatory reform. Come join us and influence the future of our great state.

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