Purchasing Coordinator

**Job No**:LCCNSW3983**

**Location**:Lithgow, NSW***:
**The Opportunity**

Lithgow City Council has an exciting opportunity for a **Purchasing Coordinator** to join their team in Lithgow, NSW.

Reporting to the Governance & Risk Manager, you will be responsible for driving excellence in procurement and contracting. The position is responsible for providing information and specialist advice to the organisation on procurement and contracts, overseeing tendering and contract compliance, reporting organisational activity and driving best value outcomes from procurement.

More specifically, your duties will include (but will not be limited to):

- Provide strategic direction and advice to Senior Management and Council in relation to procurement and drive continuous procurement reform and efficiencies.
- To employ efficient and effective work processes and seek to continually improve work performance, methods and outcomes.
- To manage and co-ordinate tendering processes in accordance with all relevant legislation and Council policies and procedures.
- Promote best practice procurement throughout the organisation and ensure continued compliance to such practices.
- Manage and develop organisational skills and capacity in best value procurement to ensure that relevant staff are sufficiently skilled and knowledgeable in sound procurement practices.
- Provide direction, support, advice and training to Council's management and staff in all aspects of tendering and contract procedures.
- Lead the development and implementation of business improvement initiatives which will either generate additional revenue or reduce long-term costs.
- Develop and review policies and procedures in relation to procurement and tendering to ensure that Council complies with regulatory requirements and best practice.

**About you**:

- Tertiary qualifications in the following or a related discipline: Business Management/Accounting or Commerce, Contract Management, Business Law, Project Management, Procurement
- Class C Drivers Licence
- Satisfactory Criminal Record check
- Membership of CIPSA or similar recognised professional procurement qualification
- Demonstrated experience in developing, implementing and maintaining effective procurement policies and systems, in a complex organisation, to improve efficiency and value for money
- Extensive knowledge and experience in procurement, contract administration and management, public tendering and the principles of contract law
- Extensive knowledge of the processes for the development of specifications, tendering and contract documentation for services, products and works
- Ability to interpret and give advice on relevant legislation with demonstrated negotiation skills
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive issues and liaise effectively with internal and external customer and stakeholders
- Demonstrated well-developed written and oral communication skills
- Demonstrated commitment to the principals of honesty and integrity
- Demonstrated commitment to and understanding of Work Health and Safety

**Salary and Benefits**:
If you are looking for a change of lifestyle, a new adventure, or to take the next step in your career, this is the role for you.
- Between $1,713.44 and $1,904.19 per week, commensurate with your skills, qualifications and experience.**:

- Permanent, Full-time, 35 hours per week,
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Work/Life balance with a rostered day off every fortnight

**_APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON Wednesday 9 July 2025 at 4.00pm AEST._**

**_ Applications generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) may not be progressed in the recruitment process._**

**Lithgow City Council**:
The Lithgow local government area is located on the western edge of the majestic Blue Mountains. The area totals 4,567 square kilometres from the Capertee and Wolgan Valleys in the north, Little Hartley in the east, Tarana in the south and Meadow Flat in the west.

The major urban centre of Lithgow nestles in a valley of that name, overlooked by the sandstone escarpments of the Blue Mountains. In the addition to the major urban centre of Lithgow, the Lithgow local government area has 12 villages with mining or farming backgrounds. These smaller centres have proven to be a attractive rural residential areas which, along with the broader rural areas offer a truly unique lifestyle that harmonises its urban, industrial and rural qualities.

Council is focused on delivering quality services as a Centre of Regional Excellence that encourages community growth and development, and contributes to the efficient and effective management of the environment, community and economy for present and future generations.