Contracts And Vendor Management

**About the Role**
A fantastic opportunity exists to join BOQ's highly regarded Procurement team as a Contracts and Vendor Manager. Based out of our Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane office, this role is primarily responsible for administering IT related contracts for services and products across the BOQ Group, including the Bank's outsourcing agreements.

Working closely with the BOQ service owners and supplier owners, you will be involved with various activities in the procurement lifecycle including planning, sourcing, contract negotiation, contract management, stakeholder management, and supplier management.

You will be responsible for working closely with BOQ stakeholders when originating new agreements or assisting with variations to current contracts, and will lead or support reviewing and analysing category, supplier and spend data as well as performing market analysis to ensure sourcing strategies and outcomes support business and financial objectives. Your excellent communication skills will be utilised, as you will regularly liaise with business stakeholders and support functions, to obtain endorsement and approval on all sourcing strategies that have a substantial commercial, legal and/or business impact.

In the role, you will enjoy supporting market engagement activities with cross-functional teams to ensure best outcomes for the Bank and maintaining consistency and integrity in supplier selections.

Overall the objective of our Contracts and Vendor Manager position will be the delivery of procurement solutions that maximise value, manage risk, improve efficiencies and ensure quality for the BOQ Group

**About you**

To be considered you will have strong experience in IT contract management and procurement related experience within one or more spend categories in a contract management and / or vendor management role.

You will have previous experience overseeing all aspects of the IT contract management lifecycle including, but not limited to 'Go to Market' activities, proposal evaluation, commercial analysis, drafting and negotiation of contracts/agreements including variations.

Naturally you will have fantastic stakeholder management and relationship building capabilities, and the ability to tailor your communication approach across management levels and depending on the audience.

Financial Services experience would be a 'nice to have' but is not essential. Our Contracts & Vendor Manager will be outrageously courageous and have the courage to take a different angle on the same problem You will have energy, enthusiasm and a 'can do' attitude and thrive in a high performing team environment.

If you want to be a part of our Procurement transformation journey and the above sounds like you, then we would love to hear from you

**About Us**
BOQ is one of Australia's leading regional banks and provides a genuine alternative for Australian financial services customers and employees. Our purpose is to create prosperity for our customers, shareholders and people through empathy, integrity and by making a difference. Our ambition is to be known as the bold challenger bank; with multi-brands that are digitally enabled with a personal touch.

BOQ is passionate about providing opportunities for you to develop your career as we continuously adapt and deliver in a transformational and collaborative environment with a strong focus on community.

BOQ's Inclusion vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve.

In 2021 BOQ Group was awarded a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality citation.

**Our Benefits**
- Flexible working arrangements
- Discounted financial products
- Salary sacrificing options
- Paid parental leave with no minimum
- Paid volunteer days
- Purchase annual leave
- BUPA Corporate Plan
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- A 'zero tolerance' to Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) with active support for employees experiencing DFV
- Accessible work support through various practices, systems, office adjustments
- Gym, shopping, technology and travel offers
- 5 employee diversity network groups focusing on; First Nations Reconciliation Council, Proudly ME (LGBTIQA+), Multicultural, Gender and Early Career.
- BOQ Group is a member of Pride in Diversity and a participating organisation in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

**How to Apply**

The Bank of Queensland is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.

If you are successful for a role with the Bank of Queensland, it is a condition of employment that background screening is completed to ensure that the Bank complies with its obligations under the Anti-