Procurement Specialist, Pharmacy

Are you a skilled Procurement Specialist looking to take on a challenging role with a diverse portfolio, within a fast growing and innovative Healthcare company? Applications are sought from suitable applicants to join our team.

Based in our Corporate Head Office in Melbourne, the Procurement Specialist for Pharmacy provides procurement expertise and assists to plan, develop, source and manage procurement arrangements to effectively meet organisational and business objectives, whilst working in close partnership with our suppliers and hospital sites.

**As the Procurement Specialist for Pharmacy, your responsibilities will include**:

- Validate stakeholder business needs, compile and source market information, and assist in analysing markets and assessing risk to inform procurement planning and sourcing decisions.
- Conduct sourcing activities in accordance with established policies and procedures to meet business needs and participate in negotiations to establish and review supply arrangements that will deliver value for money procurement outcomes.
- Implement and contribute to the development of contract management plans, resolve issues, monitor performance and negotiate contract variations through effective supplier relationships to enhance business outcomes.
- Provide advice, information and guidance on procurement related matters to internal stakeholders to provide governance and support good practice in procurement.
- Identify, mitigate and escalate procurement risks to enable the organisation to meet its obligations and maximise business opportunities.
- Maintain and update procurement records and generate reports on procurement and contract activity to meet organisational compliance requirements and provide access to procurement information.
- Explaining procurement processes and requirements to those responsible for business unit spend and persuading them to adopt best practice, given the complexity of procurement and the time-pressured working environment.
- Keeping up to date with procurement policy, processes and legislation and building knowledge of the business and supplier markets, given the rate of change in these areas.
- Provide specialist sourcing support to other team members as and when required.
- Contribute to key performance indicators and qualitative and quantitative metrics as agreed by the Head of Clinical Procurement.
- Participate in the creation of a culture within your team, which focuses on balancing clinical need and commercial requirements when delivering outcomes.
- Perform appropriate duties as assigned by the National Pharmacy Manager and the Head of Clinical Procurement.

Healthscope is a leading national provider of private health care comprising of 40 private hospitals across Australia. Our reach of facilities places us as the second largest private hospital provider in Australia.

**Selection Criteria**
- Experience in engaging with stakeholders to determine business needs and requirements to inform procurement decisions.
- Ability to thoroughly research the key risks, people, market, supplier and timing issues for categories.
- Experience in development of basic analysis of spend using simple tools and spreadsheets to identify trends and assess changes in demand (Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint).
- Undertake thorough consultations with relevant organisational staff members to identify, evaluate and implement category opportunities.
- Experience in undertaking basic supply market analysis for straightforward areas of spend with some direction and oversight.
- Ability to develop functional specifications to ensure supply options are not limited.
- Knowledge of the different routes to market and determining which is the most appropriate i.e. RFx, negotiation, e-auction etc.
- Proficiently use all types of RFx and other 'go-to-market' processes.
- Experience in preparing procurement documentation which is professional, well-structured and concise, uses appropriate language and contains relevant information.
- Ability to develop evaluation plans that incorporate both price and non-price components.
- Ability to undertake simple Value for Money calculations.
- Ability to develop template Contract Management plans that include defined KPI's for straightforward procurement contracts.
- Ability to identify areas of non-compliance to procurement policy and raise with relevant stakeholders.

**Applications close**:Friday 24th March