Transactional Procurement Lead

2 weeks ago

Geelong, Victoria, Australia WorkSafe Victoria Full time

Job description:

  • $143,798 per annum plus superannuation
  • Full Time, Ongoing
  • Geelong (Hybrid – 60/40 model)

Purpose

The Transactional Procurement Lead will lead, develop and oversee the strategic and operational aspects of WorkSafe's Oracle Cloud Financial Platform (Oracle) for all procurement-related processes, while also driving transactional spend compliance with WorkSafe's Procurement Policy, Framework, Category Strategies, and any other relevant policy or procedure. The key to success for this role will be to consistently embed the Oracle Platform from a purchasing perspective across all business units within WorkSafe, ensuring business units are engaged and supported with their unique challenges and requirements.

This will include leading and supporting a team of procurement advisors in providing subject matter expertise to the business on the use of Oracle and procurement Request for Quotation processes. The Transactional Procurement Lead will also drive a range of continuous improvement activities to ensure that WorkSafe continues to maximise the key benefits of the Oracle Platform.

The Transactional Procurement Lead will have a strong procurement and purchasing background and will use this experience to educate the business on the benefits of procurement systems, processes and governance. As a highly collaborative team player the role will be extremely customer focused, and be able to share knowledge with the team as well as taking a hands-on approach to resolving problems at a strategic and operational level.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, education, guidance and support to team members to enable the delivery of a high standard of customer service in relation to Oracle Cloud Procurement.
  • Lead a team that will act as the first point of contact for any requests or escalations with respect to Oracle Cloud Procurement and be the key lead in championing the change and benefits of the platform within the business.
  • Directly manage and provide leadership, education, guidance and support to team members to undertake low to medium value procurement initiatives (Request for Quotation process).
  • Be a clear and consistent voice for education and communication of WorkSafe procurement systems, processes and governance, including training delivery.
  • Provide exceptional customer service ensuring all queries, issues and complaints are managed appropriately through to resolution.
  • Demonstrate strong system knowledge and act as the subject matter expert in relation to Oracle Cloud Procurement, including leading communication with WorkSafe's external Oracle Cloud system support provider to manage escalations, changes, fixes and improvements.
  • Promote, encourage and deliver continuous improvement strategies. Create and deliver reporting as required for various areas of the business.
  • Accountable for creating and capturing accurate and complete records of the business activities related to this position, in accordance with approved policy and procedures.

About you

We're looking for someone who has an exceptional ability to establish and maintain strong relationships. You're a driven and dynamic individual with a results orientation, positive work ethic and customer first mindset. Your communication skills are highly developed, and your stakeholder management skills allow you to confidently influence senior stakeholders.

Additionally, you will demonstrate the following:

  • Experienced people leader with the ability to coach, guide and support a high performing team
  • Well-developed procurement and purchasing technical expertise including policy, frameworks, systems and processes
  • Technical expertise with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, preferably Oracle Cloud
  • Technical expertise with Source to Contract systems would be well regarded
  • Demonstrated experience providing exceptional customer service
  • Effective in navigating an organisation's operational governance and structure to expedite decisions and approvals
  • Strong understanding and appreciation of the integration between people, process and technology to achieve an optimal operational outcome

Working with Us

At WorkSafe, we aspire for every employee to feel connected, safe and valued in their team, for teams to feel valued in the workplace, and for WorkSafe to be valued in the community.

We believe that a diverse workforce is the key to delivering the best outcomes for the Victorian community and strongly encourage applications from all people, including First Nations people and people with disability, diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, sexualities and genders.

What's next?

Applications close 11:00pm on Tuesday 4th March 2025. Click the link to apply, and join us in making a difference to Victorian lives.

You will be required to satisfactorily complete a National Police Check and/or other checks as required for the position as part of the recruitment process.

To apply for the position, you will be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident. If you hold a visa that allows you to work and you have applied for an ongoing position, you can only be considered for a fixed term period of employment that does not surpass your current visa term.

Candidate screening may take place prior to the advertisement closing, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

For further enquiries please contact Talent Acquisition Specialist, Natasha Zaluski via email

Our future

WorkSafe's Strategy our core purpose front of mind – reducing workplace harm and improving outcomes for injured workers. We don't shy away from the importance of our purpose to the Victorian community, that's why we have a stated ambition to be world leading.

We want Victoria to be the safest place to work in Australia and one of the safest in the world; and we aspire to be a world leader in return to work after a workplace injury.

WorkSafe are striving to build a diverse workforce that reflects the Victorian community we serve.

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