Procurement Systems

Our Organisation

At Melbourne Water we love water and love life. What we do makes a vital contribution to Melbourne’s famous lifestyle. We achieve this by supplying high quality drinking water, providing outstanding sewerage services, integrating drainage systems, building resilience to flooding and by enhancing our waterway and land for greater community use. At Melbourne Water we are in the ‘Decade that Matters’ and we’ve got some ambitious goals to achieve. It’s a pride we share in helping to make greater Melbourne a fantastic place to live.

The Role

Reporting to the Procurement Systems Manager this role will be accountable for providing analytics and insights to Melbourne Water’s senior leaders to assist decision making, support continuous improvement and drive commercial outcomes.

This will be achieved through:

• Providing analysis for category management, sourcing, purchasing, contract management, commercial ventures and supplier relationship management.
• Developing and maintaining procurement dashboards to fulfil ongoing reporting requirements.
• Leading the e-Procurement analytics program to drive best practice procurement data analytics.
• Developing, implementing and improving analytical tools and methodologies including data modelling and statistical analysis techniques to improve procurement outcomes and support decision making.
• Preparing detailed assessment studies and reports.
• Leading the capture and reporting of procurement savings to track cost reduction/value add benefits.

To be successful in this role, the following skills and experience are required:

• Proven ability to translate data and analysis into tangible business insights.
• Excellent judgement and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly break down problems and find innovative solutions.
• Experience of procurement and contract management systems and processes is desirable.
• Strong skills with IT applications related to procurement, including relational databases and data warehousing.
• Strong analytical, reporting, business writing and problem solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to identify potential risks and possess initiative to action process improvements.
• Strong interpersonal, negotiating, influencing and project management skills.
• Advanced Excel skills with expertise in Power BI and Power Platform tools such as Dataverse and Microsoft PowerApps
• Previous procurement system administration experience in a medium to large organisation.
• Proven and demonstrable experience working with and deriving insights from large and complex data sets via ETLs, MSSQL,M Formula and DAX

For more information, please see the attached Position Description:  MW0923 Position Description Procurement Systems Data Analyst.pdf

Culture at Melbourne Water

We take enormous pride in cultivating a culture that holistically benefits our team and the wider Melbourne community. The pillars of our culture are based on Flexibility, Impact, Growth & Development, and People.

• We are committed to flexible working in a variety of manners including hybrid work, varied start/finish times, purchased leave, part time work, and 9 day fortnights. We understand that Melbourne Water and our customers are benefitted by enabling balance in work and life.
• Make an impact as part of a passionate team doing meaningful work to  support and ensure procurement data and reporting is managed and available when needed to enhance life and livability in Melbourne.
• We relish learning and challenging the status quo for continuous growth. Perpetual and varied opportunities for learning and development are offered in a variety of manners - from formal development programs, digital learning content and lunch & learns; to visiting our sites and getting to see our initiatives and projects first hand.
• People are the foundation for all that we do. Our people are warm, welcoming, and inclusive.
• We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTI+ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Melbourne Water welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

How to apply

Click on the "apply" button and complete the online application form.

Closing date: 28th February at 11:55pm AEST