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We are CBH
We bring our values to life every day by being Collaborative, Respectful, Reliable, Sustainable. Our values are more than just words they guide how we work with each other, farmers, suppliers, partners, and the communities we operate in. These values and behaviours represent the CBH team at our best and are what we need to collectively demonstrate to achieve our Path to 2033 strategic objectives.
CBH has a strong and proud history of serving and returning value to WA growers since 1933
We are a proud Western Australian co-operative and as Australia's largest co-operative we are a leader in the Australian grain industry. We have grown from humble roots into one of the world's largest and most efficient grain supply chains, delivering millions of tonnes of quality Western Australian grain into the hands of customers around the world each year.
Our storage and handling system currently receives and exports around 90 per cent of the Western Australian grain harvest and is regarded as one of the best in the world.
Our core purpose is to sustainably create and return value to current and future West Australian grain growers.
Empowering our people
CBH is more than just a place of work, it's a community of people who are passionate and committed to our core purpose.
We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing a safe and rewarding working environment for our people, with a strong culture of developing and enhancing our employees' capabilities.
We invite you to use your skills and expertise to make your mark to help CBH sustainably create and return value for grain growers in Western Australia.
Job description:
The Role:
Due to recent growth in category portfolios, we have an amazing opportunity to join a well-established, highly professional, and high-performing Strategic Sourcing Team at CBH for 12 months. This role provides strategic Category Management and source-to-contract services aligned with CBH objectives, across a range of high-profile categories within the organisation.
Key responsibilities:
Develop good operational and commercial understanding of assigned categories and contracts.
Implement effective portfolio management and stakeholder engagement for pro-active management of procurement initiatives.
Apply best practice source-to-contract processes (e.g. fact base analysis, strategy, RFx, negotiations, award, contract implementation and management) in line with CBH objectives.
Provide leadership in contracting processes, developing contract competencies, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies and procedures.
Run effective contract management (e.g. contract performance management, contract terms risk management).
Run effective customer and supplier relationship management to drive value creation and realisation.
Drive a strong culture of safety and productivity.
Skills and experience:
Minimum of 5 years in an end-to-end strategic procurement role within medium to large organisations.
Proven experience in understanding and managing complex and diverse categories, contracts, business requirements.
Ability to communicate well verbally and in writing to all levels of the organisation.
Strong analytical skills, including ability to advise on complex contract terms, to develop clear business cases (including financials) for category and contracts strategies implementation, and measure / report on contract performance
Strong commercial acumen and ability to think outside the box.
Strong negotiator with experience as a negotiation lead for complex business requirements (e.g. complex scopes of work, diverse range of stakeholders, multi-faceted commercial arrangements with evolving requirements)
Experienced in effective project management and customer and supplier relationship management
Degree or relevant experience in Supply Chain, Law, Procurement, Business.
Experience in Rail, IT, Labour and Consulting categories is desirable.
Benefits of working for CBH:
CBH offers a range of employee-focused benefits aimed at ensuring a healthy work-life balance, including:
Ongoing training and professional development
13-weeks paid parental leave
Employee assistance program
Corporate Employee discounts
CBH supports diversity and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds to be a part of a dynamic and inclusive work environment.
If this position is right for you, apply before the close of business on Friday 2 February to find out more about working at CBH go to http://careers.cbh.com.au/.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications are received prior
