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Procurement Category Specialist – Directs

The Opportunity:

At Sydney Water, we’re passionate about making a difference to the lives of our customers and communities.

To this extent, we have 3 roles in our Procurement team which will cover across several direct areas including Maintenance, Resources Management, Chemicals, Network and Facilities Management.

This is a great opportunity to join Sydney Water during a period of high investment and leverage your Procurement experience and contribute to the development of our Category Strategies.

We also offer:

• Permanent opportunity to be a part of a high performing Category Management team
• Hybrid Working, that includes a Parramatta / Potts Hill office location two days per week
• An attractive remuneration package
• Parking onsite
• Generous leave provisions
• Wellbeing initiatives

About us:

We have a proud heritage and a progressive future, providing world class drinking water and beautiful waterways from the mountains to the sea. We see the world is changing so we are changing too. Our people and their jobs are as diverse as the communities we serve.

About the role:

Sydney Water’s Finance & Business Performance Group is continuing to create capability uplifts both within our Procurement team and across the wider organisation which will increase our ability to deliver standardised and simplified process, leverage knowledge and expertise within the organisation, provide deep insights to enable the business to make more informed decisions while providing expertise in specific business areas that create business value.

Reporting into the Portfolio Category Manager, Directs, and working closely on a day-to-day basis with our Category Manager’s, you will contribute to the development of category strategies, and manage sourcing for the relevant category or business area, according to the overall category strategy as well as specific operational requirements.

Your duties will include:

• Assisting with the development, implementation and management of enterprise wide category and contract strategies for a defined portfolio of sub-categories.
• Drafting and reviewing key market documents before distribution to stakeholders such as evaluation plan, returnable schedules, technical specifications and scopes of service.
• Lead, manage and deliver projects including shaping business requirements, market engagement, source to contract activities, negotiations and contract handover.
• Ensuring sourcing activities and related data are captured and managed in the required systems, for the purposes of tracking benefits and status of projects.
• Analysing all internal and external procurement information to effectively develop supply base strategies for major procurement projects.

 About you:

This role has a very strong focus on supporting the development and execution of category plans and leading and managing sourcing activities including planning, project management of sourcing process, negotiation planning and execution and overall execution of go-to-market activities. 

The role will require someone with strong demonstrated experience.

Source-to-Contract Management

• Leading and managing medium-to-high complexity source to contract activities
• Stakeholder engagement and management
• Negotiation planning, management, and execution skills 
• Managing and negotiating commercial aspects of legal contracts
• Leading and managing multiple project priorities simultaneously through active prioritisation
• Procurement analytics and driving insights from spend data

Category Management Support

• Supplier market research and ability to assist Category Managers with meaningful insights on categories through market research activities
• Procurement analytics and being able to analyse and extract insights from datasets (such as spend data, market data) and support the category management process
• Articulating and applying procurement concepts and tools to support category management
• Using MS Excel to extract insights
• Using MS PowerPoint to present and communicate insights
• You must also be a self-starter who is self-motivated and driven to deliver results and manage allocated projects to deliver agreed outcomes

You will have:

• Relevant degree qualification (e.g. Finance, Business, Supply Chain) or experience deemed equivalent
• Professional Procurement Qualifications such as CIPS/MCIPS is highly desirable (but not essential)
• Ability to analyse internal and external procurement information to effectively develop supply base strategies for major procurement projects
• Solid understanding of strategic sourcing, contract development, supplier management and procurement metrics reporting 
• Proven experience working in category management and/or sourcing management or procurement operations roles in a large complex organisation, preferably in a similar organisation or industry sector 
• Demonstrated experience in partnering with the business to lead sourcing projects, support commercial negotiations and manage contracts across the lifecycle

Please see the position description for the role’s full accountabilities.

Application Closing date: 02 June 24

You must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of submitting your application to be considered for this role. For more information, you can contact ***************@sydneywater.com.au

We want your perspective and ideas to help us find better ways to delight our customers, so we encourage you to apply no matter your age, sex or culture. You can be part of a committed, highly skilled team who’ll appreciate what you bring to the table. You’ll set and achieve real goals and make decisions that matter, as together we help shape the lifestyle of greater Sydney.

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