AddressProcurement Specialist
Job no: 498570
Work type: Permanent Full Time
Classification: Band 6 ($90,263 - $97,365 pa)
Categories: Property & Procurement
About the role In this role, you will manage a procurement portfolio of tenders/quotations and provide the organisation with procurement advice that is in line with industry best practice and organisational policies and procedures.
Work type: Permanent, full-time Classification: Band 6 ($90,263 - $97,365)
Key responsibilities include:
Providing efficient and effective end to end supervision of procurement activities, ensuring that procurement activities undertaken by Council complies with probity principles, legislation and organisational policy and procedures.
Providing strong leadership to stakeholders for all procurement processes undertaken.
Ensuring that the production of procurement documentation complies with all legal requirements.
Maintaining the accuracy of documentation standards, ensuring potential tenderers are provided with all required documentation and meet agreed timelines.
Facilitating procurement processes to ensure all prospective suppliers have an equal opportunity to tender or quote for Council business.
Providing support and advice to other business units which contribute to the effective and efficient administration of procurement processes and contracts.
About you To be successful in this role you will be proficient in the preparation and supervision of tenders and have experience in conducting end to end procurement processes.
Essential Experience:
Understanding of technical literature, standards, manuals, and codes of practice.
Ability to work in within a changing environment and adapt to new processes and procedures.
Ability to successfully negotiate and resolve conflict.
Understanding of and experience with implement management policies and procedures.
Experience in preparing effective, clear, and concise reports and correspondence on matters relating to the position.
Experience in supervision of contracts and project management.
The health and safety of our people is our highest priority. It is our current policy to ask for your COVID-19 vaccination status. You have the right not to disclose your vaccination status, and successful candidates who are not vaccinated or do not want to disclose will go through a simple risk assessment process.
If this sounds like the role for you, then click apply now!
Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong At the City of Greater Geelong, we are committed to working together for a thriving community. We do this by delivering over 130 services to our rapidly growing population and working hard to protect and improve what it is that makes Greater Geelong on Wadawurrung Country such a great place to live, work and study.
We’re going through an exciting period of change that will help us serve our community better. From digital modernisation to the contemporary, sustainable office we've built in Central Geelong, now more than ever is a great time to join our team at the City of Greater Geelong.
Our Community is made up of diverse people from all walks of life, and it’s important to us that our workforce represents and celebrates this strength.
We encourage great people from all backgrounds to join us. We encourage authenticity, because inclusion makes us stronger.
If you’re excited about working together to create a Clever and Creative Greater Geelong, and joining a workplace where all people can thrive, then hit apply – we’d love to meet you!
We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse culture and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.
A career with us Central Geelong-based City employees are now based in our new Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal. Meaning ‘speak and talk together’ in local Wadawurrung language. Wurriki Nyal sets the benchmark for what a sustainable, inclusive and culturally safe workplace can be, including industry leading sustainability standards, a flexible and people-focused design, safe and inclusive spaces and public realm.
We’re committed to supporting better accessibility for our customers and our people. We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process, as well as how this role can be flexible for you.
We offer:
salary sacrificing and novated lease options
cultural and ceremonial leave
study leave
paid parental leave (16 weeks primary and six weeks secondary) and superannuation payments on all 52 weeks primary parental leave
IVF, surrogate and miscarriage bereavement leave
training and career development opportunities
a healthy and safe environment
our employee wellbeing program
corporate membership rates at Swim Sport and Leisure facilities
unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
Applications and Enquiries
Enquiries: Sonia Cheema | Talent Acquisition Specialist | Sonia.Cheema@geelongcity.vic.gov.au
If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Talent Acquisition team via email at careers@geelongcity.vic.gov.au noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.
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Advertised: 12 Feb 2024 9:00 AM AUS Eastern Daylight Time Applications close: 04 Mar 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time
