Procurement Support Officer

• Flexible work hours, WFH days and a focus on employee wellbeing
• Newly created role in the Procurement Team
• Full-time permanent position + monthly RDO
• Band 4: Salary starts at $69,812.59 + super

The City of Casey is one of Victoria’s largest, fastest growing and most diverse cities. The Council plans and delivers quality services and infrastructure for the more than 400,000 residents who call Casey home.

At Casey, we’re embarking on an exciting journey of growth and transformation. As part of this journey, we are refreshing our Procurement function to ensure we have the right talent and capabilities in place to drive our success forward.

We are seeking passionate and skilled individuals to join us in establishing a new procurement team that will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our organisation. If you’re looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact and grow your career in a dynamic and innovative environment, we want to hear from you.

Join us as we build the future together.

Our Benefits:

Benefits | City of Casey 

• A supportive learning culture where you can grow your career and even your qualifications.
• A hybrid and flexible workplace.
• Multi-award-winning architectural office building with equipped Kitchens, onsite Café, Library, and so much more.
• 2 minutes’ walk to Westfield shopping centre, free onsite carpark, gym/pool with discounted memberships and free workout Wednesday.

We live our values of dreaming big, empowering each other, and making our community proud.

A bit about the role

The Procurement Support Officer will provide efficient administrative support to the Procurement team and effectively prioritise procurement enquiries from stakeholders.

As the first point of contact for staff, you will provide excellent customer service in addressing procurement enquiries, delivering training and performing varied purchasing duties for stakeholders across the organisation.

What you’ll deliver

• Provide excellent customer service in the monitoring of procurement mailboxes, directing enquiries to appropriate members of the Procurement team and responding to simple queries.
• Provide system support to end users on purchasing tasks including but not limited to; raising Purchase Orders, receipting invoices and conducting Requests for Quotation, managing system issues to resolution and escalating these where required.
• Deliver a regular training program to end users on purchasing tasks such as raising Purchase Orders, receipting invoices and conducting Requests for Quotation.
• Process new supplier requests and create new suppliers in the TechnologyOne system and perform validation of new supplier details, including but not limited to banking details.
• Purchasing duties as required, including but not limited to placing orders on behalf of stakeholders across the organisation.

What you’ll bring

• Relevant qualifications or demonstrated work experience commensurate with the requirements of the role.
• Demonstrated procurement experience within a Public Sector or Public Service environment is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Strong interpersonal skills and customer service orientation.
• Willingness to undergo pre-employment background checks including National Criminal History Check, Working with Children Check and Eligibility to Work check.
• A curious, collaborative, and inclusive community mindset.

What’s next?

If you think this role might be for you, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply by following the links and attaching a cover letter and resume. We do not require any selection criteria to be addressed.

To find out more about the role, please contact Annalisa Nyers, Head of Procurement at ******@casey.vic.gov.au.

Applications will be accepted until 11.55pm on Sunday 19th May 2024.

We encourage people with a disability, lived experience of disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this position.

The City of Casey has zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees, contractors and volunteers.

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