Purchasing Officer

As the Queensland Government's builder, QBuild plays an important role in communities across the state by building and maintaining government-owned assets such as schools, social housing, police stations and correctional and health facilities.
Please read through the information below and submit your application online. We are looking forward to you being part of our team!
Key responsibilities include:
* Communicating procurement policies and requirements to staff and facilitating changes to traditional procurement practices through training and education programs.
* Sourcing and correlating a range of data from both internal and external to QBuild, comparing data to other government agencies and industry standards and producing a range of reports to present to the Procurement Manager, QBuild Executives and other stakeholders and clients.
* Preparing and calling of tenders for a variety of categories involving construction, maintenance, consulting and upgrade activities, including evaluation and regulatory techniques.
* Establishing relationships with suppliers and subcontractors, focusing on competitive pricing, value-for-money outcomes, reduced wastage and meeting established performance standards.
* Liaising with suppliers and subcontractors to contribute to the development and implementation of regional Standing Offer Agreements and medium and major building contracts within regional areas.
* Ordering materials and processing a range of purchase orders, work orders, field release orders for goods and services required for regional delivery. Ensuring compliance with the Queensland Procurement Policy, delegation and other polices and legislation relating to procurement in government.
* Undertaking operational procurement activities including assisting with pricing future works, investigating problems, leading special projects and contributing to continuous improvement of the region's procurement function.
* Developing and delivering procurement, purchasing and contract management training programs, ongoing skills frameworks, training materials and coordinating the presentation of training sessions.
* Developing, implementing and monitoring procurement instructions, procedures, guidelines and standard forms while maintaining document control (in conjunction with Quality Assurance).
* Providing efficient and high standards of customer service to QBuild customers, including coordinating responses to escalated customer queries.
QBuild guarantees that you will be provided a safe, inclusive, and diverse workplace as well as access to generous leave entitlements, flexible work options and salary packaging.
QBuild is an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from people of all genders including people who identify as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, people with disabilities, and those from non-English speaking backgrounds. https://www.epw.qld.gov.au/about/department/business-areas/building-policy-asset-management/qbuild
Eligibility Requirements: All applicants must be eligible to work in Australia.
If you have any questions regarding the position/application please contact Trudi Anderson, Procurement Manager, on 0402723465.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/518599/24
Closing Date: Tuesday, 26th March 2024