AddressAt MLC Life Insurance, we're proud of our history of protecting Australians for over 135 years. We provide flexible, affordable, and innovative insurance products to almost 1 million Australians. We're Australian-led and managed, and part of a global network through our partnership with one of the world's leading life insurers, Nippon Life Insurance Group.
We're driven by a powerful purpose, providing our customers and their families with a Promise for Life to be there when they need us most - and that's a great purpose to bring us together at work every day.
We work hard to deliver a total customer experience that keeps our customers and partners at the forefront of all our decisions. We're a values-driven business that strives for high performance and growth as we look towards the future.
The Role
The Sourcing Specialist is a newly created role that is responsible for working across a range of business services categories. You will collaboratively and proactively with the Non-IT Category and Sourcing Manager and key stakeholders to understand and engage with the supply market on key business needs and objectives. The role is accountable for:
- Supporting the Non-IT Category and Sourcing Manager in developing and implementing major category and procurement strategies/initiatives.
- Leading the development and implementation of assigned sub-categories and procurement initiatives.
- Supporting development quantitative and qualitative models and processes as well as providing important analysis support and research.
- Contributing to the research and development of category leading practices, supply market dynamics, trends, and cost drivers.
- Proactively identifying and developing stakeholder engagement approach for the sub-categories this role will lead.
About you
You bring a minimum of 3 years' hands-on experience in a similar role executing all aspects of the end-to-end supply chain and procurement lifecycle or you're an established Business Analyst within the Finance industry who is now looking to take a new step into Procurement.
Ideally, you have previously worked within a fast-paced environment and/or have experience within the financial services industry.
You demonstrate capability in developing and managing effective relationships and possess the ability to apply knowledge and experience to achieve enterprise strategy through supplier organisational capabilities.
Lastly, your balanced set of skills includes excellent written, analytical, and influencing skills to communicate with suppliers, internal stakeholders, senior management, and customers.
Bringing our best to life - why join us?
- We do work that makes a genuine difference to our customers, partners and community.
- We have a supportive, inclusive and flexible team culture, including hybrid working.
- We support your growth and development, and careers across our business units and teams that are as unique as our people.
- We reward and celebrate our successes, through our incentive and recognition programs.
- We offer tools, resources and benefits to support your wellbeing, including additional lifestyle leave and our Family Life hub.
- We connect and celebrate our diversity at work through our social committees and employee groups, and we contribute to our community with paid volunteer leave and through our sustainability commitments.
Should an applicant be the preferred candidate, background checks (including Federal Police Checks, Employment checks, ASIC banned and disqualified persons and Bankruptcy checks) will be completed prior to the candidate's employment being confirmed. The outcomes of the background checks do not automatically bar candidates, however they will be assessed against the inherent requirements of the position.
