Strategic Procurement Manager

· Are you able to lead and influence others?· Would you like to work in a fun and collaborative work environment?· Permanent opportunity – Competitive SalaryWe’re recognised worldwide for our performance and innovation to secure water supplies for Western Australia in a changing climate. We’re driven to make our state a great place to live, and we have career opportunities to help make it happen.A career at Water Corporation can unlock the door to ongoing long term career development opportunities; we also support training and development, flexible work arrangements, health and lifestyle programs and generous company benefits.If you share our commitment to WA then consider Water Corporation as the next step in your career.About the roleWe have a permanent leadership opportunity for an experienced procurement leader to lead the Strategic Procurement Team at Water Corporation.You will be responsible for the Water Corporation’s strategic sourcing approach, spend category management, supply chain strategies and identifying opportunities for value for money sourcing and effective purchasing, contracting and supplier management.There is also a great opportunity to help shape responsible and sustainable procurement as part of Water Corporation’s broader ESG Strategy. This role reports into the Head of Procurement and Property and as a member of the procurement leadership team, you will play a key role in setting strategic objectives, delivering value for money outcomes and building a positive and collaborative, customer focussed culture.What the role will offer· Lead a diverse team that provides valuable services to the business, at a very formative time.· Coordinate, lead, develop and implement procurement change initiatives to ensure sustainable and continuing procurement performance improvement and best practice.· Support and enable the delivery of the end-to-end strategic sourcing, category management, procurement, logistics delivery & management processes effectively and efficiently by ensuring best commercial, procurement and supply chain practices.· Liaise with the different functions across the supply chain and business end-users, and contribute to the formation of procurement strategies, practices, and processes!· Undertake and lead procurement reporting, research, total cost analysis and intelligence to identify and develop commercial insights, best practice, benchmark standards and performance indicators for sourcing, procurement, purchasing and supplier management.· Participate in and manage communications and relationships within the Corporation, with regulators, external service providers, industry leaders and consultants relating to sourcing, procurement, purchasing and supplier management.· Develop and support strategies to optimise supplier selection, on-boarding and management, including contributing to procurement and supply chain strategy, optimisation and capability development.Key skills and experienceYou’re a Strategic Procurement leader at heart. Every fibre of you ensures your managers and their teams deliver against their business objectives and plans.We are looking for someone with a strong procurement background with demonstrated achievements in leading, developing and implementing plans, programs, systems, and cultural change initiatives.Your background and wide-ranging grasp of Strategic Procurement frameworks, business integration, analytics, problem solving, and stakeholder management gives you the insights to continually improve ways of working - and find better outcomes for customers in the business.Ideally, you’ll have a degree-level qualification in business, and substantial procurement experience in a large multi-disciplined commercial organisation.ApplyIf you are interested in joining our procurement leadership team as we transform procurement at Water Corporation, please submit a covering letter and resume that best outlines your relevant experience and demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of this strategic and critical role.Applications close 3rd April 2024As part of the recruitment process you may be required to complete Pre-Employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:Water Corporation is committed to creating a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community. How we will achieve this is outlined in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and People and Safety Strategy.We acknowledge the different skills, experiences and perspectives that people from diverse backgrounds including, race, ethnicity, disability, age, gender identity and sexual orientation bring to the workplace, will only strengthen our workforce.We are committed to ensuring that our workplace is inclusive, where all our people feel that they belong, are valued, respected and have equal access to opportunities and resources.We encourage applications from our key priority communities – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment wherever possible by offering reasonable adjustments including adjustments in our recruitment, selection and appointment processes.”Applicants with disability who require adjustments in the recruitment process, or alternative methods of communication, can contact a Recruitment Officer at or 08 9420 2000.To learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion please .