Ready to make a splash in your career? WaterNSW is seeking an experienced Sourcing Manager (24 month term)to join our team.
This is an opportunity to work with an essential organisation creating a more sustainable future for the state.
This role offers the flexibility to work around life, your contribution will be valued, and you’ll be supported to build a rewarding career.
Our perks and Benefits:
At WaterNSW, we believe that our employees should be as well taken care of as our rivers, dams, and pipelines, that’s why we offer a load of benefits.
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Flexible working
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Work a 9-day fortnight at Full pay on the Enterprise agreement
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Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave
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Fertility leave
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Yearly corporate wear allowance
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Professional development and educational assistance
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Salary Range starting from $144,550 Base + Super
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And so much more!
What you’ll do:
- Lead the development and implementation of policies, procedures, systems and performance management frameworks for all procurement related activity to ensure a high level of professional practice and deliver compliant, effective and efficient procurement outcomes.
- Develop and implement complex procurement plans and strategies to meet business needs, enhance stakeholder engagement, address and mitigate risks, maximise commercial value delivery and challenge providers through competitive market engagement and dialogue, driving timely delivery of high quality goods and services and reducing cost for WaterNSW.
- Partner with stakeholders to develop innovative supply strategies that include outcomes to support our Reconciliation Action Plan and ESG program, establish supply arrangements, lead high-level negotiations and handover contracts effectively to deliver value for money outcomes
- Provide authoritative advice supported by extensive experience and knowledge of market leading practices to senior key stakeholders on all aspects of procurement to encourage innovative practices, drive commercial approach, achieve optimal delivery of business outcomes and adhere to the procurement framework directions.
What we are looking for:
- Relevant Bachelor degree or experience deemed equivalent. Professional Procurement qualification (e.g. MCIPS) is not mandatory but will be considered favourably
- Applied knowledge of procurement processes, policies, systems and frameworks
- Applied knowledge of corporate processes and structures to drive desired outcomes
- Demonstrated experience in partnering with the business to develop effective procurement strategies, lead commercial negotiations and manage contracts across the lifecycle
- Experience with ERP systems, including source-to-contract and procure-to-pay
- Specific experience of civil construction and/or engineering procurement is highly desirable
How we will support you:
At WaterNSW, we balance flexibility – and the way we work – with the needs of the business, our teams, and us as individuals.
When it comes to working in an office, we work in a hybrid way. If you’re required to be in the field or on site, the benefits of flexibility can be achieved in other ways, such as through a condensed work week.
We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and are committed to providing equal opportunities for women. Visit ourWORK180 page to access our benefits and career development opportunities
More about our team/ culture:
No matter how or where you work, safety is the number one priority. This means the physical and mental safety of you, your colleagues, and the public.
WaterNSW operates the state’s dams, capturing and storing water, and then supplying it ready for distribution – for the environment, agriculture, industry and the community. With 41 major dams and hundreds of waterways across the state, we play a vital role at the source of the state’s water, delivering two thirds of all water used in NSW