Main characteristics
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Company
- Randstad
- Employment type
- permanent
- Category
- industrial & manufacturing
Job summary
job detailsSA Health has delivered impressive outcomes to the state under demanding conditions. The department continues to lead the way in innovative procurement practices. Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSCM) is a business unit within SA Health and is central to SA Health's ability to deliver high quality health care services.
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Randstad is working exclusively with SA Health and PSCM to recruit a Principal Category Manager, Statewide Services (ASO7). You will work among one of the largest procurement teams in the state - a group of passionate and professional individuals. There will be ongoing opportunities for training, support, and personal development to help you reach your full potential.
For the right candidate, fully remote options of work will be considered, with all equipment and training provided.
Your new role will involve:
- Acting as a lead in your team to deliver innovative, strategic category management plans within a largely service-based category
- Providing high level procurement advice to stakeholders to facilitate added value
- Analysis of and reporting on supplier performance, supply chain risks and procurement activities to identify opportunities for improvement
- Enabling collaboration between procurement and a diverse range of stakeholders in order to align objectives and achieve procurement outcomes
- Managing multiple projects and scheduling activities within a challenging supplier market, while maintaining a customer focus
- Working as a senior member of your category team, assisting an experienced and supportive manager to drive the team vision forward
What will you get in return:
- You will become an integral part of a diverse procurement team, and lead strategic activities for your category within an environment where you will be afforded a high degree of autonomy and respect
- You will directly see how you can benefit the community, through your procurement activities of hospital services, immunisation programs, and many other varied services that ensure our states health system delivers through emergencies and times of peak demand
- You will receive assistance to obtain membership in the Chartered Institute of Procurement Supply (CIPS) and Procurement Supply Australasia (PASA)
- SA Healths modern offices are in the heart of the CBD, and are walking distance from all modes of public transport, nature reserves, Rundle Mall, and the East End
- For the right candidate, fully remote options of work will be considered, with all equipment and training provided
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time, applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role
What you will need to succeed:
- Experience in end to end sourcing/procurement within a medium to large complex organisation or the public sector, or significant services procurement, and understanding of category management principles
- Superior written skills, in order to effectively conduct tendering activities
- Qualifications in procurement, supply chain, law or business beneficial
- You will display a continuous improvement mindset to allow strategic advancements
- Demonstrated ability to achieve outcomes in a fast paced environment whilst ensuring adherence to probity requirements
- Confidence to work collaboratively with stakeholders in a fluid environment while upholding or improving buy-in and collaboration
- You will be a community minded individual, passionate about ensuring the delivery of affordable, safe, and sustainable healthcare for South Australians
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements. COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement under the Emergency Management (Healthcare Setting Workers Vaccination) (COVID-19) Directions 2021 to work in a SA Health/health care setting.
Randstad is exclusively managing candidate applications for this position. For more information or to obtain a copy of the position description, or SA Healths Employer Value Proposition, please contact Randstads procurement and supply chain specialists, Rachel Homer or Brooke Hodgson on 8150 7028 or email [Apply online]. To apply please submit a copy of your CV and cover letter via apply now.
Applications close 7th June.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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SA Health has delivered impressive outcomes to the state under demanding conditions. The department continues to lead the way in innovative procurement practices. Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSCM) is a business unit within SA Health and is central to SA Health's ability to deliver high quality health care services.
Randstad is working exclusively with SA Health and PSCM to recruit a Principal Category Manager, Statewide Services (ASO7). You will work among one of the largest procurement teams in the state - a group of passionate and professional individuals. There will be ongoing opportunities for training, support, and personal development to help you reach your full potential.
For the right candidate, fully remote options of work will be considered, with all equipment and training provided.
Your new role will involve: ...
- Acting as a lead in your team to deliver innovative, strategic category management plans within a largely service-based category
- Providing high level procurement advice to stakeholders to facilitate added value
- Analysis of and reporting on supplier performance, supply chain risks and procurement activities to identify opportunities for improvement
- Enabling collaboration between procurement and a diverse range of stakeholders in order to align objectives and achieve procurement outcomes
- Managing multiple projects and scheduling activities within a challenging supplier market, while maintaining a customer focus
- Working as a senior member of your category team, assisting an experienced and supportive manager to drive the team vision forward
What will you get in return:
- You will become an integral part of a diverse procurement team, and lead strategic activities for your category within an environment where you will be afforded a high degree of autonomy and respect
- You will directly see how you can benefit the community, through your procurement activities of hospital services, immunisation programs, and many other varied services that ensure our states health system delivers through emergencies and times of peak demand
- You will receive assistance to obtain membership in the Chartered Institute of Procurement Supply (CIPS) and Procurement Supply Australasia (PASA)
- SA Healths modern offices are in the heart of the CBD, and are walking distance from all modes of public transport, nature reserves, Rundle Mall, and the East End
- For the right candidate, fully remote options of work will be considered, with all equipment and training provided
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time, applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role
What you will need to succeed:
- Experience in end to end sourcing/procurement within a medium to large complex organisation or the public sector, or significant services procurement, and understanding of category management principles
- Superior written skills, in order to effectively conduct tendering activities
- Qualifications in procurement, supply chain, law or business beneficial
- You will display a continuous improvement mindset to allow strategic advancements
- Demonstrated ability to achieve outcomes in a fast paced environment whilst ensuring adherence to probity requirements
- Confidence to work collaboratively with stakeholders in a fluid environment while upholding or improving buy-in and collaboration
- You will be a community minded individual, passionate about ensuring the delivery of affordable, safe, and sustainable healthcare for South Australians
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements. COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement under the Emergency Management (Healthcare Setting Workers Vaccination) (COVID-19) Directions 2021 to work in a SA Health/health care setting.
Randstad is exclusively managing candidate applications for this position. For more information or to obtain a copy of the position description, or SA Healths Employer Value Proposition, please contact Randstads procurement and supply chain specialists, Rachel Homer or Brooke Hodgson on 8150 7028 or email [Apply online]. To apply please submit a copy of your CV and cover letter via apply now.
Applications close 7th June.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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- skills
- procurement
- purchasing
- inventory
- supply chain
- manufacturing
- contract administration
- contracts administration
- contracts
- qualifications
- Tertiary
- education
- Associate Degree/Diploma
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