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• Provide leadership in procurement strategies targeting local industry, including liaising with suppliers and State agencies.
• Lead and develop category strategies and systems to support local industry, sustainability and social objectives.
• Organise and facilitate industry engagement initiatives and events.
• End to end procurement for ad-hoc requests

• Work with procurement and business partners to assess their business needs and development of procurement strategies.
• Development of category strategies across state-wide school specific goods and services. o Labour Hire o Waste Management
• Develop, maintain reporting processes, procedures and ensuring data quality and timeliness of reporting. Actively perform review and analysis to guarantee data quality.
• Supplier and market research to identify opportunities and inform sourcing strategies.

Melbourne, Australia

• Overseeing and maintaining the supplier contracting process.
• Ongoing contract management and maintenance through Fasttrack System.
• Preparation and development of spend and operational reports for departmental savings tracking and Executive Committee review.
• Supporting Category Managers in developing improvements for procurement processes to enhance savings objectives and resourcing efficiencies.
• Building reporting capacity within the procurement function through dashboards and spend analytics.
• Analytics support for procurement projects, ranging from tender response assessments, category spend analysis and prospective savings initiatives.

• Analytical and data processing support to senior procurement specialists.
• Supporting strategic sourcing initiatives and implementation by providing benchmarking and pricing recommendations.
• Analysis of account-wide managed spend, providing data and forecasting for yearly savings targets.
• Monthly processing and reporting of key vendor information.
• Ongoing contract management via the Emptoris Contract System.
• Assisting senior team leads during negotiations and stakeholder presentations by providing pricing and analytics support.

Master Of Management (Finance)

Bachelor Of Science (Hons.)