About the Company:
Our client is a leading government, wealth management organization.
About the role:
This is a 12-month contract with a hybrid working arrangement. The office is located in Melbourne CBD.
Responsibilities:
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and functions across the Agency such as Executive Support Team, Legal & Risk, Finance etc. as well as individual business units
- Provide strategic and responsive advice to senior management and other stakeholders as required
- nsure procurement activities are managed in accordance with Commonwealth Procurement Rules and FFMA policies and procedures
- Identify risk and escalate appropriately, ensuring that risk is managed through familiarity with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements
- Perform contract administration, review, extensions/renewals, and resolution of contract-related issues
- Maintain and update the contracts register, ensuring key information and renewal/expiry/action dates are accurately captured and provide sufficient lead time to manage contracts in a timely manner and to optimise outcomes for the Agency
- Monitor vendor performance against contractual obligations and performance metrics
- Bring a high level of expertise in all aspects of tendering, compliance and strategic procurement management to the role including a strong understanding of the legal and ethical framework that governs purchasing, procurement, tendering, and contracting
- Procurement of goods and services through Whole of Australian Government (WoAG) panels and other relevant procurement methods
Skills and experience:
- Trained in procurement approaches or methodology
- Have a solid understanding of financial services organisations
- Demonstrated experience of procurement, contract management and vendor management - for complex and high value matters
- Working closely with key business partner functions (e.g. Legal, Finance) across an organisation
- Demonstrated understanding of project governance and performance management, preferably in a customer and/or supplier environment
Competencies:
- Stakeholder engagement
- Conflict and negotiation
- Procurement & vendor management
- People management
- Attention to detail
- Clear communication
For more information or a confidential discussion, please contact Rhea Paul on 0380807218 quoting reference #247548.
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