Add expected salary to your profile for insightsJoin HCF's Procurement team as IT Procurement Category Manager based in our newly refurbished Head Office in Sydney CBD.
This is a full-time opportunity with a hybrid working model (2-3 days in our office and the rest working from home).Role ResponsibilitiesAccountable for large, complex portfolios with high degree of complexity in spend categoriesResponsible for planning and managing the end-to-end lifecycle for assigned procurement categories, developing value generation strategies and delivering projects and programmes to translate these strategies into benefits for HCFResponsible for proactive development and management of a procurement initiative pipeline, developing Leading and managing strategic sourcing activities, negotiations, tender evaluation and key initiatives through to contracting and implementationAccountable for driving compliance to the Supplier Management Framework across spend categories and the delivery of activities in collaboration with business stakeholdersDevelop strong relationships and collaborate with HCF business stakeholders, Procurement colleagues and supplier representatives to achieve best value outcomesProvide insights to the business on the supply market, spend, performance, opportunities & risks to support informed decision makingResponsible for providing coaching and advice to Category ManagersResponsible for supporting the development of key processes documentation and policyRepresent the Head of Procurement where requiredAbout YouYou are an IT Procurement Category Manager with demonstrated experience in sourcing a breadth of IT categories, delivering end to end sourcing projects for systems and solutions.
You will be experienced in negotiations with IT vendors and have worked directly with GMs / Heads of IT.You will be a collaborative team player with the ability to coach and mentor members of the team.Bachelor's degree (Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance or Information Technology)5-7 years' experience in mid to senior procurement (Category Manager & above) requiredIndustry certification or membership, e.g.
CIPSSignificant business, commercial and financial acumenA strong understanding of customer experience and customer centricity principlesDemonstrated ability to rapidly build relationships with key stakeholders, working across organisational structures with a confident, collaborative, results-oriented approachAdvanced knowledge of Procurement practices and driving value from vendorsExperience producing and measuring cost savings within a cross-functional team environmentAbility to use commercial and quantitative data to manage category performance as well as supplier performanceAbout HCFAt HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare.
Since 1932 we've been putting our members and their health first.
As Australia's largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover over 1.9 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.We want to be true health partners to our members, easily guiding the healthcare choices that are right for them.
At HCF, our values are the way we do things and create the necessary culture to help us realise our purpose and deliver our Strategy.
Living our values in action we step forward, walk in their shoes, stay human, make it better and get there together.Next stepsIf you require any adjustments to assist you in making your application or during the recruitment or onboarding process, please reach out to Talent Acquisition - ****** to discuss.We encourage applicants to submit their applications at their earliest convenience, as at HCF, we review applications as they are submitted, and may have filled the role prior to the job closing date.
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