This is an exciting opportunity to join the Corporate Procurement sourcing team and to demonstrate your strong procurement expertise and experience. This role has a special focus on ICT procurements and experience in this area will be highly regarded.
About the Department
The role of the Department of Education is to support Victorians to build prosperous, socially engaged, happy and healthy lives. It does this by supporting lifelong learning and healthy development, strengthening families and helping to equip people with the skills and knowledge for a 21st century economy and society. The department supports a culture of leadership, learning and renewal in all workplaces with opportunities for career development and advancement.
About the Division
The Procurement Division supports the Department's core functions and strategic priorities by ensuring excellence in goods and services procurement practices.
The Corporate Procurement Branch supports and advises on goods and services procurements undertaken by business areas across the Department. Corporate Procurement sourcing teams undertake procurement planning and strategy development, as well as leading sourcing activities end- to-end. Under a centre-led procurement model, the Branch is also responsible for the delivery of procurement training to corporate staff; implementation of the whole-of-Victorian-Government procurement reform program and policies; implementation of procurement systems, the procurement help desk; secretariat services for the Department's Procurement and Probity Committee; and a range of corporate compliance and reporting functions.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Corporate Procurement sourcing team and to demonstrate your strong procurement expertise and experience. This role has a special focus on ICT procurements and experience in this area will be highly regarded.
You will undertake the following activities:
provide commercial and procurement expertise, advice and assistance to internal stakeholders, particularly on ICT procurements; assist business areas to deliver sourcing activities end-to-end; incorporating strategy development (with business area subject matter experts), development of tender documentation, evaluation of proposals, negotiation and award; develop procurement strategies, and management of procurement categories under direction of the Procurement Manager that will leverage opportunities and benefits for the Department; provide advice, input and intelligence on procurement activity to the Procurement Manager for reporting purposes; apply critical thinking to benchmark, research and assess the market, determine risks, analyse competition; analyse trends and new opportunities, to ensure best value is achieved for the Department; working on Division strategic projects in line with Division objectives; undertake duties as required for procurement related matters. Capabilities
This role requires strong procurement sourcing experience, exceptional organisation and planning skills and dedication to achieving client satisfaction while maintaining a quality service adhering to procurement policy and processes.
Your capacity for collaboration, driving continuous improvement, and cultivating genuine relationships will be pivotal for your success.
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
Relevant tertiary qualification in a related field 5+ years of procurement sourcing experience with experience in high complexity, high value procurements ICT procurement experience will be highly regarded Further Information
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