Senior Purchasing Officer Permanent Full Time | 80hrs per fortnight | ADO every 4 weeks EH Distribution Centre | Ringwood Hybrid working arrangement with enthusiastic, knowledgeable team Free Onsite parking Eastern Health Eastern Health is one of Melbourne's largest public health services.
We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff.
We believe our people make the difference.
About the role We are seeking a Purchasing Officer with extensive buying experience to lead our high-performing small purchasing team.
About you Reporting to the Associate Director Supply you will have: Proven experience in leading with a hands on approach to the buying process from requisition through to purchase orders.
Demonstrated understanding of customer service of internal and external customers and is committed to effectively meeting customer needs in a helpful and professional manner.
Experience in similar role with use of Oracle (or similar software package) Computer literacy and understanding of MS Office and windows based systems (minimum of intermediate level) Excellent organisational skills with demonstrated time management capabilities.
Advanced and effective interpersonal communication skills, both written and oral.
The ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Formal leadership training will be highly regarded Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.
What we offer Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!
Diverse and engaging career opportunities Friendly & supportive team Flexible working hours Salary packaging options Career progression in our teaching hospitals Next Steps Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.
We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.
If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for).
We will notify unsuccessful candidates.
Good to know: We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
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