Sourcing Manager

The Department of Customer Service (DCS) is looking for an enthusiastic and team-orientated individual within the Corporate Services Procurement Team. The successful applicant will support DCS Corporate Procurement to provide high quality end-to-end sourcing and contract management to deliver value for money and effectively meet business outcomes. The role is to provide a range of specialised procurement advice and services to agencies within the Department.

This position involves working in a fast-paced environment with the opportunity to grow and develop in a supportive and collaborative team. The right applicant will be a team player willing to hit the ground running, who can work autonomously and as part of a team.

The Corporate Services Procurement Team are currently undergoing transformation with several exciting opportunities including three current vacancies for a Sourcing Manager to join our team!

• Benefits
• Fantastic ongoing clerk grade 9 / 10 Opportunity
• Salary range : $113,343 - $124,901+ super, commensurate with experience
• Genuinely flexible working arrangements
• State of the art offices
• Wellbeing programs and resources available
• Excellent career development and learning development opportunities
• Discounted Gym Memberships and Employee Assistance Programs
• About Us

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our Corporate Procurement Team which services the DCS cluster. The team sits within the Corporate Services Division of DCS, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer for DCS. Corporate Procurement has three functions within the team : Business Partnering, Sourcing, and Centre of Excellence. This role sits within the Sourcing team and reports to a Senior Sourcing Manager, who reports directly to the Chief Procurement Officer.

• Your responsibilities will include
• Develop, co-ordinate and lead sourcing activities to establish supply arrangements that meet business needs
• Plan and lead contract negotiations in the establishment and review of supply arrangements to deliver value for money procurement outcomes
• Manage and co-ordinate all aspects of contract management services including developing and administering contract management plans, negotiating changes and modifications, monitoring, and analysing performance, addressing non-performance, and ensuring compliance requirements to achieve the required contract outcomes
• Provide high level advice and guidance to customers and stakeholders including a cross functional team of specialist across multiple business and portfolio to build expertise in procurement, provide governance and improve procurement practice and outcomes
• Document procurement processes, decisions, and contractual arrangements to facilitate audit trail for probity and collaborate with relevant state agencies for audit purposes
• About you

You are genuinely passionate about procurement with demonstrable experience delivering excellence in governance, guidelines and processes which inform sustainable procurement and enhanced user experience. You are committed to your team and are flexible and reliable when your help is needed.

Some of your key attributes include :

• An analytical thinker who can think outside the box to solve complex problems
• A flexible worker who can adjust their capabilities to suit a variety of stakeholders
• The go to person for reading and interpreting the NSW Government Procurement Policy Framework
• Thrives around people, working towards collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• A strong background in public policy, preferably in the regulatory space

If you want to be part of this forward thinking, innovative team that thrive in challenging the status quo, we would love to hear from you!

• What we need from you

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment process to fill future ongoing and temporary opportunities.?

• Closing Date : Tuesday 16th August 10am
• Working at Department of Customer Service

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• Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Flexibility

We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and new ways of working.

We understand that there are different ways of getting the job done and offer flexible working arrangements where and when possible.