The Opportunity
Join this highly desirable company located in Adelaide's CBD. You will be rewarded with professionalism, staff benefits and the opportunity to excel your career. As the Category Manager, your full time role will involve taking charge of specific service categories, overseeing the procurement process and minimising overall costs. In addition, you will enhance processes, quality, and the stakeholder experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the procurement process for assigned categories (an IT background is desirable)
- Drive cost and service improvements through various means, including specification changes and risk management
- Develop and maintain processes, quality standards, and stakeholder relationships
- Emphasise continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement
- Managing a tender panel, overseeing the end-to-end sourcing and evaluation process.
- Ensure probity and compliance with procurement policies and regulations
Selection Criteria
- Tertiary qualifications within a relevant field
- Commercial experience in procurement, with exposure to category-specific professions, contracts, and supplies
- Familiarity with tender processes and contract management, preferably within Category Management
- Category Management experience, including the ability to contribute to procurement strategies, policies, processes, guidelines, pricing and cost analysis
- Strong interpersonal, consultation, and negotiation skills to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present proposed strategies convincingly
How to Apply
To apply for this opportunity, please submit your CV via the link or call Randstad's Procurement specialists, Bridie Taglienti and Rachel Homer on 0409 238 997.
If this is not the role for you but you are interested in hearing about further opportunities about positions within procurement, contracts and supply chain, please feel welcome to connect either on LinkedIn or call for a confidential discussion.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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