Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 4
Remuneration: $2323.67 - $2780.13
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ38062

An experienced and dynamic procurement specialist is required to implement procurement and contract systems in Northern Sydney Local Health District and meet procurement savings targets.  NSLHD is one of the largest Health Districts in NSW with an addressable procurement spend of over $150M per annum.  This will be a great opportunity for a person who is driven to improve systems and show success in procurement.

Where you'll be working

Northern Sydney’s vision is to be "leaders in healthcare, partners in community wellbeing". Our purpose is “embracing discovery and learning, building partnerships and engaging our community to deliver excellent health and wellbeing.”

We build teams and health services that embrace our values; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment (CORE). Our CORE values and the behaviours that underpin them, shape the way we work together, with our patients and consumers, to deliver excellent health and wellbeing. If you’d like to be part of our journey we want to hear from you.

NSLHD is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, Workforce Health and Safety, Ethical Practices and the principles of Cultural Diversity. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply and, where found suitable, will be given higher priority.

What you'll be doing
The Procurement Manager will drive and implement key procurement and contract strategies across NSLHD, perform complex strategic procurement analysis and reporting to identify opportunities for best practice procurement management, identify cost savings by interrogating procurement systems, performing spend analysis and exploring contract opportunities. 

The position will ensure procurement and contract practices have high level controls in place to manage the organisation’s procurement and contract risk, to reduce the likelihood of fraud and to ensure supply of goods and services to essential services areas meet operational demands.

The position will be responsible for applying a whole-of-government approach to procurement planning and contracts management with the implementation of strategies to leverage the District’s total spend and identify opportunities for more cost effective and efficient procurement. 

The role will require widespread stakeholder engagement and also ensure compliance with procurement and contract policies and guidelines while seeking to adopt innovative, best practice procurement solutions.

Employees must abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct. Criminal record checks will be undertaken on successful applicants and applicants for positions designated as Category A will be required to obtain required vaccinations prior to commencing employment. 

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
• Tertiary qualifications in procurement, contracts, legal, business management or related field and/ or equivalent professional experience.
• Extensive procurement management experience with demonstrated ability to drive procurement and contracts process changes across an organisation.
• Demonstrated experience with procurement and contracts lifecycle strategies including initiation of procurement strategies and contract performance management.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to achieve performance outcomes.
• Demonstrated capabilities in spend analysis and category management to initiate and drive procurement savings.
• Understanding of contract probity issues within a government setting and ability to calculate and minimise risk within contract management systems.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and management skills with a proven ability to negotiate and resolve conflicting views to achieve required outcomes.

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For role related queries or questions contact Sarah McDonald on 02 9887 5060 Sarah.McDonald1@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 24 May 2018

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We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, Ethical Practices, and the principles of Cultural Diversity and promote a smoke-free work environment. Appropriate criminal record and child protection checks conducted for all positions.