Procurement Consultant - Sydney, Australia - Bluefin Resources

Bluefin Resources

Verified Company

Sydney, Australia

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

Financial Services Business seeking a Procurement Consultant

Work closely with technology suppliers in enterprise services
Looking for a strong problem solver with negotiation skills

Financial Services Business seeking a Procurement Consultant to work closely with technology suppliers in enterprise services.

The purpose of the role and your unique contributions is to improve and drive the maturity of the strategic Procurement function to deliver sustainable value across this business's 3rd party expenditure and support the business in making great strategic procurement decisions.

The role also leads or supports procurement initiatives relating to indigenous or sustainable 3rd party expenditure.

Responsibilities:

Accountability for the longrange planning and delivery of strategic sourcing activity (resulting in transaction values >5m or of strategic importance) in conjunction with product/service owners and other customer stakeholders.
Provide thought leadership and unique insights to support the planning and execution of strategic priorities, contemporary operating model and business plan.
Contribute to both Procurement, Partnering, and Commercial's and performance with insights, collaborative input and expertise that promotes value creation, innovation, managed risk, and improved performance.
Develop and plan sourcing and procurement support for Services and Product roadmaps, enabling enterprise programs and strategic products and services for the Group, proactively looking for ways to improve the Groups position throughout each engagement.
Drive value across 3rd party expenditure and support the business in making sound procurement decisions through the execution of bestinclass supply contracts.

Required experience & Capabilities:

5+ years Procurement experience
Self-Starter
Entrepreneurial approach to problem solving and active negotiation of international ITO contracts.
Excellent negotiation and commercial acumen skills, and extensive category, supplier and contract management experience
Extensive project and change management skills and understanding of how to drive continuous improvement and/or leverage technology to improve productivity.
Strong understanding of best practices in endtoend procurement function
Significant experience leveraging third party partner relationships and governance frameworks to drive material organisationalwide benefits.

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