FF&E Category Manager: Healthcare Procurement Lead

UnitingCare Hospital; Queensland; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP Salary Packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Discount platform for employees

Paid parental leave

Gender/cultural leave

Job summary

UnitingCare Hospital is seeking an experienced Category Manager (Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment) to lead end-to-end delivery of FF&E programmes across our hospital portfolio. You will partner with clinical, operational, financial and supplier stakeholders to define requirements, negotiate favourable terms and deliver positive FF&E outcomes that support safe, high-quality patient care.

You will report to the General Manager Procurement & Supply and oversee planning, sourcing, commercial

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience conducting commercial analysis of market offers and conducting commercial negotiations with suppliers.
• Experience working within private hospitals or other like healthcare environments with knowledge of procurement governance and contract management.
• Proven ability to deliver value optimisation outcomes.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence clinical, operational, executive and other stakeholders.
• Experience managing suppliers, contractors and multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes.
• Ability to translate operational and clinical requirements into practical FFE solutions that support operational readiness.
• Current driver's licence and eligibility to legally work in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Develop FF&E procurement plans based on capital purchasing needs.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering and equipment selection.
• Lead quotation, tender and sourcing processes, including supplier evaluation and commercial negotiations.
• Support capital expenditure budgets, forecast project expenditure and optimise value across FFE programmes.
• Lead commercial negotiations and supplier selection, ensuring best value for money is delivered for our Hospitals, including consideration of capital costs along with ongoing operational expenditure costs, including service agreements and associated consumable costs as relevant.
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical consistency, reduce lifecycle costs and maximise commercial leverage.
• Support relevant stakeholders to ensure procured equipment is appropriately commissioned, input into asset registers and relevant preventative maintenance schedules are established.
• Drive standardisation, supplier optimisation and continuous improvement initiatives across the organisation.

Skills

Commercial analysis

Supplier negotiations

Stakeholder engagement

Category management

Healthcare procurement

Job description

UnitingCare Hospital is seeking an experienced Category Manager (Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment) to lead end-to-end delivery of FF&E programmes across our hospital portfolio. You will partner with clinical, operational, financial and supplier stakeholders to define requirements, negotiate favourable terms and deliver positive FF&E outcomes that support safe, high-quality patient care.

You will report to the General Manager Procurement & Supply and oversee planning, sourcing, commercial