Implementation Inventory Purchasing Lead

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

Diverse and inclusive culture

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Darling Downs Health is seeking an Implementation Inventory Purchasing Lead based in Toowoomba. Lead a high-performing team, ensure the right products and systems are in place to deliver exceptional care, and influence smarter ways of working across the region.

You will use data insights to boost inventory performance, strengthen service outcomes and support informed decision making while building trusted relationships with a broad network of stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in supply chain, purchasing or inventory roles.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with data-driven approach.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement to build trust.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing supply chain team.
• Use data to improve inventory performance and service outcomes.
• Build relationships with diverse stakeholders to solve challenges.
• Champion improvement initiatives for efficient, sustainable operations.

Skills

Leadership

Supply chain

Inventory management

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Tools

Enterprise systems

BI tools

Job description

Ready to lead, influence and make a real difference? Join a team where your expertise helps keep essential healthcare services running smoothly across the region. Based in Toowoomba, this leadership opportunity offers meaningful work, genuine career growth, a supportive team culture and the lifestyle benefits that come with living and working in one of Queensland's most vibrant regional communities.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As the Implementation Inventory Purchasing Lead, you'll play a key role in ensuring teams have the products, systems and support they need to deliver exceptional care. You'll combine strategic thinking with people leadership, helping shape smarter ways of working while supporting services that make a difference to communities across the region.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

• Leading and developing a high-performing team that delivers responsive, customer-focused supply chain services.
• Using data and insights to strengthen inventory performance, improve service outcomes and support better decision-making.
• Building trusted relationships across a diverse network of stakeholders to solve challenges and drive positive outcomes.
• Championing improvement initiatives that create more efficient, sustainable and innovative ways of working.

Let's talk about you!

You are a confident and collaborative leader who enjoys bringing people together around a shared goal. You balance big-picture thinking with a practical approach, and you're motivated by improving services that help others succeed. You'll thrive in an environment where innovation is encouraged, relationships matter and every improvement contributes to something bigger than yourself.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Experience leading teams in supply chain, logistics, purchasing, inventory or a similar operational environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn information into meaningful action.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills that build trust, influence and collaboration.
• A proven ability to lead change, manage competing priorities and deliver results in a complex setting.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have experience with enterprise business systems, reporting or business intelligence tools, and/or qualifications in supply chain, logistics, procurement, business or project management.

Most importantly, you'll bring compassion, integrity, dignity, innovation and courage, and a genuine passion for creating positive outcomes for colleagues, communities and the people who rely on our health service every day.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

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Occupational group

Administration