Purchasing Officer

ActewAGL; Canberra; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LinkedIn Learning access

Discounted gym memberships

Free annual flu vaccinations

On-site physiotherapy

Income protection up to 3 years

Rewards and recognition programs

Job summary

ActewAGL seeks a Purchasing Officer to join its Finance team in Canberra, managing end-to-end purchasing activities, creating POs, requisitions and maintaining records while collaborating with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure timely supply of goods and services.

Reporting to the Supply Manager, you will work in a central buyers pool, utilise Oracle or SAP, monitor requests, perform QA checks, and support reporting and month-end activities in line with procurement guidelines.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement/purchasing/inventory management.
• Ability to extract and analyse data and provide reports.
• Demonstrated procurement/purchasing experience.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organisational and time management skills; able to manage priorities.
• Ability to build positive relationships with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Process purchasing activities within Oracle and related systems.
• Provide guidance on purchasing processes and system functionality.
• Monitor purchasing requests and shared mailboxes for timely action.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Support purchasing, procurement and inventory reporting activities.
• Maintain accurate purchasing records and update open purchase orders.
• Perform QA checks to ensure correct coding and compliance.
• Assist with shortage identification and expediting to ensure material availability.

Skills

Data analysis

Procurement experience

Attention to detail

Time management

Stakeholder relationship

Tools

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Join ActewAGL's Finance team as a Purchasing Officer and play a key role in supporting the organisation's purchasing activities. Working within a centralised buyer's pool, you will manage purchasing requests, maintain accurate purchasing records, collaborate with suppliers and stakeholders, and help ensure the efficient supply of goods and services across the business.

About the Role

Reporting to the Supply Manager, you will be responsible for managing the end-to-end purchasing lifecycle, including maintaining catalogues within the Financial Information Management System, creating purchase orders and requisitions, goods receipting, supplier engagement, reporting and month-end activities.

You will work closely with both internal stakeholders and suppliers to ensure purchasing activities are completed accurately, efficiently and in accordance with ActewAGL's Procurement Guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Process purchasing activities within Oracle and associated systems.
• Provide guidance and support to employees on purchasing processes and system functionality.
• Monitor purchasing requests and shared team mailboxes to ensure timely action and response.
• Collaborate with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve purchasing matters.
• Support purchasing, procurement and inventory reporting activities.
• Maintain accurate purchasing records and ensure open purchase orders are updated as required.
• Perform quality assurance checks to ensure purchasing requests are coded correctly and comply with procurement requirements.
• Assist with shortage identification and expediting processes to support the availability of materials.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Ability to use Oracle (or similar system such as SAP) and related purchasing / supply chain management modules
• Ability to use relevant computer applications to extract and analyse data and provide reports
• Demonstrated experience in procurement/ purchasing/ inventory management.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• The ability to build positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Applications close at 11:59 pm on Sunday 15 November 2026

Why Join ActewAGL?

• We’re committed to supporting our people with:
• Ongoing professional development and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Discounted gym memberships and free annual flu vaccinations
• On-site physiotherapy and wellness resources
• Income protection up to 3 years
• Reward and recognition programs

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer who embraces and fosters a culture that supports diversity, inclusion and respect, where people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We welcome people with diverse skills, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds, and encourage applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people that identify as LGBTQIA+, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.