Senior Construction Procurement Lead – Public Sector

Resources; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Government Services (DGS) in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager (Construction) to lead end-to-end procurement across construction projects. The role collaborates with the Property Portfolio Team to drive effective procurement strategies, ensuring compliance with ministerial directions and public sector requirements.

The position oversees staff wellbeing, workload management and continuous improvements, fostering a high-performance, values-driven team within the

Qualifications

• Significant public sector procurement experience.
• Tertiary qualifications in procurement, commerce, law or related disciplines is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end procurement activities across construction procurement to ensure that optimum procurement outcomes are achieved.
• Lead and inspire a team of professionals, create a positive workplace culture, and develop capability and team performance.
• Develop, maintain and manage Construction Procurement artefacts in line with the DTF Ministerial Directions and instructions for public construction procurement, forms, templates, guidance materials, and processes.
• Provide high quality, consistent and considered advice to the Property Portfolio Team on best practice construction procurement and sourcing, procurement policies and driving efficiencies, savings and Value for Money outcomes for the VPS.
• Develop effective and collaborative relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders including senior management, departmental colleagues, and other key staff from government departments, suppliers and industry bodies.
• Support the planning, development and implementation of systems, tools, analytics and reporting to facilitate the delivery of best practice procurement outcomes.
• Preparation of written material, reports and briefs for stakeholders including senior management, the Department’s Executives and relevant Ministers.
• Other reasonable duties as directed by the Director, Commercial and Contract Management from time to time.

Job description

Department of Government Services (DGS) in Melbourne is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager (Construction) to lead end-to-end procurement across construction projects. The role collaborates with the Property Portfolio Team to drive effective procurement strategies, ensuring compliance with ministerial directions and public sector requirements.

The position oversees staff wellbeing, workload management and continuous improvements, fostering a high-performance, values-driven team within the