Senior Procurement Manager

Department of Government Services; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Government Services in Melbourne, VIC is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager, Construction Procurement to lead a team responsible for Whole of Victorian Government state construction procurement and to optimise government expenditure through state-m mandated contracts.

You will oversee daily workload, staff development and ad-hoc projects, while driving continuous improvement and best-value procurement outcomes across construction programs.

Qualifications

• Significant public sector procurement experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end procurement activities across construction procurement.
• Develop relationships with internal/external stakeholders including senior management and industry bodies.
• Plan, develop and implement systems, tools, analytics and reporting to enable best practice procurement outcomes.

Skills

Public sector procurement

Education

Tertiary qualifications in procurement/commerce/law

Job description

Department of Government Services – Melbourne VIC

About Us

The Department of Government Services (DGS) wasestablishedon 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government.We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses.We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.

The Operations Group

The Operations Group delivers frontline customer services to Victorians and the public service. It maintains the foundational digital infrastructure and platforms that support efficient, secure and reliable service delivery. The group uses industry-leading delivery principles for shared services and supports the development of sustainable and efficient whole-of-Victorian Government (WOVG) shared services.

About the role

The Senior Procurement Manager, Construction Procurement is responsible for overseeing a procurement team responsible for managing Whole of Victorian Government State construction procurement processes and to provide solutions to achieve best value for the Victorian Government. The role has an overarching purpose to optimise government expenditure through the use of State mandated construction contracts.

The role is responsible for the well-being and development of staff and the management of daily workload priorities and ad-hoc projects, identifying continuous improvements for greater efficiency.

Key Accountabilities

• Apply excellent commercial acumen to lead the end-to-end procurement activities across construction procurement to ensure that optimum procurement outcomes are achieved.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team of professionals, create a positive workplace culture, and develop capability and team performance.
• Contribute to the organisational/group strategic direction ensuring that it is meaningful to staff.
• Participate in committees and forums as part of ensuring DGS is a well governed and functioning organisation.
• 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.
• Support the Department, the Chief procurement Officer and the Group’s leadership team to achieve strategic objectives.
• Other reasonable duties as directed by the Chief Procurement Officer from time to time.

Mandatory requirements

• Significant public sector procurement experience, with proven ability to operate in accordance with delegated authority, consistent with departmental and government policies.
• Tertiary qualifications in procurement, commerce, law or related disciplines is highly desirable

This is an ongoing role. The position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.

For more information and the key selection criteria, please see the Position Description.

Other relevant information

To be eligible for appointment to this role, applicants will possess corresponding work rights for the advertised employment period. Appointment to an ongoing role is only available to an Australian/New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident. Preferred candidates willbe requiredto complete a Pre-employment Declaration and Consent Form. Employment of successful candidates will be subject to a National Police Check.

The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees and clients and consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act), to support this DGS has a COVID-19 Vaccination policy whichstrongly recommendsall DGS employees be fully vaccinated.

DGS actively promotes diversity,inclusionand an equalopportunityworkplace.All roles at DGS can be worked flexibly, however it may differ from role to role.