KEY BENEFITS

Below are some of our key central benefits that are available to all employees. Other benefits may be available depending on your role or site.

• Employee Benefits Program: discounts for employees, friends and family on a huge selection of products and services from a variety of brands including Samsung, Coles, Harvey Norman, Village Cinemas, Dick Smith, Vodafone, Thrifty and many more.
• Corporate rates for private health insurance: Nib Health Insurance offers discounted cover for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program: Converge International, our EAP, offers confidential, professional and free counselling and support resources in areas such as marriage/family difficulties, interpersonal conflict, stress, depression or anxiety, alcohol and/or drug dependencies, grief, loss or trauma and workplace problems.

ABOUT US

Liberty Primary Steel operates the historic Whyalla Steelworks, approximately 400km from Adelaide. The integrated facility which includes ironmaking, steel making, and rolling-mill facilities is Australia’s only manufacturer of special grade billet and steel long products providing solutions for nation-building infrastructure including rail. It is also the future home of green steel with plans to construct an Electric Arc Furnace and Direct Reduction Iron facility fed by natural gas and hydrogen as part of the GFG’s journey to be carbon neutral by 2030.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Based in Whyalla, as part of the Procurement & Sourcing Team reporting into the Senior Buyer – Site Services, this role is seen as a real governance role and alongside mentoring and training the team, this position generates value for the Whyalla businesses from the engagement of contractors and suppliers. You will manage the procurement process end to end for the Whyalla businesses in alignment with the category, portfolio, capital and business plans.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage sourcing events up to $1m
• Raise purchase orders to approved requisitions within procurement sourcing guidelines
• Understand the Scope of Work required for successful execution of the operation/project including interfaces with related operations/projects
• Ensure tender timelines deliver outcomes in accordance with overall portfolio of work
• Provide market engagement, including in depth knowledge of suppliers of services
• Work in a business partnering relationship with several key stakeholders across the business to achieve the best outcomes for GFG Alliance

You are approachable and friendly and ideally have proven experience in a similar on-site role within a mining, manufacturing, or heavy industry sector. You have a strong sense of work ethic, are a natural go getter and are used to working in a dynamic environment prioritizing competing demands.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Certificate IV in Purchasing or similar or equivalent experience
• Experience in sourcing for, or management of, a complex organizational (manufacturing or industrial) environment
• Purchasing, administration or trade experience is highly regarded
• Experience in SAP and accounts payable is a plus
• Experience in negotiating large, complex contracts across a diverse organization
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• High level of analytical skills with proven ability to model, analyze and summarize data

Below are some of our key central benefits that are available to all employees. Other benefits may be available depending on your role or site.

• Employee Benefits Program: discounts for employees, friends and family on a huge selection of products and services from a variety of brands including Samsung, Coles, Harvey Norman, Village Cinemas, Dick Smith, Vodafone, Thrifty and many more.
• Corporate rates for private health insurance: Nib Health Insurance offers discounted cover for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program: Converge International, our EAP, offers confidential, professional and free counselling and support resources in areas such as marriage/family difficulties, interpersonal conflict, stress, depression or anxiety, alcohol and/or drug dependencies, grief, loss or trauma and workplace problems