ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

The purpose of the role is to support the Category Lead - IT in providing lifecycle strategic procurement advice and execution across WorkSafe’s Corporate Spend portfolio focusing predominantly on IT initiatives.
The role is responsible for undertaking procurement activities (sourcing and contract management tasks), and maintaining and improving supplier arrangements, supporting the Category Lead - IT and Portfolio Manager, and servicing internal stakeholders.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Managing RFT/ RFQ market engagement activities and co-ordinating internal resources to support these programs, whilst ensuring the highest standards of ethics and probity is maintained
• Providing sound and trustworthy advice to key internal clients with respects to all procurement and contractual matters in a manner that is fact-based, accurate, and timely.
• Assisting in the development of long term strategies for the relevant categories through the development of detailed Procurement Strategy Plans.
• Managing and maintaining all supplier and contract-related risks, policy and governance requirements
• Providing business stakeholders with a point of escalation for any systemic contractual or commercial issues. This includes supporting commercial and contractual negotiations and resolving supplier disputes, and in maintaining all Contract and Vendor Management Plans for supply partners where relevant.
• Providing expert advice on all key supplier contractual matters across the IT portfolio as well as supporting the execution of extensions, exemptions, variations and terminations of legal instruments that meet stakeholders’ business needs

Please refer the Job description for details