Your role at St John of God Health Care
We are seeking a commercially astute Category Specialist to join the Procurement Capital & Facilities team at St John of God Health Care. This role is responsible for delivering medium- and low-complexity category plans, driving value, optimising supply chains, and supporting organisational needs across both clinical and non-clinical products and services. Focusing on CAPEX and Facilities Management procurement, you will play a key role in balancing strategic planning with hands‐on execution. You will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and suppliers to implement robust sourcing strategies, manage supplier performance, and resolve issues to ensure continuity and value delivery. With a strong commercial mindset, you will contribute to improving profitability, enhancing contract outcomes, and ensuring third‐party arrangements align with SJGHC's risk appetite.
The Position
* Drive category outcomes by developing and executing plans, analysing data, negotiating contracts and leading cross‐functional projects.
* Develop category plans for low to medium‐complexity categories and optimise value and align market offerings to organisational goals.
* Execute the overall category management responsibilities, ensuring alignment with SJGHC's strategic plan and objectives.
* Understand current spending and business requirements. Develop and execute appropriate sourcing strategies to meet business outcomes and deliver value.
* Prepare RFx documentation and administer RFx process including decision team formation, evaluation model development and preparing recommendations for award.
* Support contract owners and end users with issue resolution related to third‐party supply.
* Track contract compliance and expiries and support review of contracts in line with market and stakeholder expectations.
* Deliver category outcomes and meet or exceed cost savings targets through data driven decision making, market analysis and performance tracking.
* Report on KPIs, benefits and opportunities.
* Act as a procurement expert, collaborating with internal cross‐functional teams and external providers on requirements and opportunities.
* For end‐user led sourcing events develop tools, templates and provide guidance to ensure compliance with SJGHC policy and process.
* Ensure all procurement activities comply with relevant legislation and internal policies, risk management frameworks and probity requirements.
You will demonstrate a minimum of 3 years' experience in Procurement or Category Management, with proven capability across CAPEX and Facilities Management procurement categories. Experience within a medium to large, multi‐site organisation, ideally in the healthcare sector, and strong commercial acumen, stakeholder engagement and the ability to effectively deliver category plans and sourcing outcomes in a complex environment are required.
You will demonstrate strong commercial acumen and well‐developed negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to lead and finalise negotiations within tight timeframes. Confidence engaging with a broad range of stakeholders and the ability to influence and interact with senior executives, directors, clinical stakeholders and suppliers, building trusted relationships that support successful procurement outcomes.
To succeed, you will bring proven change‐management capability and the ability to manage multiple projects and competing deliverables concurrently. You thrive in a fast‐paced environment and can adapt quickly to changing business priorities, ensuring consistent delivery of high‐quality outcomes while maintaining focus on value, risk alignment, and organisational objectives.
We can offer you
* Salary: $124,196 to $137,946 per annum, plus 12% superannuation.
* Can be based from our Perth, Kings Square office or our Melbourne, Collins St Office.
* Permanent, full‐time opportunity – working 38 hours per week.
* Working from home arrangement in place – minimum of 3 days per week in the office.
* Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses and options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
o Novated leasing
o Work‐related expenses
o Self‐education
o Additional superannuation
* A healthy work‐life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well‐being programs.
* Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance.
All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.
For all enquiries contact Julie‐Ann McCallum, Senior Manager Procurement on 0400 046 581.
If suitable applicants are identified, the advertisement may close prior to the listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.
St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.
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