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Procurement category officer

Melbourne
Department Of Justice And Community Safety
Posted: 14 September
Offer description

An exciting opportunity to utilise your procurement expertise
- VPSG4 classification (salary range $90,067 - $102,192) plus superannuation
- Ongoing, full-time role

About us
Procurement Services is part of the Corporate Governance and Support division, it provides department-wide procurement leadership and strategic direction, policy, process, capability development. Procurement Services monitors and reports on procurement performance, to minimise procurement risk and support the delivery of value.
About the role
The role sits in the Category Management team which is responsible for the development and delivery of category strategies to provide the department with value-for-money procurement outcomes, while ensuring that risks are managed and that business needs are achieved. The team develops effective relationships with stakeholders, manages relevant centre-led procurement activities whilst assisting departmental staff deliver procurement activities and grants.

**The role's key accountabilities are**:

- supporting the development of category plans
- supporting the management of assigned sourcing activities
- supporting contract management activities
- providing stakeholders with high level customer service
- drafting, maintaining, and filing relevant category documentation.

About you

Technical Expertise
- Procurement - knowledge and experience of end-to-end commercial procurement activities including sourcing and contract management.
- Sourcing - knowledge and experience ability to deliver high quality RFx documentation in line with defined framework.
- Evaluation - knowledge and experience in evaluation activities in line with defined plan and prepare high quality evaluation reports.
- Analysis - knowledge and experience in delivering high quality spend and market analysis reports and other analysis to identify relevant risks and opportunities.

Personal Attributes
- Flexibility and Adaptability: Accept changed priorities without undue discomfort. Responds quickly to changes. Comfortable working in collaboration with teams outside of own organisation.
- Working Collaboratively: Build a supportive and cooperative team environment; engages other teams to share information in order to understand or respond to issues; support others in challenging situations.
- Promote Inclusion: Pays attention to words, expression and body language; recognises behaviours that promote a culture of inclusion. Hold self and team accountable towards being inclusive to individuals from diverse backgrounds. Takes corrective actions when behaviours displayed do not promote an inclusive workplace.

Please refer to the attached position description for further information.
How to apply

**FOR INTERNAL VPS EMPLOYEES**:
**IMPORTANT INFORMATION**:
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its employees consistent with the department's obligations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic). Therefore, there is a requirement that all DJCS employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to undertake duties outside of their homes.
At interview stage and prior to commencement of employment with the department, you will need to provide evidence that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 with three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Upon commencement of employment with the department you will be required to provide evidence that you have an up-to-date vaccination status within the timelines specified by the department into the DJCS Service Portal. This includes evidence of three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine required by the department (from time to time).

**Acceptable evidence includes**:

- COVID-19 digital certificate or ATAGI exemption certificate (available via your myGov account)
- Your immunisation history statement (available via your myGov account)

Other documentation outside the above will not be accepted as evidence of having received your COVID-19 vaccine doses.

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