Supply Chain Excellence and Change Officer
SA Water Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
About the company
SA Water is a successful, modern water utility wholly owned by the Government of South Australia. We employ more than 1,700 people across a broad range of disciplines and operate more than $14 billion worth of infrastructure to deliver essential water and sewerage services to more than 1.8 million South Australians.
About the job
Due to internal movement, we have an exciting opportunity for a Supply Chain Excellence and Change Officer to join SA Water's Business Insights and Excellence group. In this pivotal role, you will strengthen governance and compliance across procurement activities while supporting best practice procurement initiatives. You will be responsible for performing quality reviews and compliance checks, developing and implementing change activity plans, ensuring alignment with corporate policies, procedures, and legislative requirements. The position also contributes to continuous improvement by maintaining our document register containing procurement templates, tools and procedures, coordinating policy acknowledgements, and supporting stakeholder understanding of change activities. Building strong relationships with internal and external partners, providing training and advice, and delivering timely procurement support services will be key to enhancing efficiency and service excellence across the organisation.
Your responsibilities for this opportunity
Conduct quality reviews, compliance checks, and maintain procurement document control processes.
Support the implementation of government-wide policy changes and ensure 100% compliance with SA Water policies.
Lead the development and implementation of change activity plans for procurement initiatives.
Provide training and advice to internal stakeholders, ensuring strong working relationships and high customer satisfaction.
Deliver timely procurement support services, including accurate data input and system maintenance.
Your success in this role will come from:
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience in audit/compliance assessment, quality, and change management processes.
Proven ability in business planning, reporting, and managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
Knowledge of procurement practices, ideally within the SA Government framework (desirable).
Experience in policy/procedure maintenance, document register administration (e.g. SharePoint), and systematic business improvement (desirable).
Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Economics, Logistics, Management, Commerce, or Business (desirable).
To apply, click "Apply" and submit the application form, upload a cover letter and current resume. For enquiries or a copy of the PD, please contact Tracy from the Talent Acquisition team ().
A great customer experience is best achieved by having a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the community we serve. Applications are encouraged from everyone, including people living with disability, job seekers of all ages, members of the LGBTQA+ community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
We request that recruitment agencies do not submit candidates for this position, as they will not be accepted.
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