About us
The Department of Government Services (DGS) was established on 1 January 2023 to improve everyone's experience of doing business and interacting with the Victorian government. We bring important day-to-day services together in one department to make things easy and seamless for Victorians and businesses. We are doing this by connecting and digitising our systems and platforms across state and local government as well as streamlining our corporate and procurement services.
About the role
The Category Manager is responsible for managing and/or sourcing non-ICT goods and services State Purchase Contracts (SPC). SPCs are head contracts used by a broad range of Victorian government stakeholders and the role requires strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills as well as technical procurement and contract management capability.
Key Accountabilities include:
* Lead the end-to-end category management activities across a broad range of goods and services categories to ensure that optimum procurement outcomes are achieved.
* Lead whole of Victorian government sourcing projects including requirements gathering, business case development, tender preparation, evaluation, supplier negotiation and implementation whilst collaboratively engaging with key stakeholders to deliver effective procurement outcomes.
* Effectively apply government procurement policies and legislative requirements to develop and implement category management strategies that deliver value for money outcomes including probity and transparency.
About you
To be considered for the role, you must be able to demonstrate:
* Recognised procurement professional with expert knowledge in undertaking sourcing events for strategic engagements including leading complex negotiations to drive effective procurement outcomes.
* Expert category manager with strong experience in developing and implementing sound category strategies, managing the end-to-end contract management process and applying effective supplier relationship management.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills with proven ability engage with a diverse range of stakeholders and build collaborative and effective relationships to deliver outstanding procurement outcomes.
* Demonstrated knowledge of the application of procurement systems, tools and data analytics to support decision making, manage risk and maximise value for money outcomes.
* High level analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to deliver innovative solutions to resolve complex problems.
For specific responsibilities please review the attached position description.
This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.