Procurement and supply specialist - part time (hawthorn east)

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• Team discount at Bunnings and other Wesfarmers brands including Kmart, Target and Officeworks to name a few
• Free standard OnePass membership
• Access to over 100+ exclusive team member benefits across health, shopping, travel and stay, wealth, work and leave
• 12 weeks paid parental leave, regardless of gender
• Fun stuff like annual festive gifts, discounted food and drinks at our Bunnings Cafe, and travelling store team member opportunities
• We're genuinely invested in your career and no matter where you start with us, that pathway is yours to build

As a Procurement & Supply Specialist with Bunnings, you will be responsible for coordinating the supply management, purchasing and cost control across multiple categories in a diverse supply chain.

You will support multiple programmes and suppliers as well as internal and external stakeholders, by ensuring goods and services are available at the best value, to the agreed quality and delivered at the right time.

This is a part time role - 24 hours per week, with flexibility across days of work and start/finish times. The role will be based in our National Support Office in Burnley VIC, where we support hybrid working.

• Conduct the end to the end supply and procurement process for your categories ensuring optimal supply, competitive rates, understanding of supply forecasts to meet workload requirements of the business with a focus on delivery in full and on time
• Build and maintain strong market and commercial knowledge in purchasing categories, ensuring awareness of routes to supply and suppliers
• Develop national tenders, summarise proposals with appropriate criteria and recommendations to buy
• Develop timelines and key milestone actions required to manage projects
• Build solid relationships with suppliers and review supplier key performance indicators and site feedback, maintain robust reporting and supplier performance reviewsWork as part of the broader Procurement & Supply team to support across the end to end purchase order process as well as reporting, tracking and reconciling costs for projects against budget, as required

To be successful in this role, you will have a good attention to detail, coupled with the ability to work autonomously to manage your time effectively. You will be able to communicate effectively, both written and verbally, with all areas of the business and build trusted relationships with your stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience in a related field (Procurement or Supply) with exposure to managing suppliers and/or stakeholders
• Demonstrated skills in Microsoft programs - specifically Excel ideally having experience with Pivot Tables & VLookUps
• Ability to managing multiple projects and activities, ideally where you have been responsible for identifying suppliers, formulating procurement decisions, and managing and supervising supplier delivery projects
• Understanding of the importance of supplier and risk management
• Good technical knowledge of the end to end purchasing processes and stakeholder management

Bunnings is the leading retailer of home improvement and lifestyle products in Australia and New Zealand. We're a major supplier to project builders, commercial tradespeople and the housing industry operating from a network of stores, trade centres, frame and truss sites and online.

Please note if you are offered a role with us, background checks may be required. This can include police, employment and qualification checks. If a police check search returns a criminal record, Bunnings will assess whether the record impacts your ability to perform the key requirements of the role.