**An exciting opportunity exists to join our Group Finance team as a Procurement Manager.**
**We are flexible for this role to be based in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne.**
**Why join us?**
- State of the art offices with offerings like end of trip facilities, yoga and multi faith room, barista coffee, indoor gardens, and a multitude of spaces to encourage a collaborative culture, our workspaces are something we are extremely proud of.
- A mature outlook on flexible work arrangements which allows you to truly balance work and life. A #hybrid work from home approach is embedded in our ways of working.
- We have excellent career progression and development opportunities; we are committed to continuous improvement and have exciting plans for our future.
- We have an incredible company culture where wellbeing of our employees is at the forefront of everything we do.
**About the role**
Every one of our team contributes to helping make our members' world better. As a Procurement Manager, you will enable the delivery of great business outcomes - improved value, innovation, and enabling a more efficient and sustainable supply chain.
This role is responsible for leading the Procurement team, supporting the end-to-end Procurement function. This role works closely with managers and senior leadership to support the delivery of Australian Retirement Trust's (ART) procurement services.
Key accountabilities will include:
- Lead a small team, develop work plans and contribute to achieving team goals.
- Accurately report, interpret and analyse expenditure data and identify opportunities for improvement with a broader marketplace focus.
- Proactively contribute to the development, execution and improvement of procurement strategies across all purchasing channels and making recommendations where required.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders on a broad range of issues, including but not limited to contract negotiations, supplier preferences, service level agreements and education on procurement processes.
- Contribute to the Finance team's business plans, and quality assurance processes.
- Undertake research and analysis into market and industry conditions, procurement issues and best practice as well as organisational and procurement policies and practices.
- Achieve best practice through the continuous evaluation and improvement of the end-to-end source to pay processes.
This role is available as a permanent opportunity.
**About you**
If this is the right role for you, your skills and qualifications may include:
- Tertiary qualified in a business-related discipline and/or Level 4 accreditation with CIPSA.
- Experience in leading a high performing team.
- Demonstrated knowledge of, category and/or vendor management,
- Experience in use of source to pay systems with knowledge on the processes that support the systems.
- Experience in supplier relationship management and improving supplier diversity.
- Experience in negotiating high value and high risk supplier contracts.
- Understanding of how to identify, assess and escalate risks according to the Risk Management framework.
- Knowledge of, and experience in, procuring indirect spend, ideally in the financial services industry.
- Ability to anticipate future and current needs of the business, and able to respond to changing business and environmental conditions.
- Ability to identify opportunities for scalability reducing administration overheads.
**About us**
As one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, we proudly take care of over $240 billion in retirement savings. Our teams are as diverse and unique as the members we strive to inspire and empower. Our inclusive culture means you will be valued and heard in a respectful workplace, where you can be your authentic self every day.
When you work for Australian Retirement Trust, every day is an opportunity to be a force for good in the lives of more than 2 million members.
**How to apply