This role will be delivering highly complex and sensitive procurement services for the deparptment, will be responsible for the specification, contracting and purchasing of high risk, high value goods and services.
**Key responsibilities**:
- Manage strategic procurement functions to ensure best practice, including provision of expert advice on specifications, evaluating offers, contract management and/or administration, supply market analysis and other general procurement activities.
- Lead by example in delivering highly complex and/or sensitive procurement services for the department, in line with whole of government procurement strategy and governance frameworks.
- Develop and support procurement services strategy, governance frameworks and plans in line with strategic outcomes defined by the department and/or government.
- Manage contracts through post-award lifecycle as the single point of contact for suppliers on all contract matters.
- Establish and maintain operational practices for monitoring, reporting, and strategy identification of contract performance and compliance at agency-wide, category and whole-of-Government perspectives.
- Liaise with customers to understand their "local/operational" requirements and recommend convincing solutions that support whole of Government and agency aligned goals.
- Assist in building the procurement capability of staff by developing the knowledge and skills of team members and key stakeholders.
**Essential Requirements**:
- Demonstrate experience in procurement and contract management, probity, governance, monitoring and reporting activities with professionalism and a high level of integrity.
- Demonstrate strong organisational skills and business acumen.
- Demonstrate highly effective negotiation, influencing and professional written and oral communication skills to confidently articulate messages and achieve organisational outcomes.
- Establish and manage the ongoing development of productive working relationships with suppliers, stakeholders and team members.
**Other Requirements**:
- Whilst not mandatory, a diploma of Procurement and Contracting (or equivalent) or higher would be highly regarded.
- Knowledge of Queensland Information Technology Contracting (QITC) framework would also be highly regarded.