**About the Role**
This newly created role will oversee customer and corporate expenditure across the business whilst ensuring streamlined processes and compliance with relevant legislation, funding deed expectations, policies and procedures. This role will help improve strategic purchasing initiatives relating to Indigenous-owned entities, environmental sustainability and supporting local jobs growth.
**About You**
To be successful in the role you will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience in working across procurement, business improvement, reporting, procedural and analytical functions;
- Experience in managing the delivery of strategic purchasing objectives;
- Ability to understand, negotiate and review complex contractual arrangements;
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to promote business improvement;
- Ability to undertake complex and high-cost procurements, review of vendors and risk assessments;
- Sound written communication skills and attention to detail;
- Strong understanding of procurement and negotiation techniques;
- Working knowledge of the industry and market conditions; and
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft suite.
You will be required to:
- Hold minimum Bachelor qualifications in Accounting, Business, or similar discipline; and
- Hold a current driver's licence and willingness to travel interstate where required.
**About Us**
Workskil Australia is a national not-for-profit and charitable organisation, with almost 40 proud years of supporting Australians to achieve sustained economic and social self-reliance. We do this by providing a range of employment, work experience, disability, youth, Indigenous and community services across New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.
We promote a positive team culture where high performance can thrive. We value excellent customer service, integrity and honesty in our employees. We look for employees who have a genuine passion for working with those in need, are results-focused and can contribute to a strong team. In return for your truly valued contribution we will support your ongoing career development and offer a friendly, supportive & innovative environment for you to thrive.
We work hard every day to:
- Work with our Customers to secure great long-term job opportunities.
- Meet the labour needs of business and industry through quality recruitment services at no cost.
- Assist businesses with diversifying their workforce.
- Provide specialist employment and community services to people seeking work, including people with mental illness, injury or disability and Indigenous Australians.
- Deliver work experience projects to the community.Our values remain at the heart of everything we do and we strive to conduct our business with the highest degree of care, integrity, respect, honesty and service. We believe that the care, respect and high level of service we give to all of our customers is our key point of difference.
**Remuneration**
A competitive salary will be negotiated commensurate with skills and experience. As Workskil Australia is a public benevolent institution, we can also offer a portion of the salary through tax effective salary packaging.
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