Senior Procurement Analyst

Senior Procurement Analyst

Location: Parramatta (hybrid working)

Employment type: Ongoing Full time

Salary: Clerk Grade 9/10 ($120,859 - $133,183 pa), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The Procurement team’s primary focus is to support and deliver cost effective procurement activities to achieve government objectives.

As part of the Procurement team with the Finance and Procurement division, the Senior Procurement Analyst develops and manages strategic procurement intelligence from a range of data sources and provides insights and reports that support improved decision making, increase procurement savings and/or lead to business improvements.

What you’ll do

As part of the Governance, Audit and Reporting team within Finance and Procurement Services, the Senior Procurement Analyst develops and manages procurement intelligence from a range of data sources through business analysis, reporting, and performance analysis to inform procurement decisions, support performance improvement, meet legislative and statutory reporting requirements, and to enable stakeholders to meet business needs and expectations.

Your day-to-day responsibilities are varied, ranging from ensuring the successful coordination, execution and delivery of quarterly dashboards, developing a benefits realisation framework, maintaining the Procurement team’s budget and forecast, to providing ad-hoc value-add analysis to the Procurement team and key stakeholders.

The culture is supportive, engaging and rewarding, whilst working in a fast-paced and flexible agile environment.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for someone with a high-level capability to hit the ground running and a can-do attitude, enthusiastic, self-motivated, resilient and customer-focused people to come and join our outcomes focused team.

The successful applicant will demonstrate:

• Acute attention to detail
• Strong Excel skills
• Familiar working with large datasets
• Strong analytical and commercial skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong capability and experience working with varied stakeholders across DCJ and government.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables simultaneously
• Tertiary qualification relating to procurement or finance and / or relevant knowledge and experience in government procurement.
• Extensive knowledge, experience and understanding of NSW Government Procurement processes.
• Experience working in a challenging and multifaceted complex organisation.

Download the role description.

We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply - you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close Monday, 6th May 2024 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Imma Sugani, A/Manager – Governance, Audit and Reporting on 0428 334 386 or at immakulata.sugani@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best, please call Sarah Nguyen on 02 9765 5046 or via thikimyen.nguyen@dcj.nsw.gov.au   

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

Thank you for your interest in this role. We look forward to receiving your application.

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