Procurement Manager

North Sydney Council administers the North Sydney local government area on Sydney’s picturesque lower North Shore. Our 400 employees look after 77,000 residents spread across 10 square kilometres of land on the foreshores of Sydney Harbour providing spectacular harbour views, beautiful parklands and a bustling CBD.

Are you an experienced procurement professional with a passion for delivering high-quality services and driving process improvements? Do you thrive in a leadership role, guiding a customer-focused team to provide strategic procurement, purchasing, and contract management services? If so, we want you to join team NSC as our Procurement Manager!

The role 

As the Procurement Manager, you will oversee a team that provides vital operational support to all Council staff and external stakeholders. You will be responsible for ensuring the seamless coordination of policy, systems, service levels, controls, and transactions across the organization’s procurement processes. This role requires someone who can manage the activities of the Procurement team while delivering expert advice on procurement, purchasing, and contract management.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• Procurement & Sourcing: Offer expert strategic advice on procurement, sourcing, contract management, and supplier relationship management to achieve value driven outcomes.
• Operational Management: Oversee procurement operations, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of goods and services, while maintaining sustainability and compliance with Corporate guidelines.
• Process Improvement: Streamline procurement processes, enhance tracking and reporting capabilities, and develop KPIs to measure procurement efficiency and effectiveness.
• Policy and Procedure Development: Write, review, and promote procurement-related procedures and guidelines, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and Council's commitment to sustainability and community objectives.
• Cost Reduction & Savings: Identify opportunities for cost savings and efficiency improvements, managing the implementation of changes in procurement practices.
• Financial Management: Oversee the financial interface of procurement, ensuring budgetary compliance, and providing regular reports to senior management.
• Leadership: Provide supervision, mentoring, and support to the team and  ensure that all team members deliver excellent customer service across Council.

Our culture 

In 2023 we reviewed our organisational structure to increase leadership capacity and streamline decision-making, as well as increasing innovation, collaboration and communication.  Our broader cultural transformation for 2024 and beyond includes a focus on staff engagement, investment in learning and development and improved systems and processes all working together to empower the broader workforce to perform at their best.

Joining North Sydney Council now will enable you to go on this cultural transformation with us and to make a meaningful difference to both the organisation and the community of North Sydney.

Why work at NSC? 

We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and positive workplace. Our teams are reflective of the communities in which we operate, and we value the unique contribution each member makes to the North Sydney Council. The work we do makes a real difference to the lives of our residents and contributes to their economic and social wellbeing.

North Sydney Council as an employer offers excellent employee benefits such as:

• Easy accessibility to work with spectacular harbour view work locations
• Access to Fitness Passport
• Excellent work-life balance with a 35-hour working week for indoor employees or fortnightly RDO’s for outdoor employees
• Flexible working hours with access to flexi-time for indoor employees
• Freedom to direct contributions to any compliant superannuation fund
• A holistic health and well-being program offering exercise classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks
• Access to employee recognition and reward program
• Weekly fruit baskets
• Free access to counselling sessions through our Employee Assistance Program
• Free financial advice by a certified Financial Planner
• Monetary transport allowance
• Invitations to local government events, training and planning sessions
• Access to corporate social events at picturesque harbour locations
• Close locale to transport options including train, bus, metro and bike ways

Salary up to $132,016 per annum + 11.5% superannuation + $1,000 pa Transport allowance 

(Market allowance may be negotiated with the successful candidate) 

35 hours per week with access to flexi time

How to apply

Applicants are required to submit a resume and provide a brief summary of how your skills and experience meet the key requirements of the role. 

This position requires a Police Clearance and is a requirement of the recruitment process. 

To view the Position Description, Click Here 

Closing Date: 02 January 2025 - 11.30pm 

North Sydney Council is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity in order to  provide a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. North Sydney Council  also adheres  to the principles of a child safe organisation and is committed to the care and protection of all children and young people. We strongly encourage candidates from wide-ranging backgrounds, identities and experiences to apply.