Category Specialist

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Utilise your vendor engagement skills to manage suppliers through the negotiations and contract lifecycle

Permanent full-time opportunity

Located in Melbourne with a hybrid work model of WFH and from the office

Discover life-giving possibilities

Lifeblood is more than just a job or a career, it’s an opportunity to be part of something that matters. As an organisation, our purpose is simple: to give life. Together, we want to help you build a fulfilling career with Lifeblood.

About the role

Reporting to the Category Manager, this is an exciting opportunity where you’ll lead all phases of sourcing, including planning, analysing expenditures, identifying cost items, negotiating, and generating contracts.

This is a great development opportunity for the successful applicant to truly make the role their own as you’ll use your existing tools and methods in commercial and contract management to support the continuous improvement and standardisation of Lifeblood’s strategic sourcing processes. A day in the role will see you:

Identify on-going Contract based opportunities to reduce the TCO of products and services across the Lifeblood’s supply chain

Liaise with key stakeholders through the development and execution of contract negotiations and pricing strategies

Set sourcing and negotiations priorities to implement strategies, and address business and operational challenges

Monitor progress of strategies and changing business environment

Prepare and update a sourcing and contract pipeline report for future activities.

Document contract outcomes and governance approvals to ensure successful delivery

Create the required BPAs/CPAs templates for ease of buying and representing in Lifeblood’s Oracle Finance System.

Partner with operational management to identify cost savings through innovative procurement practices

Develop and review sourcing plans to support Procurement activities

This is a permanent full-time opportunity with a hybrid work model of WFH and from our West Melbourne office (10 min walk from Southern Cross & Flagstaff station).