Category and Contracts Specialist
Are you a skilled contracts professional with a passion for driving value, enhancing quality, and ensuring compliance? Join our Commercial Portfolio team as a Category and Contracts Specialist at Western Power on a full-time basis. This role offers the chance to shape supplier relationships, optimize contract outcomes, and support Western Power's mission through effective contract management.
Your Role in Action
- Manage contracts across services, materials, and goods, ensuring consistent application of the contract management framework.
- Negotiate with suppliers to achieve optimal commercial outcomes.
- Enhance supplier performance and support internal teams in extracting maximum value from contracts.
- Oversee data management of contract performance, governance, and compliance with internal and external policies.
- Support the development of supply chain strategies, enterprise risk management, and community-focused programs.
What Makes You a Great Fit
- Degree in Procurement, Contract, Business, Finance, or related discipline, or extensive experience in contract management.
- Strong knowledge of contract law, Australian Consumer Law, and standard contract agreements.
- Demonstrated ability in supplier relationship management and contract strategy execution.
- Proficient in negotiation, analytical thinking, and compliance management.
- Working knowledge of Mincom Ellipse and Ariba systems.
By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:
- Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
- Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
- The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
- Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
- An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
- An innovative team culture that’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
- In addition to standard leave, enjoy two wellness leave days each year.
- Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.
- On-site café available for convenient meals and refreshments throughout the day.
Applications close on 9 December 2024.
We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Find out more about our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.
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