Procurement Operations Associate

• Join an awardwinning fund provider
• Great opportunity to manage the endtoend procurement processes
• Melbourne Located

Established in 1988 Rest is one of Australias largest profittomember superannuation funds. We support nearly two million members with around $75 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*.

We believe when members understand and engage with their super theyre more likely to get a better retirement outcome. Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours we want to Be Daring Keep it Simple Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

The primary purpose of the role is to manage endtoend procurement processes to support Rest Business Units in engaging the Procurement team with sourcing and contract management requirements.

You will be pivotal in managing the sourcing and the contract renewal pipeline on behalf of the Procurement team coordinating & validating business sourcing requests and enhancing procurement systems and processes for Rest.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• Support procurement processes including triaging business requests
• Facilitate contract renewals and terminations with the business as required
• Maintain supplier data integrity and accuracy.
• Assist with low complexity sourcing to support the Procurement team
• Monitor business processes and ensure all matters relating to records are up to date
• Contribute to identifying opportunities for continuous improvement initiatives
• Assist in special projects and provide project coordination skills as required.
• Procurement related reporting as required
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders internally
• Prepare manage and communicate stakeholder correspondence as required.
• Liaise with stakeholders as the main contact point for matters relating to sourcing and contract management
• Maintain current knowledge of industry trends market conditions and regulations related to Procurement
• Supporting the Head of Procurement & Supplier Governance as required

Qualifications :

• Bachelors Degree in Business Procurement or a related field.

Required experience understanding or credentials including:

• Minimum of 23 years of experience in a role supporting procurement supply chain management or vendor management.
• Strong understanding of procurement
• Proven experience with systems such as Zycus Ariba ServiceNow or Thirdparty risk management systems
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical staff and senior management.
• Ability to work independently but values a collaborative approach

Additional Information :

Benefits

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities 
• Flexible hybrid working work to suit your lifestyle (must be based in Australia) 
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave 
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave 
• Meeting free breaks (Rest Stops) 
• Income Protection Insurance 
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rests values and behaviours) 

If you share our values believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture please click Apply Now.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity equity and inclusion where people feel welcome safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages cultural backgrounds faiths gender identities sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability neurodiverse individuals Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.

*Funds under management as at 30 June 2023. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.

Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime