Procurement Capability Manager

Job Description

Press Tab to Move to Skip to Content Link Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: When you choose AusNet, you’ll join genuine people working together making Real. Progress At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family. Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future. Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing. As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead. Join our Group Operations team who provide outstanding strategic level technical and operational capabilities, procurement and supply chain delivery, whilst ensuring cross business coordination and collaboration. Play an instrumental role as a Procurement Capability Manager where you will manage the program to improve and maintain the capabilities of the Procurement and Supply Chain Management team, ensuring related activities, policies, frameworks, methodologies, processes and procedures follow best practice and fit for purpose principles and approaches. This role will primarily be based in Southbank and is part of the Procurement & Supply Chain Management, Group Operations team. This role will deliver real outcomes. Key accountabilities require, but are not limited to, the following: Act as a trusted partner within AusNet, providing advice on the procurement and supply chain process, and translating information as necessary to solutions. Own development and implementation of programs that leverage subject matter expertise to uplift capabilities with regards to procurement and supply chain management. Contribute to P&SCM Centre of Excellence annual business plan. Collaborate with Governance and Sustainable Procurement Manager to ensure capability strategies and goals form part of P&SCM Centre of Excellence plan and align with overall P&SCM and wider AusNet objectives and priorities. Implement actions and initiatives per the approved strategies, allocating resources, tools and time as required to implement these initiatives. Enhance the supplier experience across the source-to-pay cycle, establishing AusNet as a customer of choice in the energy industry. Raise the enterprise visibility of P&SCM function by developing and delivering programs to collect and assess feedback that leads to tangible actions and improvements to close identified performance gaps. Lead continuous improvement across P&SCM policies, frameworks, methodologies, templates, business processes, procedures, reporting, and tools. Develop and implement methodologies and processes for setting KPIs in relation to these improvements, measuring progress against baseline endorsement to be secured from the Finance team. Provide clear, accurate and regular KPI reporting on these targets and overall capability uplift. Develop and implement a formal development/training program to ensure smooth onboarding of new team members and expedited uplift in capability across P&SCM; implement program in a way that enables members to acquire new information and perform at their best. Own and deliver ongoing training programs to ensure full awareness and utilisation of COE program deliverables within P&SCM. You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of: Bachelor’s degree in business or a related field. Minimum 7 years of experience in Procurement as a practitioner. Procurement policy and business process development. Procurement training and development. Process mapping. Document writing. Leadership of continuous improvement programs. Problem solving and decision making. Presentations. Current knowledge and experience in utilities industry experience is an advantage. Project management. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of an organisation. Technical proficiency: advanced competency with productivity tools (Microsoft Office e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) is mandatory. Competency with procurement enterprise systems (e.g. ERP systems, e-Procurement tools) is an advantage. A real place to belong We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups. We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart: Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life. Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service. Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you. Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more. As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead. So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward. #J-18808-Ljbffr