• 12 Month Contract + 12 Month Extension
• Baseline Clearance Required
• Flexible WFH arrangements + in office in Canberra, Sydney or Brisbane

Our Client, a federal government department is seeking multiple ICT Procurement and Contract Managers to be responsible for the initial procurement analysis through to managing contract negotiation process. Your role will be to manage of either one procurement or multiple procurements at one time working with the Assistant Director ICT Procurement and Contract Management to ensure activities are delivered in a manner which is on time, within budget and within expectations. The role will require you to establish and maintain stakeholder relationships through effective communication, negotiation, and issue and action management to ensure procurement activities are completed on time.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Facilitate through end-to-end procurement (including advice, industry engagement, approach to market, evaluation and contracting) in compliance with the Commonwealth procurement framework, rules and policies;
• Partner with the Business areas providing high level advice and guidance to build expertise in procurement, provide governance and improve procurement practice and outcomes;
• Develop, co-ordinate and lead procurement activities (end to end) to establish supply arrangements that meet business needs;
• Plan and support contract negotiations in the establishment and review of supply arrangements to deliver value for money procurement outcomes;
• Identify, manage, and mitigate procurement risks appropriately;
• Document procurement processes, decisions and contractual arrangements fully to provide an audit trail for probity and audit purposes.
• Support and apply the Digital Transformation Agency's Digital Sourcing Framework and procurement strategies.
  

To be deemed suitable for this position, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience in end-to-end procurement including advice, industry engagement, approach to market, evaluation and contracting;
• Experience in managing Contract renewals and extensions for Hardware, Labour Hire contracts, professional services and software licensing renewals and true-ups, eg. Microsoft Volume Sourcing Arrangement, Adobe ETLA.

To be considered for this excellent contract opportunity, please forward your details to Alison at the Recruitment Hive by clicking the Quick Apply button, alternatively you can reach Alison on (02)62991006 or

Job ID AC10594

Please note, applications close on Friday the 14th of March at 11:00 am.