Senior Procurement Advisor
Date: 7 May 2025
Location: WOOLLOONGABBA, QLD, AU, 4102
Company: Brisbane Catholic Education
About Brisbane Catholic Education
Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) is a vibrant learning community within the Archdiocese, employing over 12,000 people across a diverse range of positions. As the largest provider of Catholic education in Queensland, BCE is dedicated to delivering high-quality education from Prep to Year 12. Through strong partnerships with parents, governments, and the wider community, BCE fosters social responsibility, self-discipline and Catholic values in all its students. We offer a supportive working culture where care for the individual is an important part of our ethos. Arrive at work every day to a welcoming and compassionate environment, knowing that you'll be supported to take care of what's important to you. Learn more about Brisbane Catholic Education.
About our team
The BCE Procurement Team strategically leverages BCE’s buying power to maximise savings and transform procurement into a force for smarter decision-making and impact. We challenge the norm by using data, technology, and proactive insights as our tools to drive efficiencies, simplify processes, and shape better outcomes for our schools. Beyond cost, we’re committed to ethical procurement—tackling modern slavery risks, partnering with First Nations suppliers, and embedding Laudato Si’ principles—because what we buy should reflect our values.
Summary
The Senior Procurement Advisor will play a vital role in creating, rapidly executing, and scaling category strategies to deliver value for money, risk reduction, and process efficiency. This includes undertaking end-to-end procurement, contract, and supplier lifecycle management practices. The role also involves identifying continuous improvement opportunities and leading targeted initiatives to standardise, streamline, and systematise procure-to-pay processes, especially those that increase the adoption and usage of the Buying Platform (Procure-to-Pay).
- Location: Woolloongabba
- Work hours: 38.00 hours per week
- Salary: $133,554.00 - $148,386.00 + super
- Status: Full Time Continuing
- Ad Close date: 19 May 2025
- Contact: CareersBCE@bne.catholic.edu.au
About the opportunity
In this position you will be responsible for:
- Provide strategic advice and lead projects to develop policy, influence direction, organisational practices, procedures, and operational outcomes.
- Analyse data to positively challenge and negotiate perspectives on complex strategic issues to deliver outcomes and make recommendations.
- As directed by the line manager, supervise the completion of team-based projects, which may involve undertaking detailed analyses of alternative courses of action to determine organisational and operational requirements.
- Develop strategies to offer sound advice to improve organisational performance by undertaking high-level reviews and investigations as required.
- Prepare specialised and technical reports and committee papers on significant projects, research, or policy development.
- Establish, build and maintain internal and external relationships to share professional knowledge and expertise that deliver business outcomes.
- Collaborate with school-based role-holders and leadership teams across specialties.
- Build capability within and across business areas to enhance operational performance and efficiency. This role will have one direct report, requiring staff management skills and the ability to mentor and develop team members
About you
To be successful in this position you will bring relevant contemporary skills and experience including:
- At least 10 years of proven procurement experience, particularly in swiftly executing large-scale and complex tenders, including panel arrangements and contract implementation.
- Extensive and expansive category knowledge and experience, in both direct (including classroom supplies, curriculum and textbooks) and indirect procurement categories (including cleaning, waste, ICT, catering, travel, facilities management (hard and soft)) categories.
- Extensive category knowledge and experience in IT and Facilities Management (hard and soft) categories.
- Highly skilled in using Microsoft Excel and Power BI analytics tools to generate insights.
- Proficient in working with Microsoft Dynamics D365 (Finance) and cloud-based Procure-to-Pay systems.
- Experience in complex stakeholder engagement within a decentralised environment is also highly desirable.
- Minimum university qualifications in STEM or Commerce and previous experience in a senior procurement position are essential.
Eligibility and Safeguarding requirements:
- Eligibility to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment.
- Positive Notice Blue Card for working with Children.
- Current/valid Queensland Driver’s Licence
Why choose BCE
Join us and be part of the largest Catholic Diocese in Queensland, nurturing your personal and professional development goals. As a valued member of our organisation, enjoy these and other rewards:
- Opportunities for career advancement and professional development
- Competitive remuneration and flexible work arrangements (position dependent)
- Access to targeted AI tools and training with a focus on innovation and strong ethical standards. Learn more here: The Rome Call for AI Ethics and Microsoft Australia News Centre
- Salary packaging and salary-sacrificing options
- Active staff social club and wellness programs
- Personal support for our employees and families through the Employee Assistance Program.
Please note applications for this position may be considered as they are received, and an appointment made prior to the advertised close date.
Everyone at BCE models and fosters a commitment to the safeguarding of children and promotes a culture where student protection is everyone’s responsibility. The Archdiocese of Brisbane has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct working with children checks and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.
Equity and inclusion are at the core of our Catholic values and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for this position.
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