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Executive Opportunity: Chief Procurement Officer (Executive Director, Procurement) - HealthShare Victoria

Chief Procurement Officer (Executive Director, Procurement)
HealthShare Victoria

  • Help shape procurement across Victoria’s dynamic public health sector

  • Lead complex projects and work programs with strategic significance

  • Senior Executive (Victorian Public Sector Band 2) role in a collaborative team environment

Position

As the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) at HealthShare Victoria (HSV), you have the unique opportunity to directly shape and support procurement across Victoria’s expanding public health sector.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, the CPO plays a critical role in planning and delivering commercial benefits and realising operational efficiencies across the Victorian Health Network, that generate both monetary and productivity savings that contribute to sustainable beneficial patient outcomes. An uncompromising focus on quality and collaborative engagement with stakeholders enables HSV to get the right products, to the right places, at the right time, increasing value for customers and ultimately the Victorian Public.

The role is a functional and strategic leadership position within HSV that leads procurement strategy implementation and adoption, aligned with HSV’s future and end-state consolidated logistics offering. The CPO is integral to the Executive Leadership Team’s efforts to grow the capacity, capability, culture and maturity of HSV, by actively participating in HSV’s strategic development and importantly, delivering on the annual business plan and business unit deliverables.

Alongside the Executive leadership team, the CPO helps lead a well-regarded and high-performing organisation that has a reach and impact wider than its physical footprint; built around an entrenched excellence mentality and a commitment to investing in its people and well-developed partnerships.

About you

As a people and safety-focused progressive leader and a forward-thinking strategist, you approach challenging situations with optimism and curiosity. You enjoy working for the benefit of the Victorian people and bring energy and commitment to our shared passion and vision of driving Health, Safety and Value in everything we do.

You are an authentic and energetic leader with a contemporary procurement skill set and a proven track record managing complex procurement activities at scale with an adept ability to drive cost and service improvements in a multi-divisional, decentralised organisation. Proven experience leading procurement strategies across a range of direct and indirect categories, utilising modern procurement systems and leading large procurement teams through significant change is key. Although not a pre-requisite, knowledge and experience in public health sector procurement, supply chain and clinical engagement, including an in-depth understanding of health sciences supplier markets, will also be highly regarded and help you to capitalise on opportunities.

Operating as a trusted advisor, it is imperative you possess a high level of business acumen, integrity and proven interpersonal and communication skills, as your approach to establishing and strengthening relationships as well as your ability to influence change will prove pivotal to your success in the role. You are comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and acting on multi-dimensional and complex issues. You enjoy being hands-on and are decisive yet diplomatic, with a unique ability to build consensus and deliver exceptional customer service, engaging purposefully whilst fostering a sense of shared purpose among your team and stakeholders.

With a safety-first mindset, you will enjoy providing high-quality, objective advice, making value-added recommendations and continuously improving internal methodologies to incorporate best practice and ensure HSV services are supported appropriately by technology rather than as stand-alone solutions. Alongside the continued improvement and evolution of systems, timely performance reviews and reporting as well as development of risk mitigation strategies are also important. Moreover, ensuring governance and compliance with legislative and statutory obligations and ensuring process integrity measures are in place are essential elements of the role as is ongoing education, closing capability gaps and further
enhancing organisational functionality.

Calm under pressure and possessing an analytical mindset, you thrive in dynamic operational environments and are skilled at negotiating and anticipating future organisational needs, using your subject matter expertise and credibility to prioritise effectively and solve issues proactively with internal and external stakeholders alike and ahead of time.

Finally, you are a proud internal champion of our values (being customer centric, accountable, respectful, solutions focused and open) ensuring we achieve outcomes that maximise value for clients whilst positively influencing the internal operating environment, making HSV a great place to work.

Our People

HSV aims to have a people focused approach with an inclusive, purpose driven culture. Our people are at the heart of our business, are experts in their field and make a meaningful difference. We are committed to a safe and positive workplace, and we stand behind our values:

  • Customer-centric: Our customers, employees and stakeholders have confidence we will do the right thing

  • Accountable: We do things to a high standard and do what we say we will do

  • Respectful: We listen to and support our people and stakeholders to do the right thing 

  • Solutions-focused: We work together to find solutions that meet objectives and incorporate lessons for the future

  • Open: We are open to new ideas and change and we engage freely with our people, customers and stakeholders

What you should know

HSV is an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people living with disability, members of the LGBTI communities, and people from across all cultures.

To be eligible for employment with HSV, you must be an Australian citizen. A candidate’s suitability for employment will be assessed through a pre-employment screening process which will include a criminal history check. This will be arranged for you, if successful.

Location

Primary:

  • Level 11, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.

Secondary:

  • Distribution Centre: Foxley Court Derrimut, Victoria.

  • Distribution Centre: Ordish Road, Dandenong South, Victoria.

As relevant the role may be required to “work from home” from time to time.

Application Instructions

Please send your Expression of Interest quoting Ref No A005619 to Watermark Search International.

Email: search@watermarksearch.com.au

We will reply to the email address used for your application.

Your application should include:

  • A complete current resume.

  • A one-page cover letter (maximum 750 words) quoting reference A005619.

Your cover letter should highlight relevant examples and accomplishments that demonstrate:

  • Your ability to lead people to deliver results.

  • Why you want to work for us.

  • What you will bring to the role.

  • Demonstrated experience in driving the delivery of complex procurement activities at scale.

If you would like further information, including an in-depth candidate briefing pack, please contact Chris Grant, Partner, Watermark Search, on 0493 714 171 or Bronwen Kerr, Engagement Manager, Watermark Search on (02) 9233 1200 or email search@watermarksearch.com.au.

Closing date: Sunday, 10th November 2024