Total 153 Director/C-Level purchasing lead job vacancies in The United States of America

Job Summary:

The Purchasing Director for Technology & Cloud Services is responsible for developing and executing procurement strategies specifically for networking, cloud, and infrastructure services. This role involves managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and ensuring cost-effective acquisitions aligned with business needs in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. The Purchasing Director will also focus on expanding the supply chain into new markets and work closely with internal stakeholders to align procurement strategies with organizational goals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Procurement Strategy in Technology Services: Develop and implement purchasing strategies specifically for network hardware, cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure), and other technology infrastructure needs, ensuring best-in-class sourcing practices.
• Supplier Management: Build and manage relationships with key suppliers and service providers in the technology sector, with a focus on cloud and infrastructure vendors, ensuring performance and reliability.
• New Market Expansion: Explore and secure new suppliers and partnerships in emerging markets to enhance the company's technology supply chain, especially in networking and cloud services.
• Cost Optimization: Negotiate contracts and optimize costs for cloud, networking, and software services, ensuring both value and scalability as the company grows.
• Travel Requirements: Willingness to travel internationally (up to 40%) to visit suppliers, attend technology and procurement events, and expand sourcing opportunities in new markets.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with IT, finance, and operations teams to align technology procurement needs with business objectives, ensuring the timely implementation of network and cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master’s degree is a plus.
• Minimum 8-10 years of experience in procurement or supply chain management, with at least 5 years in a leadership role in the technology sector.
• Proven experience in sourcing and managing suppliers for cloud services, networking equipment, and infrastructure technologies.
• Familiarity with key vendors in the cloud sector (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and technology procurement best practices.
• Fluency in Mandarin and English, both written and verbal, is required.
• Strong analytical and negotiation skills, with a strategic approach to cost optimization and supplier performance.
• Proficiency with ERP systems and supply chain management software.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in opening new markets and sourcing in Asia, particularly in tech-driven industries.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in networking, cloud, and IT infrastructure.
• Certifications in procurement, supply chain management, or technology asset management.

**Company Overview:**

AURORA INTELLIGENT TRADING PTE. LTD.is a rapidly growing company specializing in industry. We are dedicated to providing excellent services to our customers through efficient supply chain management and high-quality products. As the company continues to expand, we are seeking an experienced Purchasing Director to join our team and help optimize our procurement strategies to drive further growth.

**Job Description:**

As the Purchasing Director, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the company’s overall procurement strategy. You will ensure that all purchasing activities are conducted efficiently and align with the company's growth objectives. This role includes leading the purchasing team, managing supplier relationships, controlling procurement costs, and ensuring supply chain stability and sustainability.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Develop and execute the company’s procurement strategy, optimizing purchasing processes and improving efficiency.

- Select, evaluate, and manage suppliers to ensure product and service quality, cost-effectiveness, and timely delivery.

- Manage supply chain risks to ensure stable and sustainable procurement activities.

- Control purchasing costs through negotiations and tenders, optimizing supplier contracts and pricing.

- Collaborate closely with other departments to ensure procurement activities meet business needs.

- Analyze market and industry trends to make proactive procurement decisions.

- Lead and manage the procurement team, enhancing performance and developing training programs.

- Manage the procurement budget to ensure expenses remain within set limits.

**Qualifications:**

- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Business Administration, or a related field.

- At least 10 years of relevant procurement experience, with 5+ years in a managerial role. Experience in the industry sector is preferred.

- Strong knowledge of supply chain management, cost control, and supplier management processes, with proven negotiation and contract management skills.

- Excellent leadership abilities, with the capacity to lead and motivate a team to achieve goals.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with internal teams and external suppliers.

- Strong analytical and decision-making skills, capable of addressing complex procurement and supply chain challenges.

- Proficiency in English; international procurement experience is a plus.

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary and benefits package.

- Generous bonus and incentive plans.

- A dynamic and growing work environment with strong career development prospects.

- Opportunities for training and professional growth.

**How to Apply:**

If you are interested in this position, please send your resume and cover letter to wchopsticks33@gamil.com. We look forward to welcoming you to the w chopsticks manufacturing pte ltd team and driving our continued success together.

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE:

As the Director of Global Procurement Purchasing, you will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end process of purchase order (PO) generation, processing, and delivery management to ensure the timely and accurate fulfillment of procurement requests. You will lead a team to optimize purchasing workflows, ensure compliance with organizational policies, and collaborate with suppliers to guarantee the on-time delivery of goods and services. A focus on process automation, operational efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration will be key to success in this role. This role will manage a team of approximately 25 buyers, with 3 direct reports.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Oversee PO Processing Operations: Lead the procurement team in the efficient processing of purchase orders from requisition to order fulfillment. Ensure that all POs are accurately and timely processed within the procurement system, maintaining compliance with company policies.

• Develop and Implement PO Policies and Procedures: Create, implement, and monitor PO processing guidelines to standardize practices across the organization. Ensure policies are compliant with regulatory requirements and internal controls.

• Delivery Management and Vendor Coordination: Collaborate closely with vendors and suppliers to monitor delivery timelines and resolve any issues related to delays, shortages, or quality concerns. Ensure the timely delivery of all goods and services as per the PO agreements.

• Improve Operational Efficiency: Drive initiatives to streamline and automate PO processing, leveraging technology and tools such as ERP systems (e.g., Oracle) and robotic process automation (RPA) to reduce cycle times and eliminate manual errors.

• Ensure Data Accuracy and Reporting: Ensure the accuracy of procurement and PO data within the systems. Develop and maintain reporting mechanisms to track KPIs such as PO cycle time, on-time delivery, and vendor performance metrics.

• Supplier Relationship Management: Work closely with the sourcing team and key suppliers to manage the fulfillment process. Address any issues related to pricing discrepancies, quality concerns, or delivery failures.

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with finance, legal, sourcing, and operations teams to ensure that all PO-related activities align with organizational goals and budgets. Ensure a smooth handoff of goods and services post-delivery.

• Team Leadership and Development: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of buyer, providing guidance on PO management, system use, and best practices. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and process optimization.

• Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure that all PO activities comply with internal controls, legal requirements, and financial policies. Proactively manage risks associated with PO fulfillment, including potential delays, pricing changes, and contract compliance issues.

• Vendor Performance Tracking: Work with the sourcing team to evaluate supplier performance based on delivery timeliness, quality of goods, and compliance with contractual obligations. Use performance data to inform future purchasing decisions and improve vendor relationships.

 In order for the incumbent to deliver the expected outcome, the incumbent has authority to perform the following:

• Assign work to achieve deliverables committed to organization goals that complies with work rules and ethics and compliance policies of the Company.
• Perform assigned work to achieve deliverables committed to organization goals in accordance with this job description and in compliance with work rules and ethics and compliance policies of the Company.
• Report anomaly or non-compliance in relation to Ethics and Compliance policies of the Company.
• Report near-miss, close-call and work safety violations in relation to workplace health and safety regulations.
• Report product / production irregularity, anomaly, defectives in relation to product quality assurance.
• Others as assigned or delegated by his/her superior.

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About IPOS International

IPOS International (IPOS Intl) is a private limited company fully owned by IPOS, committed to building Singapore’s future growth as a global hub for intellectual property creation, protection and management. We serve the public sector, investors, private enterprises, not-for-profits, service providers and individuals through patent search and analysis, training and IP management services. Together, we amplify creativity and enable innovation, to realise tangible economic and social value from intangible assets.

Job Responsibilities

Reporting to the Deputy Director, Operations, Planning & System, the candidate will be responsible for the business operations of the Patent Search, Examination & Analytics (SEA) Unit.

You will –

· Be responsible for business and operational excellence of internal and contracted processes through the management and continuous improvement of workflow and system

· Ensure business continuity and operational efficiency of internal and contracted processes and address issues when they arise

· Analyse data for reporting, capacity planning and process improvements

· Monitor unit’s productivity and quality performance to ensure targets are met

· Ensure optimal utilisation of resources

· Review whether internal controls are sufficient and effective to mitigate risks

· Lead a team and provide guidance to team members

· Lead studies and implement process improvement and innovation projects

· Support Deputy Director in unit’s planning for budget, capacity and performance

· metrics

· Manage unit’s procurement and administrative functions

· Undertake ad hoc unit projects assigned

Are you the one? Please write to us if you have/are:

• A degree in any field with 5 to 8 years relevant working experience. Background in patents, experience in data analysis, knowledge in Power BI/Tableau and business process optimisation is a plus

• Organised, customer-oriented, meticulous, proactive, able to multi-task and meet tight deadlines

• Analytical, resourceful, able to work independently and in a team

• Able to drive process improvements using evidence-based/data-driven approach

• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and in particular Microsoft Excel

• Experience in budgeting/forecasting is useful

• Able to write and communicate clearly, concisely and logically

• Able to engage internal and external stakeholders

• Proven work experience in Operations Management or similar role

To apply for this position, please email your CV to careers@iposinternational.com

Location: Canberra, ACT; Brisbane, QLD; Melbourne, VIC; Hobart, TAS
Salary Range: $122,949 - $135,013 Attractive Superannuation
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The Future Focus Team (FFT) exists to ensure a futures thinking lens is applied to DVAs policies, strategies, frameworks and processes. The FFT is a fast paced, supportive, dynamic team currently delivering a number of high profile, high priority initiatives across three work streams: Futures Thinking Capability, Critical Projects and Process Improvement. The three areas work in partnership to inform the strategy and business processes required to drive effective, future focused change. Key activities include:

Engaging with stakeholders to conduct research, trend analysis, futures forecasting, and scenario planning relevant to veteran and family outcomes.
Generating new insights from across DVA to inform strategic decisions and ongoing reform activities.
Supporting DVA to become more resilient to changing

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You will provide regional regulatory input into global regulatory teams and plans and ensure that the Regional Regulatory Therapeutic Area Team supports the Global Regulatory Affairs (GRA) vision of excellence, regarding the maintenance of licenced products and new licence applications and development projects in the allocated TA, through solid regulatory strategies, good scientific practice, integrity and compliance with regulatory standards.
You will establish and maintain working relationships with the respective regional Regulatory Agencies and other external stakeholders.
Reporting to the APAC TA Lead, you will:

Be responsible for regulatory procedures like new licence and new indications applications, change applications, PSUR submissions, submissions of
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Job Summary

• Standard Chartered needs a Hive Tech Lead to drive the success of the combined Treasury Markets and Intraday Liquidity journey. This role sits within Treasury Technology team and will work closely with Treasury COO, Treasury Services, Treasury Markets, FM Technology and Treasury Technology teams.
• The Hive Tech Lead will be accountable to drive technology strategy, project delivery, process, people agenda, risk and governance of the journey.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy

• Awareness of SCB’s group strategy and steer hive strategy to achieve group outcomes
• Alignment of technology strategy to business strategy
• Management and measurement of strategic outcomes
• Align T-M/IDL Hive activities towards Technology Strategy/ Scorecard

Business

• Delivery of strategic technology systems for IDL and Treasury Markets
• Drive effectiveness and efficiencies of T-M/IDL Hive to achieve business outcomes
• Awareness of the impact of T-M and IDL processes to the bank’s business
• Ensures timely and stable running of systems owned by the hive

Processes

• Implement systems operations processes leveraging the disciplines of SRE (Systems Reliability Engineering)
• Accountable once IDL transformation is implemented, transition domain over to ongoing Incremental Change (IC) model under Build & Maintain (B&M)

People & Talent

• Building and maintaining strong technologists and technology leaders
• Overall people leadership responsibility for technology teams with diverse skill sets, including budgeting, interviewing, hiring, coaching and developing more T-shaped/ M-shaped colleagues.
• Ensuring squads are adequately resourced and fully funded

Risk Management

• Management of third party risks related to usage of vendors and associated technologies
• Manages all information and cyber security risks owned by the hive
• Understands and manages capacity and resiliency of systems

Governance

• Adherence of all hive releases to prevailing System Delivery Framework
• Ensure the T-M/IDL domain adheres to all tech governance standards across ICS, risk, audit, resilience, service level dimensions

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead the T-M/IDL Hive to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles:
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• CIO, Functions
• CIO, Finance
• Head of Treasury Technology
• Treasury COO
• Treasury Markets COO
• T-M/IDL Chief Product Owners
• Head of Treasury Services

Our Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership with a leading commercial bank, preferably with international exposure
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Business/Finance/Accounting/Science
• Proven and relevant experience preferably in trade lifecycle across Cash, Trade and Financial Markets. Relevant experience in Treasury activities preferable including risk management and intraday liquidity forecasting
• Familiarity with relevant parts of the CIB organisation with regards payment, settlement and ledger flows
• Thought leadership and proven ability to work across a global team and effectively collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Strong analytical and program management skills with proven ability to collect and analyse data, establish facts, and make recommendations in written and oral form
• Successfully handle challenging roles requiring collaboration and stakeholder management
• Work with all levels of management and staff, successfully manage and engage multiple stakeholders, negotiate effectively in situations involving conflicting interests and positively influence key decision makers on critical issues. Proven people leader with experience managing other team leaders / senior individuals.
• Liaise and coordinate on an ongoing with various parts of the Bank, including senior business and risk stakeholders

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Information Management
• System and Technology Integration
• Planning: Tactical, Strategic
• Influencing Through Expertise
• IT Governance
• Finance and Accounting

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessments

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers

Responsible for the strategic leadership and operational management of the service area, ensuring the delivery of high quality, safe and effective health and care within the resources available, providing assurance to the Committee. Responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership in developing service plans that are aligned to the HSC Care Values and the Partnership of Purpose and the relevant professional standards. This will include leading opportunities for transformation, innovation and modernisation whilst ensuring the delivery of all operational performance objectives and outcomes specific to the service area. Responsible for monitoring and continually improving the quality of services so that they are effective, efficient and meet best practice and professional standards, with particular reference to taking a system view of service user flow. Responsible for establishing excellent relationships with health and care staff, leaders and external stakeholders to successfully develop user centred pathways of care. Responsible for providing leadership and direction in developing workforce capability so that all colleagues have the right knowledge and skills in an open culture which fosters high morale and a commitment which is aligned to the Professional Alliance. Have an awareness of local policy and guidance in relation to the safeguarding of vulnerable children and adults. As a leader will ensure that the services comply with the policy and guidance. Attend the Quality Governance Committee and contribute significantly to the safety, quality and risk management practices of HSC.

Change Service Team Lead for Chief Technology Officer Organization

Role Description:

The CTO (Chief Technology Organization) Change Service Lead at Associate Director level will be based in the Singapore Technology Center and will have responsibility to establish a centralized tiered change service function to service to all CTO initiatives and product teams. Service levels will range from self-service for most product teams to full-service for our highest priorities. Change services, including templates, will be based on the Prosci ADKAR methodology. We consider communications one of the major tools to execute on change, so the services will include curation of communication channels and presentation assets, including videos and graphics. The expectation is that the Change Service Lead and the team they lead will be hands-on experts at using both change and communication tools, as well as able to upskill others.

Responsibilities:

Management of Change Service Team

• Manage a small team that will include the Product Manager of our CTO Portal (SharePoint) and a rotating pool of students and Gig based employees across our network of Technology Centers (US, Czech Republic, Singapore and India) to provide services globally.
• Advocate for the use of GenAI in the creation of change deliverables by the change service team and beyond.
• Establish the success criteria for the change services team in partnership with senior level stakeholders.
• Upskill a broader set of CTO employees on change using the Prosci ADKAR methodology.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Psychology, or a related field.
• Experience in establishing a central service related to change or communications.
• Certification in one or more change management methodologies (ex: ADKAR).
• Portfolio of creative assets, such as videos and graphics
• Experience in managing a team of professionals across multiple geographies.
• Proven experience in leading and managing significant change initiatives, including creating the deliverables personally.
• Deep understanding of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• Excellent active listening skills and high emotional intelligence (EQ).
• Enthusiasm and curiosity about applying GenAI to the tasks related to change management and communications.

Roles & Responsibilities:

To establish continuity with our key client as the trusted partner, provide leadership to the

regional and operational Program Management Office team, and build on the high-value

program management service in line with the global framework.

 

· Be the key client interface for all Real Estate stakeholders 

· Providing subject-matter expertise to the client in all areas of capital programs and

projects in Real Estate, bridging the opportunity and deliverables to the client’s

enterprise standards and strategic objectives.

· Managing and leveraging of the resources available at the Program Management

Office, and the wider Turner & Townsend business to provide a high-value service to

the client.

· Building on the legacy as a trusted partner with the client, bringing value delivery to

the Program Management Office service, providing advisory based on sector and

industry knowledge.

· Providing the key link between the peer regions, central and offshore program

management teams, the client’s internal and external delivery teams, and

supporting business units, driving excellence in capital programs.

· Reach back and two-way knowledge transfer between related capital project delivery

teams under the client’s framework, and peer Program Management Office teams

working on similar Real Estate portfolios within Turner & Townsend business.

· Full-time client facing, managing a team of client’s stakeholders, working with the

regional leadership team, portfolio managers and planners.

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person specification attached to this advert which will provide further information on this role.

MANAGERIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES To ensure that the highest possible standards of treatment and care are provided to the patient and to ensure that the quality of patient services are a prime concern of all staff members. To be responsible for the effective and efficient deployment of available resources, to identify opportunities for improving services and to assist the Consultants in charge in analysing practices and service performance. To provide managerial leadership, direction and staff motivation. To be involved in the process of future planning, manpower and equipment requirements. To make key management decisions in future planning, manpower and equipment requirements. To review and implement policies and procedures and to keep pace with changing service requirements. To manage the delegated budget and to participate in the budget setting arrangements. - identifying inaccuracies and escalating errors to Business partners. To ensure that all members of the Cardiac Department are aware of and deliver care in line with the Trusts values. Complete accurate manpower and attendance records for staff employed with the department Manage Sickness and absence in line with Trust Policies- liaising with occupational Health and other bodies to ensure adherence to process and to ensure appropriate support for staff Ensure pastoral care and support for all team members if of the highest standard Instigate disciplinary procedures in line with Trust Policies as appropriate Be aware of legislation in regarding to working environment, staff contract, HR issues Appropriately ensure adherence to Trust Wide policies involving staff- Uniform, health and safety, Equality and Diversity, Confidentiality etc. To be responsible for the training and appraisal of staff with the aim of maintaining good staff relations, improving staff development and the retention of staff. Define workforce requirements, processing vacancies through Trust Protocols managing the recruitment process from advert to interview and subsequent appointment. Liaise with Trust facilities and external providers to source appropriate trained Bank/agency staff to fill resource gaps. To maintain good communications with other staff throughout the hospital and within the Department. To promote the cardiac departments services, provide training and to give lectures to the Department users, other Departments including G.P.s, community health and other hospitals. Work with Multi-disciplinary teams to devise and promote patient care pathways and develops pathways and strategies in line with guidance from forums such as HRUK, NICE, NSF, Kings Fund Is aware of requirements for external and advisory bodies both general CQC and cardiac Specific bodies networks, alliance partners, BCIS etc. To interpret on a range of cardiac tests and give advice to medical staff if necessary. - escalates abnormal investigations as required ensuring best practice guidelines and best treatment pathways for patient specific presentations To maintain wait lists within Trust Specific targets for waiting times and to escalate and take appropriate remedial action to manage when these are not achieved. Utilises all resources available appropriately to ensure these targets are met safely. To have responsibility for reporting failures of equipment, liaising closely with the Works Department and EME and managed equipment services. . Drives the process for replacement of equipment and identifies and assesses new or replacement To maintain standards of resus and fire training of staff. And ensure staff are compliant within Mandatory training requirements and are able to attend relevant additional training as required within the specific duties of each postholder To ensure that Health and Safety and Risk Assessment standards and policies are understood and enforced in the workplace. To participate in and manage an effective on-call rota for provisions of a clinical service, when required and in general to ensure adequate provision of out of hours Physiologist support as required To oversee management of daily work schedules within the Department, ensuring appropriate prioritisation of patient investigations- to include first triage of diagnostic requests and communicating with medical teams when key requirements are not met regarding Trust or external guidelines for specific investigations. To manage Direct Access Diagnostic services- maintenance of wait lists, quality. Liaises with GPs to accept feedback or to discuss with GP as required either abnormal diagnostics results or where clinical information is required. Ensures pathways are clear and well maintained for the management of abnormal investigation Work with Service Manager to review new requirements for support services to be provided by this department to end users with rational discussion and proper consideration of all parties. Write business cases either in isolation, with management or other service users to facilitate the development of new services or extension/improvement if existing service. To be involved in stock for all areas of the Department, liaising with specialist staff for designated areas ensuring best quality product procurement within budgetary limits- works with supplies/procurement to achieve best outcome. To be responsible for work experience placements and volunteer staff ensuring work content is appropriate for this group. To work with our University partners and training partners to place and train students and to be involved on the changing face of Healthcare Science whilst promoting the best for the future services. Is aware of all training options and associated qualifications to assist in staff development To have a comprehensive understanding of infection control and associated practices to ensure that the Department is compliant with all Trust procedures.

• Developing and implementing purchasing strategies.
• Managing daily purchasing activities, supervising staff, and allocating tasks.
• Managing supplier relations and negotiating contracts, prices, timelines, etc.
• Maintaining the supplier database, purchase records, and related documentation.
• Coordinating with Inventory control to determine and manage inventory needs.
• Managing the maintenance of office/manufacturing equipment and machinery.
• Ensuring that all procured items meet the required quality standards and specifications.
• Preparing cost estimates and managing budgets.
• Working to improve purchasing systems and processes.
• Training new employees in the purchasing process and how to use the purchasing system.

Ongoing
$118,654 to $132,724 15.4% employer superannuation contribution
Canberra-based role

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The Director is a lead to steward the business and deliver against client objectives and satisfaction. He or she serves as the senior contact and will drive quality control, approving communication strategies, plans and key tactics delivered by the team across online and offline planning.

This individual will manage a structured team to engage and drive conversations with key partners (including creative agencies) that involves account and media planning, new opportunities, branded content, negotiations, as well as support and collaborate on relevant projects to scale learnings that is required of the account.

This entails management of internal business deliverables (e.g. Scope of Work, address audits) and management of staff (e.g. interviewing/hiring, performance reviews, assignment recommendations, etc.).

The Director will also mentor, manage, train and motivate team members to deliver the best possible performance.

Key Accountabilities:

• Be a key contact across entire planning cycle for senior brand clients and media directors / managers. Ensure media deliverables are met on time and within budget and align with clients’ objectives.
• Utilize an in-depth knowledge on client category, brands and specific client requests and needs to provide appropriate input and direction to the agency units driving the entire communication planning process.
• Lead account ‘project manager’ for the entire business accountable for achieving deadlines across all campaigns and deliverables. Collaborate with multiple internal business practices that contribute to the overall communication plan development process both internal and external.
• Hones feasibility, profitability and negotiation skills through implementation and management of plans, working with Trading team to drive best prices and terms to maximize effectiveness of placement’s reach to client’s consumers.
• Serves as first level coach and supervisor to one or more associates to support their knowledge of agency, client, vendor and industry basics as well as their overall skill development in the execution or monitoring of experience plans.
• Provide staff with ongoing feedback and manage annual Evaluation as well as constantly evaluating resource allocations.
• Address all operational issues to ensure smooth execution. Propose solutions and perspectives to problems.
• Establish effective working relationships with all parties and act as first line of issue escalation; manage the resolution of issues as they arise (pre and post live) such as discrepancy between reporting systems and creative malfunctions, amongst others.
• Keep abreast to the development and trends in the ever-changing media landscape.
• Full understanding and interpretation of media system, research, market data and manage 3rd Party audits.
• Drive and own internal processes to increase productivity, streamline processes/reporting as required and champions HX Media Framework. Work with team to implement these processes and see it to its fruition.

Key Competencies:

• Strong understanding of the integrated media landscape
• Acts as a client visionary by bringing a highly valued perspective to the client based on a deep understanding of their business, issues and opportunities
• Takes responsibility for the collective performance of Functional Leads/Specialists team working together
• Integrates understanding into the work to make decisions on the business
• Filters and adapts the different options and applies good judgement combined with hard facts to select which ideas will produce the best results
• Builds team effectiveness by providing a clear definition of what’s expected and identifying the people with the right skills and capabilities
• Coaches others by assessing an individual's strengths and areas for development and encouraging a free exchange of constructive feedback. Pushes down decision-making and avoids taking charge unless absolutely necessary.
• Takes entrepreneurial calculated risks and acts on opportunities that lead to significant gains for the business
• Identifies and actions opportunities to grow profitable revenue while driving awards submissions and winning awards
• Anticipates the future and takes decisive action to create opportunities or minimize potential problem
• Pre-sells by soliciting the involvement of key people in advance to build ownership
• Demonstrate desired behaviours and make effective decisions. Ensure all decision making is aligned to brand’s purpose and values. Lead by example.