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Strategic Procurement

This team provides procurement-related services with an overall aim of seeking value for money and return on investment.

Key responsibilities:

• engaging customers, key stakeholders and partners to ensure ECU continuously develops its procurement operation;
• executing and managing contracts and/or preferred supplier agreements for the procurement of goods and services that guarantee value for money;
• implementing strategic sourcing projects to establish contracts or price agreements for the procurement of goods and services;
• providing procurement advice, including tender management, strategic sourcing, contract management and purchasing;
• managing the procurement process in line with public and private sector best-practice;
• engaging and managing our supplier base to establish effective relationships and partnerships with strategic suppliers;
• ensuring governance and transparency through managing buyer behaviour and our performance management framework;
• ensuring good governance and probity through managing and monitoring ECU’s expenditure; and
• ensuring effective communication of procurement information to all process and systems users.

Contact

Steve Hawkey
Senior Procurement and Contracts Specialist
Telephone: (61 8) 6304 2795
Email: s.hawkey@ecu.edu.au