• Join Victoria’s leading community services organisation.
• Reduce costs to improve consumer outcomes.
• Increase fortnightly take-home pay with salary packaging benefits.
• Full time 6-month parental leave contract starting in October 2024 
• main categories – fleet, vouchers with up to 3 other smaller categories.
• One (1) month handover included to enable your success

About your new role

As Procurement Specialist, working full time in a 6-month max-term agreement, you will step in to continue progress on two (2) category pieces – Vehicle / Fleet and Gift Cards / Vouchers.

Both projects are at implementation stage and will require you to implement new processes and systems to manage both categories (e.g., pool car booking system, automated voucher system, etc.) that utilise existing organisation platforms.

Additionally, you will be responsible for commencing work on a substantial vehicle replacement exercise and also commencing work on a couple of other smaller category pieces.

About your team

Joining a small procurement team that sits within the larger Finance team, you will collaborate with Uniting stakeholders to make informed value-based procurement decisions that best balance key decision factors including cost, quality/reliability, supply/demand, social benefits, efficiency, and risk. 

Commencing in October 2024, you will spend a month with the existing Procurement Specialist to ensure you are set up for success. 

Benefits of working at Uniting

Our work isn’t easy, but it matters. Work with people who care as much as you – and not just about doing the job. 

In addition to receiving a salary ranging between $80k - $90k + Super + 17.5% leave loading, at Uniting you can also access the following:

• Salary packaging to increase take-home pay and pay less tax.
• 10% discount at Uniting Early Learning
• Flexible hours and work-from-home options (2 days from an office)
• Enjoy 25% off at Uniting Op Shops.
• Opt in or out of public holidays, be respected for your unique background. 

Skills and experience

• Demonstrated experience in procurement
• Experience working in complex organisational structures including multi-site, multi-division businesses
• Category management experience including monitoring performance and ROI
• Success with leading procurement projects including implementation
• Strong stakeholder management across all levels from individual contributor through to Exec 

View the Position Description.

How to Apply

Click APPLY NOW to submit your interest and we’ll be in touch shortly. 

If you have questions about the opportunity, please contact Vikrant Sharma on 0417 157 344 for a confidential chat. 

About Uniting

At Uniting we are passionate about working together to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice. We have a 5,000+ strong workforce of employees and volunteers who deliver a diverse range of services across Victoria and Tasmania. 

Visit us: vt.uniting.org

Uniting is a child safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all children, at all times. As a ‘child safe’ organisation, employment with Uniting is subject to a satisfactory national (and international where relevant) police check and relevant Working with Children Check in your State prior to commencement of any paid or unpaid work and/or participation in any service or undertaking.  

Through the recruitment process, we will ask you for personal information. You do not have to disclose any personal information if you do not want to, but if can help us understand how we can support you through the recruitment process and beyond. We invite you to tell us if you identify as Aboriginal, a person with disability, from a culturally or linguistically diverse background or LGBT+ and you are given an opportunity in the application form to request additional support. We will welcome the opportunity to contact you and discuss how we can support you through the recruitment process.