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Supplier Management Specialist

What sets Virgin Australia apart is our people and the drive that we have to make a real difference for our guests. Our culture encourages innovation whilst ensuring that our guests remain the focus of our business. We deliver a highly professional and polished service, whilst ensuring that we are safe in everything that we do. In recruiting we seek out dedicated people who are passionate about customer service and ready to work in a challenging, fast pace environment. Our people are at the cornerstone of our business and our award-winning service to every guest is putting the magic back into flying.

About the role:

The Supplier Management Specialist role is an exciting new position created within the Virgin Australia Group Procurement team, that will drive advancements in the way we engage and work with suppliers across the Group. The role has responsibility for the development and ownership of a contract management framework for the Virgin Group, in consultation with business stakeholders. This involves the identification and coordination of technology required to support the framework and the ongoing reporting and monitoring of the program compliance and benefits.

The Supplier Management Specialist will also be responsible for the introduction of supplier relationship management initiatives at the Virgin Group, targeted at driving additional value through coordinated engagement with strategic suppliers, and will take a lead in driving broader supplier and supply chain risk assessments and management of appropriate supplier governance.

This role is focussed on the design and introduction of new ways of working and therefore will have a key focus on program and process design, influencing at all levels within the organisation and change management.

Who you are:

A customer focussed procurement professional. You have a passion for delighting both internal and external customers. You seek to understand customer needs by actively listening to thoughts and concerns. You follow through on commitments to customers.
Engaging interpersonal style. You facilitate interactive discussions. You build rapport and proactively strengthen your connection with others.
A collaborator. You actively seek opportunities to partner with others to achieve extraordinary outcomes.
A change champion. You embrace change, seeing it as an opportunity to drive business improvement.
An innovator. You challenge the status quo and offer progressive ideas and solutions.

What you’ll need:

To be successful in this role you will need:

* 6+ years’ experience in strategic sourcing, category management and procurement experience, including at least 1 year in a supplier management role.

* Advanced influencing, communication and negotiation skills.

* Strong leadership skills with demonstrable ability in:
- running cross functional projects/teams
- delivering outcomes in a time sensitive environment
- Managing change
- Project management

* Strong commercial acumen developed in a supply chain/procurement context within large organisations.

* Detailed knowledge of leading contract management, supplier relationship management and strategic sourcing practices.

* Complex business case development to drive buy in to improvement initiatives.

* Experience in program and process design and program management including demonstrable experience in piloting and driving change initiatives across a large and complex corporation

* Tertiary qualifications with either a business/commerce/ law focus or equivalent

What you’ll get from us:

Award winning airline – Join Skytrax’s Best Airline and Airline Staff in Australia/Pacific for 2017!
Great domestic and international flight benefits for you, your family and your friends

Interested?

This opportunity won’t be around for long. Don’t delay and miss your chance to be part of the Virgin Australia team, apply now!

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