Team Leader Purchasing and Stores

We are looking for a highly motivated leader with a hands on attitude to join our team. This could be your chance to rewrite the future with us.

• Leadership opportunity in a high performance team
• Contribute to the unit’s operational objectives
• Private Use Leaseback Vehicle

About the role

In assisting to drive the overarching vision and purpose, the Team Leader Purchasing and Stores is responsible for providing expert procurement and warehousing services to stakeholders and management including facilitation of Procurement to Pay services management and administration of CCC Inventory supply contracts, to internal users and the provision of efficient and effective inventory management and warehousing services.

This position is required to provide quality customer service and create value for the community.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Demonstrated experience in the provision of purchasing and inventory services within a large complex organisation.
• Extensive experience in the generation, processing of purchase requisitions and the management of purchase orders within an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment.
   
• Proven experience in leading a team of staff across multiple locations to achieve quality results and ability to influence continual change, including effective performance management where required.

You will also have:

• Degree qualification in Procurement / Supply Chain / Contract Management / Business OR demonstrated solid contemporary experience in a similar role within a complex organisation combined with ongoing professional development.
• Current Class C Drivers Licence.

Our position description provides more information for you to learn more about this role.

Other important information

• The salary range for this position ranges between $99.7K- $119.6K plus 11.5% superannuation.
• This is a Permanent full-time role.
• This role will be able to access a 9 day fortnight.
• We are able to offer hybrid and flexible working conditions for this role - 2 days work from home and 3 days on site.
• This role is located at the Wyong Administration Building.

A leaseback vehicle is provided in this role for official duties and private use and your choice of vehicle will be provided in accordance with Council’s Vehicle Policy. 

Council may create an eligibility list from this recruitment process and may utilise this eligibility list to fill other permanent or temporary vacancies.

Extra benefits

At Central Coast Council we provide team members with a range of extras that help them balance their life when they need it. Fitness Passports give access to a range of gyms. Wellbeing leave can be accessed twice a year to tick off something that means something to you - volunteering, health check-ups. And an Employee Assistance Program that offers a range of wellbeing initiatives to help you and your immediate family.

Other extras include:

• Long service leave after 5 years of continuous service
• Free flu vaccination program
• Time provided for you to do annual skin cancer screening, Breast screen and blood donations
• Access to professional development with career development and learning programs through various platforms
• We reward and recognise our staff with our Cheers program
• Novated leasing partnerships. 

Central Coast Council is committed to the goals of equal opportunity employment. We aim to provide a work environment for our employees that fosters equity, diversity and respect.

Council is committed to providing safe environments that protect the physical, emotional, cultural and social wellbeing of children on the Central Coast.

What to know more?

The contact person for this role is Danny Andrews, Section Manager. You can contact them on 0434 652 167 or on email at danny.andrews@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

This position will close for applications at midnight on Sunday 17 November 2024.

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Location

Central Coast Council is ideally located on the northern fringe of Sydney and just an hour's drive from Newcastle, the Central Coast offers one of the best places in Australia to live and work. The Central Coast is one of the fastest growing regions in NSW, the third largest Local Government Area (LGA) in NSW and the 6th Largest LGA in Australia. 

How to apply

We have put together some additional resources to help you apply for a role at Central Coast Council.

By completing and submitting this online application you confirm that any information that you provide in this application is true and correct and acknowledge that any offer of employment may be withdrawn should the information that you have provided in support of your application be shown to be false. 

You also consent to employment screening checks being conducted where appropriate.  This may include associated checks including reference checks, Working with Children Check, Entitlement to Work in Australia, employment history and an Australian Federal Police Check, as well as substantiation of educational qualifications, industry memberships, previous Central Coast Council employment history and association with professional bodies.

You also acknowledge that you will be required to provide proof of eligibility (including photo identification) to work in Australia if selected for an interview.

To lodge your application, please follow these steps:

1. Answer the on-line questions shown below.
2. Attach your resume 
3. Attach your qualifications and licences.

Once your application is successfully lodged you will receive an automated response sent to your e-mail address. If a response is not received this means that your application has not been successfully submitted and you will need to lodge another application.

If you require assistance to lodge your application please contact our Talent Acquisition team by emailing recruit@centralcoast.nsw.gov.au to discuss what reasonable adjustments you may need. If you are deaf, hearing or speech impaired, you can contact us through the National Relay Service TTY call 133 677 or Speak & Listen 1300 555 727.

Applicants who are selected for interview will be contacted by phone or e-mail. For further instructions please click here. 

You will have the ability to save your application as you go using the 'Save Application' button. You can start an application and return to it later via the automatic follow-up email once you have the time and required information at hand to finalise your application.  

If you don't have access to a computer or electronic device, you can lodge your application at any of Council's Library locations. Pre-book a free 1-hour computer timeslot by contacting your nearest library https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/libraries/our-branches or ask at the enquiry counter.

We will not accept unsolicited resumes or applications being presented by recruitment agencies.