Description:
MGM Bulk Pty Ltd (MGM) is a privately owned company and a trusted name in the bulk haulage industry. Our outstanding reputation and unwavering commitment to excellence and safety make us a secure and stable choice for your long-term employment. With over 550 employees, we offer safe and cost-effective services from our branches across Western Australia, including bulk haulage, storage, ship loading, and stockpile management.
Due to rapid growth within our organisation, we are looking for an experienced Procurement and Contracts Officer to be based at our Bunbury Head Office and support the business across Western Australia. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of three years of experience in a similar role, including strategic sourcing and contract management experience.
Reporting to the Commercial Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing sourcing and procurement strategies to optimise spending, drive value, enhance supplier performance, and mitigate risks. They will be required to participate in negotiations and contract preparation using structured processes, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives to create and strengthen supplier partnerships.
With a promising trajectory of significant expansion across all business areas in the next few years, this role offers an exciting challenge and ample opportunities for learning, development and career growth.
Responsibilities:
- Develop purchasing strategies, policies and guidelines, contracts, and commercial conditions into execution strategies for best-practice sourcing.
- Manage the end-to-end selection and tender process for large category groups and multiple smaller suppliers or sub-categories to support commercial and operational requirements.
- Participate in negotiating commercial and contractual terms and conditions to acquire goods and services according to operational requirements, seeking the best possible price, terms of execution and quality.
- Review, analyse and interpret legal and contractual terms, liaising with key stakeholders, including Legal Counsel.
- Develop supplier partnerships and monitor performance using established KPIs, goals and scorecards, safety history, legislative requirements (i.e. Modern Slavery compliance) and customer satisfaction metrics.
- Develop product speed-to-market strategies to deliver goods on a just-in-time basis while holding inventory in suppliers' facilities.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define products, quality, service requirements, and standards.
- Ensure timely and professional service to internal stakeholders in preparing and evaluating bids, participating in negotiating with suppliers, and recommending to management for approvals.
- Develop and deliver presentations and programs for users to communicate purchasing policies, procedures and best practices.
- Develop value strategies by improving safety, service, quality and compliance outcomes that reduce risk and contribute to cost reductions;
- Identify and implement continuous improvements to procurement processes and practices to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance.
- Support the list of preferred suppliers and contribute to new opportunities.
- Provide support, advice, and related considerations to assist internal stakeholders with supplier and contract management, procurement insights, and requirements for new initiatives.
- Provide insightful procurement reporting and dashboards to business stakeholders
Why pick MGM?
- We are a thriving, privately owned business with room for professional growth and development. We offer long-term stable employment paying competitive salaries commensurate with your experience.
- We provide an MGM Rewards Program, exclusive employee discounts, and benefits, including an HBF Health Cover discount for all full-time employees.
Knowledge and Skills Requirements:
- A least 3 years of strategic sourcing and contractor management experience with prior experience in mining categories.
- Ability to understand the whole application and manage new opportunities throughout the contract.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of agreement and contract templates.
- Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills with proven capability in developing strategic results for critical business challenges
- Strong communication and emotional intelligence skills with a track record of stakeholder engagement.
- Highly developed analytical and data interpretation skills.
- Proven project management skills.
- Experience using procurement and sourcing systems and tools
- Experience in transport, logistics, heavy haulage, or a related industry is a distinct advantage.
Tickets, Licences and Qualification Requirements:
- A Bachelor’s degree in business/supply chain or related field.
- A Valid Driver’s Licence.
- Evidence of continual learning and professional development.
What Next?
If you would like to be considered for this role, please submit your resume and cover letter outlining why you would be the best fit for this position and our company.
As part of our employment process, all employees will be required to undertake a pre-employment medical and ongoing drug and alcohol screening.
Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
As an inclusive employer, MGM is committed to improving workplace diversity, inclusion and equity. We encourage applications from First Nations peoples and people of all identities and backgrounds.