Procurement Governance Consultant

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• Flexible work options - work smarter in a way that suits your lifestyle
• Apply your experience to support leading practices and professionals
• Develop your career in a firm of opportunity

• Flexible work options - work smarter in a way that suits your lifestyle.
• Apply your experience to support leading practices and professionals
• Develop your career in a firm of opportunity

Join PwC's Procurement team as a Procurement Governance Consultant and be involved in a broad range of commercial projects.
 
The Opportunity
At PwC, we help Australian businesses, not-for-profits and governments create value and improve the way they work. From improving healthcare, to creating smarter cities and igniting Australia's start up industry, you'll build trust in society and solve important problems.  
 
The Procurement team bring this to life by being supplier engagement role models for the firm. We live our purpose and values, we leverage our differences and expertise when it comes to developing and implementing sourcing strategies, supplier relationship management programs and driving supplier governance and reporting activities. We identify, mitigate and escalate commercial risks.
 
As the Procurement Governance Consultant your impact will be seen by supporting the central point for coordinating various activities concerned with supplier contracts across PwC Australia.
 
Success does stem from a positive attitude, hard work and going the extra mile, but that?s not all!
 
You will:

• Utilise your excellent communication, organisation and prioritisation skills, whilst providing first class support. Your proactive attitude will ensure you quickly develop trusting working relationships with your team and clients
• Administer first point onshore escalation of queries from our offshore Procurement Contracts team
• Support supplier negotiations by assessing draft contracts in line with our stakeholder needs/activities, examining contract terms in conjunction with relevant policies, and liaising with our Legal, Risk, Finance, IT and Independence teams to advise internal clients of the most suitable avenue of engagement
• Conduct periodic contract reviews using preset SOPs to determine conformity with contractual requirements and firm policies or codes
• Support our ethical and diverse supplier programs via administering supplier due diligence checking and annual responsible supplier surveys
• Facilitate internal training our newly developed Procurement policy and processes
• Collate and maintain supplier contract data  as well as administering our electronic contract database, keeping accurate and up-to date records

 
About you

The brief is simple...
 
You have minimum of 2 years experience in legal support or compliance/governance fields and are at pre-graduate level or a tertiary qualified legal/compliance professional. You are capable of effectively and positively working with and managing offshore teams. You have moderate to advanced level understanding of contract law in a commercial environment and have a dynamic approach to compliance and governance. Previous experience in a professional services/partnership environment highly regarded but not essential.
 
You're passionate about exceptional customer service and building strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. You thrive in a collaborative and innovative culture and want to join a firm that values problem solvers, the kind of people who reimagine the possible for their clients and key stakeholders.
 
Your colleagues can vouch that you:

• Act with integrity and are reliable
• Are confident and assertive while showing care for the people you work with
• Are a fast learner and demonstrate an ability to think on your feet and work with a sense of urgency whilst remaining calm under pressure

 
Sound like you? Read on.
 
What we offer
Working for Australia's largest professional services firm you'll join a global network spanning 157 countries that delivers meaningful outcomes for a wide range of clients.
 
Our culture and benefits are why we're LinkedIn's number one Australian workplace. With state of the art offices and premium technology, each person has access to flexible work options. The dress policy is flexible too - you choose what you wear based on the work you do with your team and clients.
 
Fostering an inclusive culture and embracing differences is at the core of everything we do. PwC empowers you to be yourself and work with people from many backgrounds to achieve things never thought possible. Get involved in our employee-led diversity networks (cultural, disability, LGBTI or gender equality) and benefit from our best-in-class policies such as 18 weeks maternity/paternity leave, flexible work and gender equity.  
 
Up for a challenge? We're committed to helping our people unleash their potential. Hard work doesn't go unrewarded and industry best coaching, mentoring, training and development are ready and waiting. If you hold a genuine desire to make a difference and want to surround yourself with like-minded, talented and driven individuals who strive to do the same, apply now.
 
PwC is committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. Our Reconciliation Action Plan sets out our commitment to increase Indigenous employment. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.
 
Evalyne Findanis is the Recruitment Manager for the role. As the team experience high volumes of applications, we appreciate your patience to allow for a timely and fair process for all.