He kōrero mō mātou | About Watercare
Ki te ora te wai, ka ora te whenua, ka ora te tangata
When the water is healthy, the land and the people are healthy
There's never been a better time to join Watercare. We're delivering a $15.2 billion, 10-year capital investment programme, the largest in our history, creating opportunities to work on transformative infrastructure, sustainability and digital projects that will shape Auckland's future. With more than $4 million invested every day, you'll be part of work that makes a lasting difference to our communities and environment.
He whakamārama mō te tūranga mahi | About the role
As a Procurement Specialist, you’ll partner with stakeholders and suppliers to deliver effective, commercially sound procurement outcomes. Working alongside experienced procurement professionals, you’ll have the opportunity to build your capability while taking ownership of procurement activities and contributing to meaningful projects across Watercare.
In this role, you will:
- Manage end-to-end procurement activities, including market engagement and RFX and LAP planning and execution.
- Develop fit-for-purpose sourcing strategies that consider market capability, commercial opportunities, risk and stakeholder requirements
- Support category planning, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, value for money and commercial outcomes.
- Develop procurement documentation, including requirements, evaluation criteria, pricing schedules, RFx documentation and recommendation papers.
- Coordinate and support evaluation processes, including commercial analysis, moderation and supplier due diligence.
- Lead and support supplier negotiations, and contribute with contract drafting, award and implementation.
- Build effective supplier relationships and support constructive engagement with the market.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand their needs, challenge requirements where appropriate and provide practical and timely procurement and commercial advice.
- Ensure procurement activities comply with Watercare’s procurement policies, delegated authorities, probity requirements and governance processes.
- Identify, quantify and track procurement benefits, including cost savings, cost avoidance, efficiencies and broader value.
- Use data and market insights to support procurement decisions, category strategies and supplier negotiations.
- Contribute to procurement reporting, process improvements, templates and continuous improvement across the Procurement function.
Ngā pūkenga e rapu nei mātou | About you
You’re proactive, organised and commercially minded, with the confidence to build strong relationships across the business. You understand procurement fundamentals and are keen to continue developing your expertise in a large and complex environment.
You’ll bring:
- Around five years’ experience in procurement, supply chain or a related commercial environment.
- Experience with competitive procurement processes, including RFQs, RFPs or other market engagement approaches.
- Strong communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
- Good negotiation skills and an understanding of contracts and commercial terms.\
- Confidence working with stakeholders across different levels and disciplines.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple procurement activities at different stages.
- Sound commercial judgement and attention to detail.
- The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines.
- Confidence working with Excel and procurement data.
- A collaborative approach and willingness to learn and develop.
- A relevant tertiary qualification and/or procurement qualification such as CIPS would be advantageous.
Ngā hua mōu | What's in it for you
We offer a competitive salary and staff benefits package including:
• Training and development opportunities
• Life and income protection insurance plans
• Generous parental leave
• Employee discounts at a range of large retailers
Me pēhea te tono mai | How to Apply
Come and join our team! If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity with a fantastic team then please apply online today - careers.watercare.co.nz.
Skills Required
- Around five years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or a related commercial environment
- Experience with competitive procurement processes, including RFQs, RFPs, or other market engagement approaches
- Strong communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills
- Good negotiation skills and understanding of contracts and commercial terms
- Confidence working with stakeholders across different levels and disciplines
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple procurement activities
- Sound commercial judgement and attention to detail
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver to deadlines
- Confidence working with Excel and procurement data
- Collaborative approach and willingness to learn and develop
- Relevant tertiary qualification and/or procurement qualification such as CIPS
What We Do
At Watercare we’re proud to provide a lifeline service to the people of Auckland, while protecting the environment for future generations. Every day we provide the highest quality drinking water to 1.7 million Aucklanders, and take it away again once it’s been used in the sink or flushed down the loo. Without using chemicals, we treat wastewater to a very high standard and safely return it to the environment. We also plan for new and upgraded infrastructure far into the future to ensure we can meet the needs of our fast-growing city. We operate assets worth more than $9 billion – but it’s our people who are our most valuable assets. Our staff are passionate, motivated and trustworthy people who are the leaders in their fields. They’re not afraid of a challenge and are constantly looking for new ways of improving our processes and the service we offer our customers. If this sounds like you, please visit our careers centre to see our job vacancies and be notified of future opportunities: https://careers.watercare.co.nz
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