Director Procurement and Supply

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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Role

The Director Procurement and Supply leads all procurement, supply chain and contract management support functions of the organisation. This includes managing strategic procurement (sourcing and category management), purchasing and supply, warehousing and sterile store logistics, contract management support, property, fleet and print room operations.

As the leader of this pivotal support service to the organisation, the Director has a strong focus on fostering cross-functional collaboration, provision of commercial strategic advice on procurement, contract management practices and supplier management, identification of opportunities to maximise value for money and drives best practice governance and processes including the optimisation of the Enterprise Resource Planning system (Oracle Fusion).

The role provides team leadership, drives a positive and supportive team culture for continuous improvement and aligns the overall team strategy to the organisational needs to maximise value delivery.

The Director is the conduit between other government bodies and agencies to ensure Austin Health is aligned to and compliant with all procurement related legislative requirements.  A strong focus is placed on the relationship with the North Metro and Mitchell Shire Local Health Service Network health services, other health services, HealthShare Victoria and the broader Department of Health to build and develop the link, leverage their approach and deliver value through collaboration.

About You

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Proven senior procurement and supply chain leadership in a complex regulated environment and experience leading a large team of direct reports, with a sharp focus on team delivery, skill development and fostering a positive collaborative culture
• Experience in delivering transformation, cost savings, and process improvements.
• Demonstrated highly developed commercial acumen with the ability to translate this into and influence procurement and contract management decisions
• Proven experience in using data analytics to build strategies to inform purchasing and supply
• A collaborative, influential and forward-thinking leadership style.

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Ray Van Kuyk, Chief Information and Services Officer, Ray.VANKUYK@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the  position description for further details.

Application closing date: Wednesday 5 November 2025