Head of Commercial

4 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

The Civil Aviation Authority and the Aviation Security Service offer distinctively different career opportunities and embrace diverse talent. All jobs at the Authority contribute to ensuring safe and secure skies to help New Zealand fly.

The Civil Aviation Authority is the regulatory arm of our organisation and the Aviation Security Service is the nationwide provider for aviation security.

Tēnei tūranga │ About the role
This is a new and exciting opportunity where you’ll be responsible for leading, influencing and managing Te Mana Rererangi Tūmatanui o Aotearoa I Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand (CAA) new Commercial & Procurement function.

You will have the unique opportunity to shape the culture and lead the future of CAA’s new Commercial & Procurement function that ensures the successfully delivery of our safety and security regulatory activities. You will take a strategic view to procurement and use your knowledge of Government Procurement Principles, including Procurement 2.0, to show a progressive approach to your strategic procurement leadership.

This new role will be critical for developing and embedding commercial and procurement management capability, procedures, frameworks, and policies that drive a high procurement service delivery level In addition, you will work in a progressive and supportive team environment that values unique and diverse thinking and promotes career development to help you achieve your aspirations.

In this key role you will act as a conduit to the CAA at all levels, providing efficient and effective delivery of procurement. Your detailed commercial and procurement will maximise value and leverage opportunities. Partnering with a range of stakeholders, you will manage strategic supplier relationships as you provide advice and direction across the entire procurement cycle.

We are committed to help you thrive as you share your ideas, initiatives, and energy. You will have the chance to work with, diverse, and inclusive teams as you develop valuable skills, explore your passions, and make a positive impact beyond your role, all while supporting our vision of a safe and secure aviation system − so people are safe, and feel safe, when they fly.

This is a permanent, full time role and will offer a salary range of $152,224 - $173,714 (mid point), depending on your skills and experiences.

Ko tāu e kawe mai ai | What you’ll bring
- 10 + years of relevant experience in procurement
- Commercially savvy with extensive experience in commercial roles with an abundance of energy and drive
- An outstanding communicator, able to relate to people across the organisation and effectively manage the expectations of multiple stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience in strategic commercial planning and analysis, particularly when dealing with complex information from multiple and diverse sources
- A contemporary people leader, with the ability to foster a positive, cohesive team through support, empowerment and continuous development
- An eye for detail and to ensure that documents supporting our strategic procurement initiatives pass the closest of scrutiny
- The ability to build strong relationships across the board
- CIPS qualified (or studying towards obtaining CIPS qualification) or similar.

Mō mātou | About us
As Aotearoa I New Zealand’s aviation safety and security regulator, CAA exists to enable safe flight for social connections, and economic benefit for Aotearoa | New Zealand. We believe in keeping people safe and secure in the air, enabling participation in the aviation system, and making a difference to Aotearoa | New Zealand aviation. We achieve this through regulatory oversight of the aviation industry and frontline security at our airports.

The location for this role is Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington. As a flexible friendly employer, we are happy to discuss solutions that may work for you and us. We value and care about enabling our people to work in a way that means they can work at their best.

We want to ensure accessibility needs are well supported, so the recruitment process is fair and equitable for all. Therefore, please let us know if there is any support, we can provide to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible to you.

**Rā Katinga | Applications close**: Friday, 24 February 2023


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