Tohunga Hoko Matua Senior Procurement Specialist

3 weeks ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

A profile-raising ICT Procurement Role changing the way Stats NZ contributes to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
- Raise your profile representing the lead agency for government-held data
- Bring your ideas into an environment set up to support curiosity
- Ensure that potential of industry and Stats NZ is realised as we modernise our thinking and use of over 80 systems
- Support business process improvement, information management, and technology enabling Stats NZ's ICT strategy to transform and deliver innovative ICT services.
- Embrace te tikanga and your own style in the way you work, flexibly or in our brand new 6-star green building

Mōu | For you
Tatauranga Aotearoa Stats NZ are dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, health, and wellbeing. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage people to be their authentic selves.

**Starting salary**: $102,886 - $139,198 + superannuation
- Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure), see careers site for other benefits and networks
- City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs
- State of the art, brand new 6-star green building in Wellington

Te tūnga | The role
Stats NZ is in the process of refreshing the Information Systems Strategic Plan and transforming the way we collect data. We need someone with the category management expertise, experience, and intellect to find what industry has to offer and source smartly to balance the organisations immediate needs with longer term goals.
The role of Senior Procurement Specialist (ICT Category Manager) is with the Procurement team. The Procurement team is responsible for providing Stats NZ with expert commercial advice and procurement practice for the higher value, higher complexity acquisitions.
As ICT Category Manager, your interfacing with Industry will represent the interests of Stats NZ in our role as the lead agency for government-held data, and you will ensure the voice of industry is heard internally in support the Stats NZ outputs and priorities. You will provide strategic and commercial advice and support to the senior leadership of Stats NZ, work and consult with Stats Technology Services senior leadership, the Principal Advisor - Digital Assets and Investment and the ICT Architecture team, to ensure procurements are aligned to Stats ICT strategy.
You will be responsible to coordinate and develop annual procurement plans, procurement strategies and procurement reporting.
As the Senior Procurement Specialist, both your IQ and EQ will be tested as you meet the needs of our ~1,600 Stats NZ employees over three main sites. You will also support the NZ Census where required and acquire shared services for other agencies. You will need to understand the business needs, work programmes and objectives to deliver the tactical procurement using the resources of the acquisition/project team.
Daily you will be responsible for anticipating and managing the legal, reputational and procurement risks associated with procurement activities across the organisation. As a senior member of the Procurement team, you will mentor and coach junior Procurement Staff ensuring consistent delivery of quality procurement advice and support services across Stats NZ.
The Procurement team at Stats NZ operates as an integral part of the Commercial Arrangements Branch within the Organisation Infrastructure Group which is one of seven groups that report directly to the Chief Executive.

**Our busy team needs someone to join us who**:

- Brings fresh thinking
- Embraces te tikanga
- Thinks quickly on their feet, can prioritise and juggle work, able to discuss and translate the finer details of the ICT world while maintain a clear vision of the bigger picture
- Is well versed and confident in using their initiative and being proactive, initiating change and improvements where and when needed
- Is a confident communicator - verbally and in writing in a way that brings people with you
- Has a clear vision of how to improve lives through data using the ICT procurement profession

We offer unparalleled professional opportunities in an organisation that is bigger and more diverse than you would have ever thought. You'll find yourself amongst highly skilled and talented individuals willing to share their respective areas of expertise. Everyone here is making a difference and helping shape and build New Zealand's future.
Nōu te rourou | What you bring
We encourage and consider transferable skills and experience gained from outside of work e.g., cultural, community work, sports, volunteering, or a comparable role in a different sector or industry.
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