Team Leader

University ServicesPalmerston North
The opportunity - Te Whiwhinga mahi
Calling procurement leaders and professionals
Join us to further develop your career in an environment of continuous improvement. Reporting to the Strategic Projects and Procurement Director, you will join our Strategic Procurement and Contracts team. This position is located in our Palmerston North campus with some remote work flexibility.
Massey University is a world-leading university in many academic disciplines and fields of research. Our point of difference is that our research is connected to community and industry. Working together across disciplines and locations, we solve national and global problems through fundamental, applied, and interdisciplinary research, while culturally and artistically enriching our world. We are constantly challenging the way we work and learn through the calculated adoption of emerging technologies to allow us to best support our staff and students across range of complex environments and multiple locations. Sustainability, research, and projects.
We offer a flexible, enabling, and inclusive environment, as well as superannuation (up to 6.75% of salary), subsidised Southern Cross Healthcare, five weeks holiday, study fee concessions, and many city-wide discounts and benefits.
About you - Ko koe tēnei
As our Procurement Team Leader you will be responsible for procurement activities throughout the source-to-contract lifecycle. You will provide team leadership direction and support to 1 - 4 Procurement team members. You will guide team members on a daily basis and ensure work is completed as necessary. You will be comfortable getting into the details of the day-to-day work of the team, while setting a good example and engaging the team to achieve goals.
The Procurement Team Leader is also responsible for creating, communicating and delivering the 'end to end' source-to-contract cycle, identifying and implementing improvement areas, and supporting procurement transformation and change management initiatives. You will assist with the implementation of innovative solutions to continually improve Massey's procurement, contract and supplier relationship management practices.
You will also support the Strategic Projects and Procurement Director to further plan, design and develop innovative and best practice procurement.

**Key accountabilities include the following**:

- Manage, mentor, and motivate team members in a manner that builds an effective and strong team committed to achieving organisational goals
- Allocate, prioritise, and manage work requests to team members and coordinate and supervise multiple projects based on experience and following established guidelines, especially when working with escalated deadlines or issues
- Contribute to achieving procurement and contract management objectives by serving as key contact in providing guidance to team members, internal stakeholders, and/or managers on process improvement issues
- Interact with key stakeholders in identifying business needs, building relationships and promoting the features and benefits of early procurement involvement
- Lead, develop and deliver procurement plans, tender documents, evaluations, recommendation reports, and other procurement documentation
- Monitors the performance of suppliers, assessing their ability to meet quality and delivery requirements; identifies and qualifies new suppliers in collaboration with other departments

**What you will bring**:

- Demonstrated experience working in and leading collaborative procurement projects and teams within a complex, multi-stakeholder operating environment
- Proven strengths in stakeholder management and a high degree of commercial acumen to drive better outcomes for both internal and external stakeholders
- Strong grasp of risk, legal and financial aspects of procurement and contracts, market engagement, strategic sourcing and outcome-based contract negotiations and supplier management
- Experience in embedding sustainability and Te Tiriti considerations into sourcing and supply chain strategies is desirable

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and appointments may be made prior to closing.