Manager Contracts

🌍 Work with world-renowned products and services.

🕒 Permanent role with flexible hours.

💰 Competitive salary of $155,000 base, plus Super!

About Us:

Welcome to The Perth Mint, where golden career opportunities await. 

The Perth Mint is an iconic Western Australian organisation operating on a truly global scale. Situated in East Perth for over 125 years, The Perth Mint is a premier tourist destination, an award-winning exporter, and a key supplier of precious metals to markets throughout the world. 

There’s no organisation quite like it, with a variety of roles available, from engineers and chemists to artists and technicians. 

Foster your fascination and pride in our work. Get inspired every day by the world-class precious metal products we work together to refine, design, produce and then distribute all over the globe. Connect to the rich history of our industry in a workplace firmly rooted in the present — as leaders in sustainability and inclusion.

At The Perth Mint, you’ll be supported in a diverse team where differences are celebrated and your well-being matters — striking the right work-life balance with compassionate team benefits. And if your career goals change, you’ll be empowered to change roles with training and internal mobility.

We value inclusion and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including First Nations people, people with disability, LGBTQI+ communities, culturally diverse groups, youth, and seniors. If you need accommodations, please contact recruitment@perthmint.com.

Our Benefits:

• Competitive salaries and employee discounts
• Flexible work options available
• Extended leave options including purchased leave, leave at half pay and access to pro-rata long service leave
• Opportunity to work for an endorsed WORK180 employer
• Paid parental leave and secondary carer’s leave available after 6 months service. 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers and 6 weeks paid secondary care giver’s leave
• Training and development opportunities
• Opportunities to be part of our wide and active range of Employee Resourcing Groups: Reconciliation, Gender, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), Disability, Mental Health and Neurodiversity, and Perth Mint with Pride
• Charity and volunteer initiatives
• Income protection after an accident or illness
• Health and wellness programs, including an Employee Assistance Program, ongoing wellbeing initiatives, and workplace community building spaces
• Our full list of benefits and why we are recognised as an Endorsed Employer for Women by WORK180 can be seen on the WORK180 website

So go on, make your mark. If you are excited by this role and want to join the team at the iconic Perth Mint, apply today.

In this role, you will provide strategic procurement advice to the business and undertake commercial contract development in consultation and negotiation with stakeholders and suppliers. Here, you will actively engage in continuous improvement initiatives and manage a small team of three Procurement Specialists.

Reporting into the General Manager Procurement, this is a permanent full-time opportunity, based in East Perth, with occasional travel to our Refinery.

Your role as a Manager Contracts will involve: 

• Undertake procurement and contract development activities, procurement planning, tender documentation and evaluation, negotiations, KPI development, performance review milestones and contract drafting
• Work with the General Manager Procurement to provide day to day management, guidance, coaching, support, and workflow planning for the Procurement team
• Lead and support proactive contract review, renewal, and monitoring. Work closely with the business to understand demands and constraints for current contracts
• Provide specialist advice on complex contract development and management issues
• Support the development of continuous improvement programs both internally and externally as they relate to efficient and effective procurement best practice
• Provides specialist high level advice and support to stakeholders across the business on the Source to Contract system and purchasing governance / compliance matters
• Ensure all records, data and documentation is up to date and accurate
• Ensure that the total cost of ownership concept and approach is embedded across the business’s procurement activities
• Monitors and ensures compliance with government and Corporation policies and procedures and facilitates education and awareness raising where appropriate
• Develops working relationships with key business partners throughout the Corporation and develops alliances between contractors, suppliers, and stakeholders

We are looking for a candidate who brings:

• Demonstrated extensive procurement experience in a highly regulated environment, preferably WA Public Sector 
• Previous experience working with procurement and/or ERP systems (desirable)   
• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (desirable)

It’s easy to dismiss the perfect opportunity if you don’t see yourself as the perfect fit. If this role feels right, no matter your background or personal circumstances – please submit your application.

Applications close on 21 August 2025. The Perth Mint reserves the right to close applications prior to this date.

Candidates must have the right to work in Australia and pass our national security check.