Procurement - Senior Advisor

3974   Procurement - Senior Advisor

• Thrive as you shape WA’s water future.
• Full time, permanent opportunity based in Leederville with flexible working options.
• Salary: $115,561 plus 12% Super & Benefits.

About the role:

We currently have a permanent, full-time opportunity within our Procurement Services area. In this important role, you’ll identify, source, plan, develop and manage individual as well as panels of preferred supplier agreements and contracts for the procurement of service and goods to support Operations and Maintenance for the Corporation.

Who are we?

When you join Water Corporation, you play an important role for the people of WA. Our services are essential for life - everyday, millions of Western Australians rely on us to deliver and manage water across our state.

If you’re driven to make a meaningful contribution, you’ve come to the right place.

Real benefits that matter

• Real flexibility with options to work from home, 9-day fortnight, flexible work hours
• Two well-being days each year to do whatever you need to do to feel good
• Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
• Take advantage of our co-contribution superannuation scheme. Receive a 12% employer contribution and enjoy an additional 2% employer co-contribution when you elect to salary sacrifice 2%.  
• Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and ceremonial leave of up to 5 days so you can maintain your cultural connection and wellbeing.   

Discover more benefits we offer to support the unique and individual ways our employees live.

What you can expect with this role

• Identify Contracts, Preferred Supply Agreements and panel requirements for opportunities of improvement.
• Contribute to the development and schedule forward plan of Contract activities, including management of current contracts, renewals, and new requirements.
• Responsible for identifying and recommending business and contract improvement initiatives for managed categories, while consulting with key internal stakeholders to identify new requirements and drive procurement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Initiate and analyse spend and usage activity of preferred supplier agreements and contracts to monitor contract compliance.
• Evaluate the supplier’s performance for the contract duration, agree on resulting data with supplier and stakeholder and record the results for future usage and improvements.
• Ensure the provision of relevant contract information to Procurement Systems for the establishment of supplier catalogues in eProcurement.
• Manage contracts and preferred supplier agreements to ensure ongoing satisfactory performance.
• Take lead role in the Request For Quote process of services under management to maintain continuous supply of services for operations and maintenance.

Your skills and experience

For this role, we are looking for great talent with:

• Substantial procurement experience in a large multi-disciplined engineering or maintenance focussed commercial organisation.
• Considerable experience in purchasing and supplier management strategies, plans, programs, and systems, including the sourcing, planning, and managing contracts and agreements for a range of services.
• Considerable experience and demonstrated knowledge of the commercial management of Procurement.
• Demonstrates well-developed knowledge and understanding of contemporary procurement management theory and practice.
• Demonstrates capability in developing and applying strategic procurement frameworks.
• Demonstrates sound knowledge of and capability in the principles and practices of business communications and stakeholder relationship management.
• Demonstrates good computing skills, is able to use Microsoft suite of systems and can demonstrate the capability to influence the use and optimisation of Procurement related computing applications.

Sound like a match? Apply today

If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your skills and experience as well as your ability to meet the requirements of the role. 

Applications close Sunday 3^rd May 2026 

As part of the recruitment process you will be required to complete Pre-Employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check police clearance and Australian working rights check.  

We reserve the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date. 

Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace:

Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.

We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 

We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment. 

Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.au or 08 9420 2000.