2022 Entry-Level Purchasing Officer - TAFE Student Preferred null

Johns Lyng Strata Services
Crows Nest Office  
Full-Time Monday to Friday Hours
Career Growth Opportunities

Do you have excellent attention to detail, great people skills and a positive attitude? Start your construction career and give back to your local community!

We Offer:  

• The chance to join a growing organisation with an exciting future
• Stability, job security & opportunities for career progression
• On the job training & guidance from experienced senior leaders
• Positive & rewarding team culture where great work is recognised & rewarded
• Up to date technology & a modern office environment

The Company:
 
What is a typical day like at the Johns Lyng Group? The answer is never dull. Positioned as one of Australia's leading Insurance Builders, Johns Lyng Group has been established since 1953 and have a reputation for excellence.
  
Our Strata Services team take pride in providing emergency, direct, maintenance and insurance building services to the insurance and strata community nationally, working with small to large strata brokers, strata managers, strata schemes, owner corporations and property managers.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure trade, material & supplier costs are competitive
• Manage the end-to-end procurement & on-boarding of subcontractors & suppliers
• Update & maintain a subcontractor trade base
• Build strong relationships with internal & external stakeholders
• Process quotations & recommendations
• Tender projects
• Make recommendations for capital & overhead expenditure
• Authorise project expenditure up to the budgeted allowance
• Develop KPI measures to meet organisational requirements in key areas
• Ensure all quotations conform to legislative & contractual OHS requirements
• Ensure all certificates for work cover & public liability insurance are current
• Attend project sites on an adhoc basis
• Undertake general administrative tasks
• Assist in preparing & coordinating monthly cost reporting meetings for supervisor projects
• Access, view & update sensitive information relating to customers, employees & company intellectual property

Key Selection Criteria:
  
Do you have proven examples of demonstrating drive and energy? Are you extremely motivated and can think outside the box? Do you want the opportunity to potentially work your way into a partnership? Being able to demonstrate and highlight examples of these are the key criteria for you to be successful in joining our existing talented and passionate team. The following selection criteria is also important, but we are happy to teach and mentor you along the way.

• Experience or qualification in Purchasing or Construction
• Ability to build effective relationships with both internal & external stakeholders
• Results-driven with excellent attention to detail
• Superior customer service & communication skills, both written & verbal
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to manage multiple & competing priorities
• Ability to be empathetic to the needs of the client
• Proactive & motivated personality
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint

Please note: The successful candidate must have the right to work in Australia, be Covid vaccinated and be prepared to undergo drug and alcohol testing and complete a working with children check and a full police check.