Location: Milperra
Commencement Date: Immediate Start (or by negotiation)
Closing Date: Monday, 20 March 2023
Capacity: Permanent, Full-time position

About Us

Catholic schools have been delivering excellence in education to Sydney school students for 200 years. Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) continues to be a thriving and growing contemporary educational community with over 145 schools, more than 71,000 students, 10,000 staff and a large alumni community.

The Role 

Exciting role due to incredible rapid growth, the Purchasing Officer is a dedicated role that is responsible for buying Information and communication Technology (ICT) products that are essential for the organisation’s day-to-day operations, reviewing prices and quality to ensure optimal stock levels.

With a goal of creating and maintaining good relationships with key suppliers to ensure merchandise is of high quality, fit-for-purpose and delivered on time, your main deliverables include:

  • ICT purchasing/procurement, ordering and receipting
  • tracking orders and ensuring smooth delivery
  • ICT asset management (including assessing and monitoring quality)
  • planning and organising asset rotation
  • end of asset life/disposal
  • researching suppliers
  • comparing and evaluating supplier offers and negotiating contract terms and pricing.

The Person 

The successful candidate will have attained the following:

  • attention to detail
  • advanced Excel skills
  • willingness to learn new systems CiA and Service Now for the purpose or raising orders and payment of invoices
  • logistics experience (provisioning of Assets to schools, organising couriers).

What We Offer

  • attractive salary package + super and salary packaging 
  • the ability to build your career in a multi-disciplined business environment
  • a supportive team committed to a great work-life balance.

The Process

To apply for this position please click on the APPLY NOW button and follow the prompts.

To support your application, you will be required to provide:

  • current resume 
  • cover letter.

For any general enquiries please contact the People & Culture Services team on (02) 9568 8297 (8am- 5pm Mon-Fri).

Working With Children Check (WWCC)

This role is classified as child-related work and therefore requires a WWCC clearance prior to commencement of employment.

OUR MISSION

To know and love Christ through learning.

OUR VISION

Thriving Catholic communities through excellent teaching and learning.

OUR VALUES

Truth, empathy, excellence, curiosity, and collaboration.

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