Purchasing Officer

Purchasing Officer
Permanent Full Time
Cabrini Malvern (on-site)

We’re building for the better!
By 2036, more than 150,000 patients will look to us for healthcare every year.

At Cabrini Health we champion community, compassion and career fulfilment. Our teams are united by the shared purpose of making a meaningful contribution to exceptional, patient-centred care in well- resourced, world class facilities that inspire you to perform at your best and continuously grow professionally.

About the role
Cabrini’s Supply Team oversees the management of sourcing and purchasing activity across the organisation, providing efficient access to the goods and services required for our staff to deliver high quality care to patients. The Purchasing Officer is responsible for the efficient placement of cost-effective purchase orders for Cabrini Health. This role requires a candidate who will provide excellent customer service to all stakeholders and ensure a direct line of communication with service managers and vendors is maintained. Please Note: This is an on-site role, 5-days a week.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Managing purchase orders from creation to closure, with a discrete category of spend.
• Ensuring timely supply of fit-for-purpose, cost-effective goods and services.
• Coordinating receipt, packing, and delivery of goods across the site.
• Monitoring order activity, resolving delivery issues, and liaising with suppliers.
• Investigating and reconciling invoice discrepancies, returns, credits, and outstanding orders
• Reconciling invoices and managing discrepancies, returns, and credits.
• Supporting stocktakes and preparing reports as required.

What we’re looking for

• At least 1-3 years’ relevant purchasing experience (healthcare/hospital setting highly regarded).
• Strong skills in purchasing systems (JD Edwards e-Procurement advantageous)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Proven negotiation, problem-solving, and analytical skills with ability to finalise negotiations within tight deadlines
• Ability to prioritise competing demands and work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a professional and ethical approach.

Why join Cabrini:

• Attractive salary + 13% superannuation + 17.5% annual leave loading
• Tax savings - Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2,650 meal & entertainment card benefits​
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development
• Location close to public transport with Myki Commuter Club discount
• Access to a range of retail offers, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund services
• A commitment to health and wellbeing initiatives including discounted access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities through Fitness Passport

Interested? For further information, view the full position description here or contact Chaminda Pinto, Supply Manager (Acting) – 0439 183 843

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza and COVID-19 (recommended), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.