Procurement Specialist

Sourcing Specialist - Technology & Services Procurement

About the Company
Join a major public sector transformation environment focused on delivering strategic technology and service outcomes that support the community. This organisation is undertaking significant sourcing and procurement initiatives designed to modernise capabilities, improve service delivery, and ensure long-term value from technology and managed service investments.
Working within a complex and high-profile program, you will collaborate with senior executives, technical specialists, procurement professionals, and commercial stakeholders to support strategic sourcing decisions and procurement outcomes.
 
About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced Sourcing Specialist to provide expert commercial, procurement, and negotiation support across a complex multidisciplinary program.
Acting as a trusted advisor, you will apply your expertise across a range of technology, digital, and services categories to shape sourcing strategies, support market engagements, and guide procurement activities from planning through to contract finalisation.
This role requires a commercially astute professional who can confidently lead procurement activities, develop negotiation strategies, provide high-level advice to executive stakeholders, and ensure sourcing outcomes align with strategic objectives while delivering value for money.
 
Role Responsibilities

• Support the development of high-quality Request for Tender (RFT) documentation aligned with government procurement frameworks and policy requirements.
• Develop and deliver industry briefing materials and facilitate market engagement activities.
• Design and prepare evaluation artefacts, including Tender Evaluation Plans, evaluation criteria, scoring methodologies, and assessment templates.
• Facilitate and participate in supplier evaluations, ensuring consistency, probity, and compliance throughout the process.
• Provide specialist commercial and procurement advice to support robust evaluation and sourcing decisions.
• Develop negotiation strategies, directives, and supporting documentation to guide complex commercial negotiations.
• Lead and participate in supplier negotiations with a focus on pricing, commercial models, managed services, and contractual outcomes.
• Conduct commercial analysis to ensure value-for-money outcomes are achieved.
• Provide strategic procurement and sourcing advice across the full procurement lifecycle.
• Mentor and support internal teams through coaching, knowledge sharing, and procurement best-practice guidance.
• Prepare detailed reports documenting evaluation outcomes, negotiation activities, and procurement recommendations.
• Engage with business stakeholders, technical teams, executives, suppliers, legal advisors, and probity specialists.
• Prepare and present briefings, recommendations, and procurement updates to senior executives and governance forums.
• Support contract transition activities and provide post-award advisory services to assist with successful implementation and delivery.

 
What You Will Bring
Essential Experience and Skills

• Extensive experience delivering large and complex technology and services sourcing programs.
• Demonstrated experience in outcomes-based sourcing, including the development of service frameworks, sourcing strategies, requirements, and procurement documentation.
• Strong commercial, procurement, and negotiation expertise with the ability to lead complex sourcing initiatives.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing executive-level reports, procurement documentation, and recommendations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to identify opportunities to improve procurement and sourcing outcomes.
• Proven ability to work effectively in fast-paced and high-pressure environments while maintaining quality and attention to detail.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence and build trusted relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring teams and supporting capability uplift initiatives.
• Commitment to achieving value-for-money outcomes and strategic procurement objectives.

Highly Desirable Experience

• Experience delivering major procurement and sourcing programs within a government environment.
• Knowledge of ICT, digital, technology-enabled services, cloud services, and managed services procurements.
• Experience working with panel arrangements, whole-of-government procurements, and complex service contracts.
• Strong understanding of public sector procurement frameworks, governance requirements, and probity obligations.
• Experience providing commercial and procurement advice to executive leaders and governance bodies.
• Proven success leading supplier negotiations and contract finalisation for high-value or high-risk procurements.
• Experience driving procurement capability development through mentoring, coaching, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

 
What Is On Offer

• Opportunity to lead and influence significant technology and services sourcing initiatives.
• Exposure to high-profile procurement programs with broad organisational impact.
• Work alongside experienced executives, commercial specialists, and technology leaders.
• Collaborative and professional working environment.
• Opportunity to shape procurement strategy, commercial outcomes, and supplier engagement approaches.
• Meaningful work that contributes to strategic transformation and improved service delivery outcomes.
• Competitive contract opportunity within a complex and rewarding program environment.

 
Security Requirements
A National Police Check is Required

How to Apply
Please upload your resume to apply. Please provide a supporting statement highlighting your skills, experience, and capability against the position description to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates. Submissions close COB Friday the 7th of August 2026.

Please call Lisa Berjak on 0480 011 550 for any further information. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification, and any other client-requested checks.
 
Why partner with Whizdom?
We’re Whizdom. We view you as an extension of our strong, dependable brand and have differentiators which really are different! The Whizdom way:

• We pay our contractors same day you submit your timesheet!
• We are Level 3, DISP certified and have signed the Veteran Employment Commitment and been awarded the highest level of compliance to this important initiative, proactively assisting veterans transitioning from the forces to civilian roles. We’ve been lucky enough to win industry awards for our high level of process compliance and are ISO 9001 certified. Our commitment to reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions has been accredited in line with large global organisations.
• We value diversity and welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.

 
Our team of talented people are passionate about your experience, doing the right thing always, with a focus on your long-term career goals. We even give you a best in industry merch pack! Even if this role isn’t the exact fit for you, we would love a chat, contact us to find out more!