• Establish and rationalise Key Supplier Agreements, identify new opportunities, seek ways to improve efficiencies and ensure purchasing compliance.• Identify, control and develop purchasing processes and practices, to ensure Council obtains the best value for expenditure on goods and services.

• Provide support and advice to management and staff on procurementmatters.• Audit and provide key advice in developing, reviewing and implementing purchasing processes and practice.• Review of purchasing arrangements with suppliers including price, delivery, performance and discounts to achieve reduced supply chain costs to Council.• Develop, compile, reconcile, and/ or update information in vendor and stock databases to provide effective processing, information management and reporting.• Ensure compliance to council’s purchasing procedures.• Co-ordinate the overall operation of Council’s purchasing function to ensure goods, works and services are provided at the most competitive rates.• Obtain quotations for the purchase of goods, works and services to limits authorised by the Local Government Act 1993 and Council resolutions.• Provide staff training and control to other Council departments relating to the Council’s purchasing processes, procedures and guidelines