Type: Fixed Term
Hours: Full Time
Business Group: Finance
Branch: Enterprise Services
Salary: $61,072 - $76,000
Purchasing & Payables Advisor
We are looking for an experienced purchasing advisor to provide efficient, effective, and responsive processing services. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a supportive, team focused environment.
You will be responsible for:
- Accurately assess and process purchase requests into purchase orders
- Create POs according to the agreed SLA (24 hours)
- Manage the purchasing Inbox efficiently and deal with enquiries on a timely basis.
- Promote use of preferred suppliers and identify opportunities to streamline preferred supplier and product and service offerings.
- Actively manage the closure of POs as required.
- Purchase and management of the Departments mobile phones and sim card connections
- Work with the business to resolve blocked invoices
- Perform other purchasing & payments tasks as required
We need someone who has:
- Proven experience in providing efficient and effective purchasing services to a team, preferably within the public sector.
- Prior experience building and maintaining strong and effective working relationships.
- Demonstrated experience managing high volumes of work within tight time frames, to required quality standards.
- Proficiency in working with financial information.
- Basic knowledge of planning and reporting processes
- Possess judgment, tact, confidentiality, and integrity when dealing with sensitive issues.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Business Administration Diploma (or similar) or equivalent work experience
This new and exciting role provide full training and flexible working arrangements.
Applications close: 5pm, Friday 27th June 2025
For more information please contact: Sandara Williams - Sandra.Williams@dia.govt.nz
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