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- Have significant contribution to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of procurement and contract management strategy.
- Play a significant role in driving the development of benchmarking and evaluation methodologies and performing regular reviews of contract performance across contracts.
- Report to Management on the performance of contracts across the organisation.

The opportunity (key responsibilities/duties)

As Contract Manager you will:

- Have significant contribution to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of procurement and contract management strategy from organisational needs assessment through to process development and system implementation.
- Play a significant role in driving the development of benchmarking and evaluation methodologies and performing regular reviews of contract performance across contracts to ensure the agreements are delivering or exceeding expectations.
- Report to Management on the performance of contracts across the organisation, highlighting any issues or risks, and providing recommendations on rectification strategies when required.
- Be accountable for the operational management of all contracts through.
- Maintaining the central contract register.
- Liaising closely with local contract authorities to ensure all contracts are compliant and that contractual obligations are fully understood, monitored and managed appropriately.
- Providing expert advice in the development, implementation and management of contract deliverables.
- Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to ensure all contracts comply with relevant legislation, standards and policies.
- Build and maintain strong partnering relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, by:
- Representing DPI and providing procurement and contract management advice in internal and external forums.




- Developing tools and standards to meet stakeholder needs through regular education, consultation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Displaying a solid commitment to driving improvement in procurement and contract governance and performance.
- Demonstrating exceptional interpersonal skills in communication, consultation and negotiation within a multidisciplinary environment and positively influence outcomes.

What we are looking for (qualifications, registrations, experience):

- Completed Level 3 Procurement Certification (Diploma in Government - Procurement and Contracting) or Completed Level 4 Procurement Certification (Advanced Diploma of Government (Procurement and Contracting).
- Extensive knowledge of procurement, contract management including administration, performance management and QId Government public tendering.
- Proven capacity to contribute to strategic and operational planning through innovative problem solving and understanding of contemporary procurement and contract management and administration including technology and application.
- Understanding of change management principles to develop and facilitate
- Communication skills that demonstrate experience in stakeholder engagement in a complex environment, effectively influencing to drive outcomes through to completion through persuasively presenting cases based on logic, data and the objective merits of a situation and influence others in their thinking.
- Negotiation and facilitation skills demonstrating experience in dispute resolution in commercial matters.
- Successful delivery of a program of work through the application of project management principles, negotiation, and collaboration.
- Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly develop a thorough knowledge of, Queensland Procurement Policy and other relevant government regulations and by- laws the rules governing of the tendering process.
- Contribution to workplace equity and diversity that enriches our culture of innovation, respect and inclusion.
- Every staff member is expected to role model leadership behaviours.

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📌 Contract Manager (Queensland)
🏢 Primary Industries
📍 Queensland