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The Procurement Lead is responsible for managing the Council's strategic procurement and purchasing functions to ensure compliant and efficient service delivery. They will provide specialist advice, develop practical tools, and build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to improve tendering practices.
The role requires demonstrated leadership experience, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders within legislative and governance frameworks. A strong background in procurement, including tendering and contract management, is highly desirable.
About the role
As Procurement Lead, you play a critical role in enabling positive customer and business outcomes by leading Council’s strategic procurement and purchasing functions. Success in this role means building a mature, trusted procurement capability that supports leaders and teams to navigate procurement confidently, compliantly and efficiently.
Working closely with the Manager Strategic Procurement and Property, you will provide specialist advice, practical tools and clear processes that balance governance, probity and risk with commercial outcomes and service delivery needs. You will also help shape Council’s strategic procurement direction, strengthening ways of working, leveraging technology and building strong internal and external relationships to improve procurement and tendering practices across Council.
This is a full-time temporary Parental leave backfill position until July/August 2027 based at the Civic Centre. We support flexible working arrangements while ensuring operational needs of the role are met.
This is a Band 7 classified role. Remuneration will be $115,162.08 to $129,157.23 (depending on experience) plus superannuation in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee.
What you will bring to this role
The key selection criteria for this role are:
How to apply
Please submit your application, including your resume and cover letter online via the ‘Apply’ button by 5pm on 16 August 2026.
All applications must be made via the online portal. No applications direct to the hiring manager will be considered.
For further information on this role please contact Tim Lawson, Manager Strategic Procurement and Property, at [email protected] or on 9298 8705.
A link to the position description can be found in the job listing on our Knox City Council Jobs and Careers page.
Please note: Candidates will be shortlisted as applications are received and this role may close earlier than the anticipated closing date.
Why work at Knox
Discover your future at Knox City Council, where you will deliver meaningful impact, find great opportunities and work with committed people to shape our community. As an employee of Knox, you can enjoy:
To find out more about the benefits of working at Knox City Council, visit knox.vic.gov.au/why-work-knox
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Knox City Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to providing a workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion. We are committed to a positive, barrier-free recruitment process. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.
Knox City Council has zero tolerance for child abuse and all forms of harm to children. All children and young people who access our services, programs, events and facilities have the right to feel safe and be safe. This includes spaces owned or managed by Council. We take the wellbeing and safety of children and young people in our care seriously. We maintain a child safe organisation by embedding the protection of children into everyday thinking and practice. All Knox City Council employees, contractors and volunteers are responsible for ensuring children and young people are valued, heard and protected from abuse.
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Your City
The City of Knox is located approximately 25kms south-east of the Melbourne GPO. Knox is one of the most populous municipalities in Victoria with over 165,000 residents. Knox residents are proud of their city’s leafy green image. They are protective of the nearby Foothills and other special places of biological significance. It is a community concerned for the welfare of others, with residents from 130 different countries who speak 54 languages. The City of Knox includes the suburbs of Ferntree Gully, Upper Ferntree Gully, Boronia, The Basin, Rowville, Wantirna, Wantirna South, Lysterfield, Knoxfield, Scoresby and Bayswater.
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