As Australias largest International General Insurer and one of the top 25 worldwide, QBE Insurance is a leader in our field with a strong and established reputation. At QBE our core strengths are in the teams that we build and the people who work with us and are what make us an Internationally successful business. The purpose of this position is to be responsible for identifying new procurement cost reduction and service enhancement opportunities within specific categories of QBE spend. The benefits will be achieved by delivering new, approved supply arrangements, driving internal compliance to existing arrangements and maximising the use of agreed suppliers and pricing. Additionally this role will formulate and implement QBE Buying Policies that correspond with corporate strategies, governance and financial goals. A major part of this role will involve working very closely with Procurements main internal claims customers and will involve the identification, promotion and advocating the benefits of supply chain management within the business. This role may act as the Procurement lead in project managing large scale Procurement consultancy engagements with business units. Key responsibilities for this role will include the following, though not limited to: * Active engagement with Business Unit Panel Managers & supply chain users to understand their use of supply arrangements in order to drive process improvements and efficiencies for QBE and suppliers. * Improved Supplier performance through proactively managed relationships, measuring performance against contractual requirements and seeking value add beyond the contract provisions. * Enhancing the reputation of QBE among the supply base. * In collaboration with the respective Category Managers, the successful implementation of new/updated supplier arrangements or agreed process enhancements in all relevant Business Units in accordance with the category Business Case * Establish and maintain strong relationships with business unit representatives (e.g. supplier panel managers, claims managers) to identify, document and drive procurement benefits. This role may act as the lead in project managing large scale procurement consultancy engagements with business units. * Reviewing supply chain efficiencies to enhance the contribution of each supplier and reduce the volume of suppliers under management. * Measuring compliance by the most appropriate metric available, based on either spend of unit purchase in conjunction with the Analytics team. Key skills for this role include the following: * Must have recently worked in a Procurement/Supply Chain environment. Active engagement with internal or external customers, working closely with spend owners, influencing purchasing patterns, decisions and improving supply chain effectiveness. * Must have led or participated in more than two strategic sourcing projects where supply change has been implemented. * Developed or enhance communication channels between specialists and service recipients. * Composing procurement related policies. * Procurement/Supply Chain Management in a general insurance organisation where claims and non-claims expenses have been sourced and new supply arrangements have been implemented. * Worked as a Business Partner/Procurement advocate, selling the benefits of end-to-end supply chain management. * General Insurance claims process understanding * Web content development. * Project management skills