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Job Title


Purchasing Officer


Company : Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service


Location : Toowoomba, Queensland


Created : 2025-02-17


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Take on a pivotal role in the Commercial Management team as a Purchasing Officer with Darling Downs Health. Youll play a key part in delivering high-quality purchasing services and ensuring smooth operational processes. If you excel in a collaborative environment, enjoy problem-solving, and are passionate about client-focused service, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact.What Your Day Will Look Like.As a Purchasing Officer, you''ll work within a small team, managing various aspects of the purchasing process to ensure efficiency and cost-effectiveness. You''ll oversee inventory management, invoice reconciliation, and back-order reports, keeping everything running smoothly. Collaboration is key, as you''ll build relationships with clients and supply coordinators to understand their needs and provide support. Your role also includes responding to customer, vendor, and accounts payable inquiries, where you''ll use your problem-solving skills to resolve issues. You''ll regularly review purchasing procedures to ensure compliance with modern practices, making adjustments when necessary. Throughout the day, you''ll have the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to a high-functioning team, while continuously improving operational processes.Let''s talk about you!Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:Compassion you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.Integrity you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.Dignity you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.Innovation you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.Courage you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.Why Us?Darling Downs Health''s (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.Benefits!Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlementsA diverse work cultureCareer developmentProfessional development opportunitiesEducation opportunities, Study and ResearchPaid parental leaveEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Discounted Private Health InsuranceFitness PassportWork-Life Balance, Variety and FlexibilityGenerous Salary SacrificingNext step.Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation. #J-18808-Ljbffr