Procurement Analyst

Join NEC Australia on a 12-month fixed-term contract as a Procurement Analyst in Melbourne and play a pivotal role in keeping our procurement operations running at their best.

Working across procurement, finance, and business teams, you'll drive seamless supplier onboarding, ensure the integrity of vendor master data, and resolve transactional issues that keep the business moving. This is a fantastic opportunity to influence operational excellence, strengthen compliance, and enhance the supplier experience.

You'll be at the heart of maintaining a high-quality supplier database, supporting due diligence activities, identifying potential risks, and helping safeguard the organisation through accurate and compliant procurement processes.

Key responsibilities

Manage supplier onboarding, maintenance, verification and periodic review processes, including vendor master data governance and integrity

Manage changes to vendor master data, purchase orders and ERP systems with appropriate approvals from Finance and Procurement

Support supplier classification and segmentation activities, ensuring suppliers are categorised appropriately for reporting, governance and risk management

Assist with maintenance of Delegation of Authority and follow up on timely expense submissions in Concur

Resolve vendor and purchase order escalations, providing procurement guidance to business units while working closely with offshore support teams

Support procurement initiatives, reporting, process improvement and stakeholder projects to drive operational efficiency and compliance

About you

Experience working within a large, global organisation

Proven experience in procurement operations and vendor coordination

Comfortable handling financial workflows (PR/PO, invoicing, reconciliation, payment terms)

Experience working with cross-functional teams, including Finance/AP

Hands-on experience with procurement platforms (e.g. SAP, Concur)

Experience maintaining vendor master data within ERP systems

A sharp eye for identifying and resolving data quality issues, duplicate suppliers and record discrepancies

Exposure to supplier due diligence, supplier risk management or compliance processes

Ability to analyse procurement and supplier data for reporting and governance purposes

Why Join Us

This is a great opportunity to build your career in procurement operations within a large organisation, working across multiple stakeholder groups and gaining exposure to end-to-end vendor and supplier lifecycle management.

Benefits

Bonus & wellness days (after 6 months)

14 weeks paid parental leave

Up to 4 paid volunteer days per year

Discounts on health insurance, travel, entertainment & more

Salary sacrificing options (car leasing, super, etc.)

* Employee Assistance Program – free, confidential support for you & your family

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