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#113 - Jobs galore in procurement ...

15 Feb 2010

The Buyer couldn’t help noticing the plethora of job news within the profession this last week or so.

A casual glance in ‘The Age’ newspaper on Saturday 13th February showed three senior procurement manager roles being advertised prominently for the VIC government, a power provider and a pet food company respectively. This followed a week that saw the announcement of a major recruitment drive at Qantas procurement, the CPO vacancy at CBA in Sydney and the new NBN Co. set to recruit a whole procurement team.

The SA Water full page advertisement in the UK CIPS Supply Management magazine page 41 last week www.supplymanagement.com/jobs for Adelaide based procurement specialists  is also telling, and the NZ public sector initiative to import MCIPS qualified procurement professionals is set to gain traction from this month onwards now the new business season is here. Specialist procurement recruiters privately acknowledge significant numbers of new briefings in Sydney and Melbourne. Reports of rampant poaching in the west also continue on from late last year – allegedly the Gorgon project is systematically offering instant wage increases of around 30% for seasoned procurement people to swap projects in Perth.  There are also 37 job vacancies listed on www.pponline.com.au alone this weekend, a relatively high number for early February.

Recent senior appointments at NBN, Coates Hire and Healthscope as well as at The Faculty complete the feeling that busy times are upon us again.

Maybe people are recognizing the contribution procurement people can make during challenging times? Or maybe boom times are here again? Either way it is good news surely?

The Buyer - posted 15 February 2010

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