Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Category Manager (Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment) to lead the end-to-end delivery of FFE programs supporting capital purchasing across the UnitingCare Hospitals (UCH) portfolio, and as suitable support hospital developments and strategic capital projects. Working at the intersection of procurement, project delivery and healthcare operations, you'll play a critical role in ensuring facilities are ready to provide safe, high-quality patient care. You will partner with senior clinical, operational, financial, executive, and supplier stakeholders to define requirements, manage clinical and operational needs, negotiate strong commercial terms, and deliver positive FF&E outcomes.

Your part in our UnitingCare team

Reporting to the General Manager Procurement & Supply, you will lead the planning, sourcing, commercial analysis and negotiation, coordination and delivery of furniture, fixtures and equipment programmes across a range of capital sourcing projects. Working closely with clinicians, department leaders, non-clinical functions, Executives, suppliers and contractors, you'll ensure successful procurement outcomes while balancing clinical, operational and financial requirements.

In this role, you will:

• Develop FF&E procurement plans based on capital purchasing needs.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering and equipment selection.
• Lead quotation, tender and sourcing processes, including supplier evaluation and commercial negotiations.
• Support capital expenditure budgets, forecast project expenditure and optimise value across FFE programmes.
• Lead commercial negotiations and supplier selection, ensuring best value for money is delivered for our Hospitals, including consideration of capital costs along with ongoing operational expenditure costs, including service agreements and associated consumable costs as relevant.
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical consistency, reduce lifecycle costs and maximise commercial leverage.
• Support relevant stakeholders to ensure procured equipment is appropriately commissioned, input into asset registers and relevant preventative maintenance schedules are established.
• Drive standardisation, supplier optimisation and continuous improvement initiatives across the organisation.

What makes a difference for us?

• Demonstrated experience conducting commercial analysis of market offers and conducting commercial negotiations with suppliers.
• Experience working within private hospitals or other like healthcare environments
• Strong knowledge of procurement governance, market engagement, commercial negotiation and contract management.
• Proven ability to deliver value optimisation outcomes.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence clinical, operational, executive and other stakeholders.
• Experience managing suppliers, contractors and multidisciplinary teams to achieve successful outcomes.
• Ability to translate operational and clinical requirements into practical FFE solutions that support operational readiness.
• Current driver's licence and eligibility to legally work in Australia.

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference 
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.  

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.  

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.