Senior Purchasing Officer – Kwinana

At Covalent Lithium, we are genuinely passionate about creating a clean energy future and supporting our teams who enable this vision.

Following the commissioning of our mine and concentrator at Mt Holland in 2024, we recently celebrated our first production of battery -grade lithium hydroxide at our Kwinana Refinery.

We are now a fully integrated mine-to-refinery operation, supplying high quality lithium hydroxide to global markets and enabling approximately 1 million electric vehicles to go on the road, every year for the next 50 years.

We are proud to foster a culture where people with different skills, experiences and backgrounds are welcomed and set-up for success.

• Employee Benefits
• Competitive remuneration, and annual incentives for eligible employees
• Access to discounts, recognition and rewards
• Access to flexible work arrangements
• Dedicated wellbeing program support and discounted health insurance
• Equal access to paid parental leave, financial support, return to work and parenting room
• Salary sacrifice options for superannuation and novated leasing

The Role

This role is responsible for leading the purchasing function, activities and Purchasing Officers.

You will ensure purchase orders are placed in line with business requirements and that deliveries meet demand, quality and cost targets.

You will also provide day-to-day support to ensure the timely and reliable supply of goods and services required by operations, including the effective management and processing of Covalent’s Rotable Pool.

This position is also accountable for ERP end user training and adherence to the relevant Covalent policies, processes and procedures.

This is a Permanent Full-time position based at our Kwinana Office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee purchasing activities, including PR-to-PO conversion and daily workload management.
• Lead the Purchasing team, including daily/weekly meetings, performance management, training and development.
• Develop and maintain purchasing processes, procedures, standard work and KPIs.
• Drive continuous improvement and optimise purchasing processes to deliver cost savings and efficiencies.
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with Covalent policies, procedures, budgets and expenditure controls.
• Partner with the business and end users to ensure purchasing requirements are efficiently and effectively met.
• Manage supplier relationships and promote the use of approved vendors and established contracts.
• Oversee SAP purchasing master data, purchase orders and Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt (GRIR) processes.
• Liaise with Finance and Supply Chain to resolve purchasing, invoicing and procurement matters.
• Monitor and expedite overdue goods and services, providing support to the Manager Supply Chain as required.
• Role Requirements
• Certificate IV in Purchasing & Procurement (or equivalent) as a minimum.
• Diploma or Tertiary level qualifications are advantageous.
• CIPS Qualification, or APICS Qualification
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Purchasing, ideally in a mining/construction environment.
• Experience in managing purchasing transactions within SAP HANA S4 (Public Cloud), or similar ERP Systems.
• Broad understanding of the Procurement cycle.
• Proven Procure to Pay (P-P) experience.
• Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop effective relationships with key suppliers and stakeholders.

A competitive remuneration package commensurate with the role, candidate experience, skills and qualifications will be offered.

Our team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work.

Candidates from all backgrounds and ages are encouraged to apply, including First Nations People, those who identify as LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities and those with neurodiverse, intersectional, or multiple diverse characteristics.

Covalent Lithium is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, with a focus on our employees.

We recognise skills, expertise, commitment and living our values of Purpose, Care, Accountability and Collaboration.

Our goal is to attract, develop, motivate, reward, and retain the best people in the industry.

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