Purchasing Specialist

About us

At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.9 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand. If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the role

The Purchasing Specialist performs transactional purchasing activities, including the day-to-day raising of compliant purchase orders, the creation and maintenance of vendors, ad hoc reporting and analysis of materials usage. The role assists with purchasing queries and managing stakeholder expectations regarding order metrics and expected delivery dates and timeframes, along with providing administrative and operational support to the category management resources.

Key responsibilities

• Raise purchase orders from existing supplier arrangements, catalogues or from preferred supplier listings; if these do not exist, ensure proper procedures and approvals are obtained for non-catalogued items and services, in accordance with the Procurement Policy and business processes, before purchase orders are raised.
• Investigate and rectify discrepancies between invoice and purchase order values for the Accounts Payable Team.
• Create, maintain or retire vendor master file records in SAP with compliance to audit trail requirements.
• Liaise with operational resources within business units and core network category management resources to ensure that agreed process improvements and value-add activities are implemented according to business needs.
• Foster and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve desired purchasing outcomes for business units, ensuring accurate and timely advice is provided.

For more information on the role’s responsibilities, please click here to download the position description.

What you’ll need from day one

• Extensive knowledge of purchasing principles, where activities are conducted in accordance with company procurement policy, processes, and procedures (required).
• Strong understanding of all aspects of core network categories, including knowledge of major suppliers in the industry (advantageous).
• Knowledge of internal business unit operating models for core network products (preferred).
• Competent navigation and order execution within a purchasing system (knowledge of SAP is preferred).
• Some hands-on or supervisory experience in a logistics environment (advantageous).
• Completed secondary education (preferred).
• Certificate in Procurement/Purchasing, or Business Administration (advantageous).

If you believe you have what it takes but don’t meet every requirement—or if you’d like to discuss flexible working arrangements to meet the key responsibilities —we encourage you to get in touch.

Key Benefits

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our partnership with Work180.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTIQA community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes.  With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

What’s next

Submit your application via our careers’ website by 14 May 2026. To make a confidential reasonable adjustment query, please contact Nadya Kartika from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.