Procurement Specialist, Nova Scotia Food Program Program Admin. Officer 3

Procurement Specialist, Nova Scotia Food Program (Program Admin. Officer 3)

Competition # : 44828

Department: Service Nova Scotia

Location: HALIFAX

Type of Employment: Permanent

Union Status: NSGEU - NSPG

Closing Date: 06-Jan-25 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)

About Us

Procurement is a division of the Department of Service Nova Scotia that manages major purchases for departments, agencies, boards and commissions and their complex business needs. In Procurement, we ensure an open and fair purchasing process that maximizes competition and supports the environment, economy, and society to obtain the best value.

About Our Opportunity

This position will be supporting the NS Food Program which is made up of over 80+ facilities throughout Nova Scotia covering NSHA, IWK, continuing care facilities, correctional facilities, and community groups.

Primary Accountabilities

In this role you can expect to:

1. Provide general program support to the NS Food Program.
2. Possess a keen understanding of healthcare food and nutrition requirements and the nuances and considerations associated with procurement activities for this sector.
3. Act as liaison between the Group Purchasing Organizations' head office, program members, and the supplier community.
4. Participate in internal and external committees that support the program.
5. Plan, manage, execute, and evaluate various projects.
6. Provide procurement guidance and assistance.
7. Have a strong customer service orientation with experience in delivering excellence in client service.
8. Have a professional demeanor as a front facing program representative.
9. Category reporting through mining and analyzing data, compiling results, and highlighting actions, trends, and patterns while identifying financial impact/opportunities.
10. Identify opportunities to achieve best value through stakeholder engagement, spend analytics, and category market intelligence.
11. Understand and apply various sourcing strategies and assist with contract negotiations.
12. Complete other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree plus a minimum of 5 years related experience. Related experience may include:

• Food service experience in a healthcare setting.
• Experience in food service sales or distribution.
• Experience in food service procurement.
• Experience working in a clinical procurement environment.
• Experience in procurement.

You also have the following skills or work experience:

• Knowledge and experience in food program development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Interpersonal and creativity skills, as well as a high degree of diplomacy in providing advice and guidance to senior management.
• Establishing and maintaining effective rapport across broad stakeholder community.
• Building, managing, and supporting successful multi-stakeholder partnerships.
• Intermediate to advanced skills with the Microsoft Office suite especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in data analytics.
• Advanced demonstrable time management and organizational skills are required.
• Proven team player working collaboratively with management, peers & clients.

Assets

• Completion or partial completion of Applied Human Nutrition (Dietetics) program or equivalent.
• Completion or partial completion of Certification/Training such as PMP, CAPM, PSPP, SCMP.
• Contract management experience.
• Project management experience.
• Vendor management experience.
• Public procurement experience.
• Experience in account reconciliation.

Equivalency

An equivalent combination of training, education and experience will be considered. Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must demonstrate such equivalencies in their application.

Working Conditions

This role is primarily based in an office environment. You must be able to work efficiently and effectively in a workplace environment that is constantly dealing with time pressures and caseload demands. You may be working at your computer for extended periods of time. The Procurement team is currently working in a hybrid model with specified office and remote days.

What We Offer

• Career Development where you have access to career guidance, tools, resources, and ongoing training for every stage of your career.
• Engaging workplace where our employees feel valued, respected, connected, and tuned in.
• Countless Career Paths.

Pay Grade: PR 13

Salary Range: $2,556.10- $3,107.16 Bi-Weekly

Employment Equity Statement:

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve. The Government of Nova Scotia has an Employment Equity Policy, and we welcome applications from Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.

This is a bargaining unit position initially restricted to current civil service employees represented by the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union (NSGEU). If applying from outside a government office, employees must apply correctly via this link:

Failure to apply correctly means that your application will not be given first consideration as a bargaining unit applicant, and will only be included if external applications are pursued.

Offer of employment is conditional upon the completion of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials, the results of which must be satisfactory to the employer. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All questions and concerns may be directed to Competitions@novascotia.ca.