Leading a team of two staff members Reporting into the Commercial Contracts Lead Full-time, Permanent role at Auckland City Hospital Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity The purpose of the position of Contract Manager is to provide overall operational management for the centralised commercial contracts team within the commercial services department at Te Toka Tumai Auckland. Accountable for leading the delivery of a range of contracts to support positive patient outcomes by ensuring the patient journey is optimised through the delivery of consistently high-quality support services within the Commercial team. Leading a team of two, the contract manager provides senior level operational management in a number of functional areas including Food, Linen & Uniform, Retail, Pest Control, Print, Watercoolers and Vending.

They also lead the central contract management practice coordination to ensure consistent and good practice is achieved across the portfolio of contracts. The role will support a team-based culture that fosters collaborative working relationships, innovation, continuous improvement and effective performance. It also leads and provide expertise and advice in relation to contracting processes and support for significant health service procurement projects ensuring best value from our contracts through high quality, best in class contract management.

For further details, please refer to the position description here. For a confidential chat and to know about the team and the role , please contact Tim Howitt, Commercial Contract Lead via email on TimHowittadhb.govt.

nz . Nga Pkenga Motuhake | Important Skills As the ideal person for this role, you will have the following skills and attributes: 10 years plus experience of managing a team Proven operations management experience Strong evidence of an ability to develop a culture of innovation, performance and transparency focussed on the customer Good understanding of the Health Sector Budget management experience Proven capacity/operational service delivery and planning experience A commitment to achieving equitable outcomes for Mori Ko wai mtou | Our Organisation We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand.

Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Childrens Hospital, located in central Auckland. We are part of Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealands national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngti Whtua in the gifting of their whenua on wh.