Procurement Insights Advisor - Fixed Term

This position sits within the Finance Group who deliver the financial strategy and governance for the organisation.

He angituutanga: The opportunity 

Join a high‑impact team shaping how our city invests in its future.

Hamilton City Council delivers substantial and diverse procurement activity spanning construction and infrastructure, professional services, ICT, maintenance, fleet, and operational goods and services. Working within a centre‑led procurement model, the Procurement team provides the policy, standards, systems, insights, and assurance frameworks that enable great procurement across the organisation.

We’re looking for a Procurement Insights Analyst to build the data, reporting, and insights foundation that supports smarter decision‑making, stronger compliance, and improved value for money.

About the role

As our Procurement Insights Analyst, you will create and maintain a trusted procurement data environment and reporting suite that gives a clear line of sight to spend, compliance, supplier risk, performance, and value delivery. You’ll turn raw data into meaningful insights that help leaders and buyers make better decisions — and guide continuous improvement across the Council’s procurement activity.

This is a highly influential role that sits at the centre of our procurement transformation, partnering with leaders to uplift capability, enhance transparency, and drive evidence‑based improvement.

Key responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Extract and integrate procurement data from finance systems, e‑procurement platforms, contract registers, spreadsheets, and legacy systems into a coherent analytical environment.
• Solve complex data challenges by transforming and modelling semi‑structured data.
• Build trusted procurement reporting and dashboards that are accurate, intuitive, and used across the organisation.
• Work closely with the Head of Procurement, Change Manager, and Procurement Operations & Capability Lead to support adoption of our 32‑action procurement improvement plan.
• Support Council’s procurement maturity uplift programme to ensure actions are implemented, operating, and embedded.
• Establish monitoring and control frameworks including performance indicators, compliance thresholds, risk flags, and trend analysis.
• Contribute to organisation‑wide uplift in procurement capability.
• Deliver insights that support prioritisation, risk management, intervention, and continuous improvement.
• Help ensure probity and supplier risk management are delivered effectively across the centre‑led model.
• Support compliance with Hamilton City Council’s Procurement Rules, Policies and Procedures, and the Office of the Auditor‑General’s Procurement Guidance for Public Entities.

About you

You’ll thrive in this role if you bring:

• Strong analytical capability and experience working with complex datasets
• Confidence in building dashboards and reporting (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
• An ability to translate data into insights that non‑technical users can understand and act on
• A continuous improvement mindset and curiosity for solving problems
• Experience with procurement, finance, or public‑sector data (advantageous but not essential)

Why join us?

At Hamilton City Council, you’ll be part of a team that makes a meaningful difference for our growing and vibrant city. You’ll have the autonomy to shape how procurement insights evolve and the opportunity to directly support the uplift of capability, maturity, and performance across the organisation.

We offer flexible working, a supportive team culture, and the chance to work on impactful projects that truly matter to our community.

This is a fixed term opportunity to 28 February 2027.

Oo puumanawa me oo wheako | Your skills and experience

• Batchelor's degree in Data Analytics.
• 9-10 years’ experience in large complex business environments working in an analyst capacity either in procurement or finance.
• 5 years’ experience in data extraction, transformation & modelling.
• Advanced capability / certification in Power BI, Excel and Power Query.
• Process improvement experience, coupled with strong exposure or experience in change. management- ADKAR / Prosci.
• Experience working with semi-structure and poor-quality data.
• Experience building performance dashboards & control frameworks.
• Strong Analytical & problem-solving mindset.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills with strong stakeholder and change-delivery skills.
• A thorough understanding of The Government Rules of Procurement would be preferred.

He aha te wariu o te utu kaimahi? | What’s the salary? 

Circa $115K dependent on skills and experience.

Ngaa waahi whakarato painga kei a maatou: What we offer 

• Flexible by choice; an award-winning flexible working policy.
• Opportunities for professional development.
• Free health insurance through Unimed including hospital/surgery grade cover and discounted. membership rates for family members.
• Free annual health checks and flu vaccination.
• Eye testing/glasses cost reimbursement.
• Discounted purchases from local businesses; gym memberships, cafes, dentists, hairdressers and many more.

Me Tono Inaaianei!: Apply Now! 

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Applications close on the: 07/04/2026

Note: We will be shortlisting as we receive applications.

Council is committed to honouring the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi through its relationship with Kiingitanga, Waikato Tainui, mana whenua and maataa waka within Hamilton Kirikiriroa.

All candidates will be notified of the outcome on their application via email. Short-listed candidates will be required to complete an interview process, reference checks and a criminal check. Further background checking will be required when relevant to the role. View more information about these checks, our commitment to the Privacy act and details for international applicants by clicking here

It is important to us that we support you throughout our selection process (interview and assessments). If you have any access needs during this process, let us know in advance so we can make sure these are met.

As a council, we believe in creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and belongs. We value inclusiveness (Kotahitanga) – we respect and value the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents that everyone brings.

This role is being sourced directly. If/where Hamilton City Council requires the support of a recruitment agency, we will seek this support from our panel of selected agencies. Hamilton City Council will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any commissions, fees or other payments related to unsolicited contact.