Cost Transformation Lead - Procurement, Supply Chain & Health Technology Management at Te Whatu Ora, All Locations

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. 

We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations — from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. 

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care. 

About the Role

As our Cost Transformation Lead, within the Strategy and Enablement Function, you will drive our national efficiency and benefits programme across Procurement, Supply Chain and Health Technology Management (PSC&HTM), ensuring every dollar we invest delivers maximum value back into patient care.

This position is central to lifting performance and driving measurable financial outcomes. You will challenge assumptions, scrutinise delivery plans, and influence leaders to think differently about spend, value, and accountability. With a national mandate and strong partnership with Finance, you will design and embed value uplift frameworks, accelerate improvement initiatives, and ensure our system continuously unlocks efficiencies that endure over time.

You will champion innovation, empower better decision-making through insight, and ensure Health New Zealand delivers sustainable savings that strengthen our system and support equitable outcomes for communities across Aotearoa.

About the Team/Service/ Location

The Procurement, Supply Chain and Health Technology Management (PSC&HTM)  team at Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora are a national function with a vast and complex scope. They play a critical role in ensuring the availability, safety, and efficiency of clinical and non-clinical goods and services across the health system. Responsible for managing and influencing over $9 billion in annual spend, the team are central to delivering high-quality patient outcomes and standardising product usage across regions. 

About you

You are driven by outcomes and motivated by the challenge of delivering more for the health system, without compromising quality or equity. You bring a powerful mix of analytical capability, commercial thinking, informal leadership and the influencing skills needed to align people behind shared goals. You are confident working across complex environments, can build strong relationships at pace, and can turn insights into action that sticks.

You will bring:

• Proven experience delivering cost, efficiency or value programmes in large organisations
• Strong financial and analytical capability, with the ability to interpret data, assess benefits and challenge constructively
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing savings or efficiency plans
• The confidence and credibility to influence senior stakeholders and drive accountability
• Ability to coordinate value delivery programmes including multiple senior stakeholders
• Skill in building strong relationships and navigating complex environments with resilience and diplomacy
• A continuous improvement mindset, with the courage to challenge the status quo
• Experience working in ambiguous or transformational change settings
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present insight clearly and compellingly 

Working for Health New Zealand 

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.    

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by 20 November 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Zerissa Ong at zerissa.ong@tewhatuora.govt.nz 

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert. 

 Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.