Category Manager

1 week ago


Henley Beach South, South Australia ACH Group Full time

Established in 1952, ACH Group is a large not for profit organisation with an annual turnover in excess of $130m, supporting the lives of older people to live well while they age, the business employs around 1900 people and offers a wide range of integrated care and accommodation options to their customers including health and wellbeing, residential care, retirement living and general assistance for carers.

ACH Group has identified the need for two new Category Manager roles to join our procurement team.

With an annual OPEX spend $50m+, each Category Manager will be responsible for a specific range of procurement categories including hospitality & catering, cleaning, allied health/ medical, trades, hardware, and safety systems.


What you'll do:

  • Lead the development of category plans designed to deliver value for money outcomes, manage risk and deliver optimal business requirements.
  • Build and maintain strong and constructive working relationships with all key stakeholders to deliver optimal outcomes for your elected categories.
  • Identify innovative procurement solutions that provide cashable savings and process efficiencies for the organization.
  • Facilitating and managing tendering processes, sourcing deals and delivery and quality for a complete procurement cycle.
  • Use influence and specialist knowledge to highlight and address issues and develop solutions with consideration for likely business impacts which ensuring stakeholders are actively engaged in the problem
- solving process.

  • Maintain expert knowledge of supply markets, competitors, and product innovations within your elected categories.
  • Focus on governance and risk management for your elected categories being able to identify and mitigate risks in areas such as modern slavery, continuity of supply and WHS.
  • Establish, maintain and report to monitor supplier performance and compliance requirements.
  • Work with and support the Head of Procurement to deliver other key procurement and commercial initiatives as required.

About You


To be successful in this role you will need the skills to influence and drive change and to engage with a range of key stakeholders.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement (newly created role) you will ideally possess:

  • Customer experience skills and mindset
  • Knowledge of procurement processes
  • Solution focused
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication and problem solving skills
  • Proactive and relationship oriented

You will need

  • Relevant tertiary qualification in Procurement, Business, Management, Commerce, Supply Chain or similar
  • Experience as a Procurement Specialist or Category Manager or equivalent role
  • Highly developed interpersonal and relationship building skills, demonstrating excellent behaviours with stakeholders.
  • Strong customer service and quality focus
  • Flu & COVID19 vaccinations (including booster, if eligible)

It would be helpful if you had:

  • A CURRENT Police Check for unsupervised contact / vulnerable groups less than 12 months old

If you want to join our amazing team, we can offer you:

  • Career development with inhouse upskilling and external learning opportunities
  • Friendly and inclusive culture, supporting diversity and employee wellbeing
  • Free onsite flu vaccination program
  • Financial advice for HESTA members, our preferred superannuation supplier
  • Wellbeing program including free employee assistance program
  • Flexible working wherever possible
  • Recognition program acknowledging significant contributions
  • Salary packaging to maximise your take home pay


Discounted Corporate Membership
  • Health Insurance
  • BUPA
  • Café and Coffee Barista on site
ACH Group is a not-for-profit organisation in the Health Care Sector.

This means that you can salary package up to $15,900 per annum for living expenses and $2,650 for meals/entertainment to reduce your tax.

We also offer a range of perks through our Employee Benefits Program (eg. discounted private health).

Applications close: 5pm Friday 14th April, 2023.

Previous applicants need not apply.


ACH Group celebrates and encourages workforce diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious beliefs, disability or any other basis.


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