Category Manager

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Westpac Group Full time

Category Manager: 39601

Full-Time Permanent

Hybrid Working Model

How will I help?
As the Category Manager you will be responsible for the support of categories predominantly within our Consumer Banking Groups.

You will partner with key stakeholders, including Senior Executives and will play an important part of the relationship between the Consumer Groups and the Groups Procurement Team.

In addition, you will support a strong agile and delivery mindset culture that embodies our values and behaviours, balancing regulatory, commercial and member needs.


Key Responsibilities include:

  • Strategic category plans for Consumer Products categories with a focus on bank card manufacture developed in conjunction with and endorsed by business stakeholders.
  • Sourcing strategies developed in alignment with the strategic category plans approved prior to formal market approach.
  • Pipeline accuracy of contract execution and contract coverage for spend categories.
  • Contract and commercial management compliance and partner governance activities.
  • Satisfactory first line of defence reviews of responsible sourcing, risk register, supplier health risk assessments, contractual obligations.
  • Sustainability benefits and commercial benefits are determined and delivered.

What's in it for me?
You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is creating better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure.

Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers.

This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements.

And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled.


What do I need?

  • Experienced procurement professional within a corporate structure, ideally from a banking/ financial services.
  • End to end procurement process knowledge.
  • Communication skills that allow for collaboration with internal business partners to develop and execute strategic category management plans.
  • Relevant tertiary qualifications.

What's it like to work there?
We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility - and champions inclusion.


How do I Apply?
The health and wellbeing of our employees is our top priority.

We've developed clear standards to ensure our people are confident, safe and healthy whether they're working from a Westpac Group site or working from home.

These are based on expert medical advice and Safe Work Australia guidelines.

**Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

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