Senior Procurement Leader

• Opportunity to drive strategic business value across the Indirects team

• Flexible work arrangement – 3 days in office, 2 days remote

• Location: Melbourne CBD, Victoria

Unlock Your Potential as a Senior Buyer - Indirects

Are you a strategic procurement leader looking to drive transformation and deliver innovative solutions that drive business value? Do you want to join a global organisation committed to evolving its procurement function? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Buyer to facilitate strategy development and execution, sourcing, and supplier partnership for a designated portfolio, and contribute to global strategies that drive competitive advantage.

The Company Overview

One of the largest food and beverage companies in the world, with eight $1 billion+ brands and global sales of approximately $25 billion. Our beloved products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, infant and nutrition products, and numerous other grocery products in a portfolio of more than 200 legacy and emerging brands.

Key Position Responsibilities Include:

• Develop and implement local Procurement Category Strategies and support the development of global strategies.

• Execute Procurement Category Strategy project pipeline, including creation of sourcing strategies, internal needs assessment, market assessment, management of sourcing events (RfX), leading negotiations, supplier selection, and contracting/contract approval cycles.

• Build and maintain market intelligence to understand cost drivers, inflation development, market dynamics, and opportunities for innovation or other business benefit.

• Work with local and global stakeholders to collate and align mid-and-long-term strategies based on business needs and strategic objectives.

• Define and manage annual ESG and productivity projects related to category goods/services in collaboration with Procurement Operations team and functional counterparts.

• Lead supplier relationship management (SRM) and supplier development programs in partnership with key stakeholders and strategic suppliers to deliver on strategic agenda and drive competitive advantage.

• Measure and manage Procurement category performance against business needs.

About You:

• Proven experience in a similar role, preferably within a manufacturing/industrial environment.

• Experience in managing commercial, IT and corporate services will be highly regarded.

• Tertiary qualified, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Proficient in Excel and business procurement systems.

• Proven experience in managing and executing procurement category strategies, leading RFX and negotiations, contract development and execution, stakeholder engagement and supplier relationship management.

• Strong analytical skills, confident in problem-solving, with a commercial and entrepreneurial mindset.

• Ability to work with local and global stakeholders to drive business growth, innovation, and sustainability.

• Experience in managing spend under management, category complexity, and supplier performance to deliver commercial impact.

Benefits of Working With Us

• Hybrid Working – Flexibility around when and where you work.

• Pay for Performance – industry-leading variable compensation offerings tied to company and individual performance on top of a competitive base salary package.

• Parental Leave – paid time off for both primary AND secondary caregivers.

• Leave Options – purchased leave, volunteer leave and LiveWell leave programs to give you even more flexibility to plan your life and spend time on causes that matter.

• Novated Leasing.

• Great Place to Work certification in Australia and New Zealand.

• In House Training Programs.

• Corporate Discount Programs.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're a results-driven procurement professional, a collaborative team player, and passionate about delivering value, we want to hear from you. We will review applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close this job posting at any time.