Junior Category Manager

1 day ago


North Ryde, Australia Inghams Group Limited Full time

**Posted**:
22/04/2025

**Closing Date**:
22/05/2025

**Job Type**:
Permanent - Full Time

**Location**:
NSW - North Ryde

**Job Category**:
Finance, Risk & Procurement

We’ve been proudly bringing joy to tables and smiles to faces with the delicious food we’ve been crafting for over 100 years. A large part of our growth and success is because we're always looking for new ways to do things and thinking about how we can create a better, more sustainable future world together. Our success as an industry leader in providing deliciously good food means we can continue to invest in our future as we work towards becoming Australia and New Zealand’s first choice for poultry.

Job Description

**Your opportunity to join our Procurement team** at North Ryde**

We are looking for an ambitious team member to join our Procurement team and support our Category Managers in the sustained delivery of benefits across selected categories. You will assist the team with the development and execution of category strategies, including end to end category management, contract management, supply & demand analytics, improvement of processes and controls, supplier relationships and supply chain risks.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Assist category managers with contract creation, administration and ongoing management
- Provide support for selected categories including the execution of RFI, RFP and RFQ processes
- Support the procurement team in the analytics and execution of annual operating plan
- Day to day management of suppliers in conjunction with the onsite teams
- Ensure that the categories procurement governance requirements are met and help with resolving any outstanding issues
- Align stakeholder needs and supply capability through analytics, procurement processes and research with existing and new supplier relationships across multiple categories and functions
- Monitor market trends, supplier spend and opportunities to develop and implement category strategies for continuous improvement to the business
- Manage administration of pipeline for cost improvement activities that continue to deliver year on year benefits
- Maintenance of various procurement and pricing systems ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Participate in NPD process in conjunction with the wider business

**Key requirements**:

- Be a bright, driven and engaging graduate, with 1-2 years’ experience, looking to build your career and contribute to a fun, high performing and supportive team
- Exposure to contract or category management an advantage
- Strong administration and project management skills, with the ability to keep projects on time and within budget
- Demonstrated ability to engage with both internal and external stakeholders
- Be a self-starter with an innate curious and entrepreneurial nature
- Excellent analytical capability with the ability to administer efficient Procurement technologies
- Able to thrive in a change management environment, with the ability to bring people on the change journey
- Previous experience in procurement is not essential but you will be recently qualified with a commerce, engineering, or finance degree

We’re looking for people who are curious, caring, courageous and committed to join us; people who want to contribute their best work every single day and continue delivering deliciously good food that’s Always Good.


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