Procurement Category Manager

3 days ago

North Sydney, Australia Invocare Full time

**About You**:
You are a true Category and Sourcing professional with proven client engagement skills. You have also had the opportunity to work across a broad mix of categories. Ideally you will have worked in a medium sized organisation and enjoy working to develop processes and frameworks and ways of working for the internal stakeholder you will support.

The essential skills and qualifications you need:

- Strong knowledge and demonstrated experience of Category Management and Strategic Sourcing principles, frameworks and practices
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; ability to influence stakeholders and interact with staff at all levels of the business
- Analytical interpretation and problem solving skills
- A high level of business acumen
- Procure to Pay (P2P) knowledge including buying channels and processes
- IT procurement would be ideal

**Your new role**:
You will join a small Procurement function midst of establishing organisational frameworks, strategic sourcing and discipline around category management and will be a key contributor to this evolution. You will manage a variety of categories and vendors with accountability for end to end sourcing activities and providing leadership and expertise.

You will also be responsible for:

- Working collaboratively with customers and partners to deliver complex sourcing activities
- Undertaking market trend analysis, best practice and consider innovative approaches to strategic sourcing
- Leading negotiations to establish and review supply arrangements

**About Us**:
InvoCare is an industry leader within the funeral industry, we currently operate over 300 funeral locations, 17 cemeteries and 29 crematoria, throughout Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and growing.

**Benefits of joining InvoCare**:
You may not have considered this industry before, but we provide vital services to families that helps them to celebrate the lives of those they loved. Our staff live our values every day and get to experience the gratitude that comes with offering such a meaningful service. The benefits you can receive include:

- Reward and recognition programs
- Tailored induction and training programs
- Well designed and fitted out locations with the latest facilities
- Networking opportunities across the business and with peers
- Birthday and paid parental leave
- Free access Employee Assistant Program
- Annual family day social events
- We are a diverse workplace and equal opportunity employer Set remuneration bands with regular performance discussions and remuneration reviews

**How to Apply**:
InvoCare is proud to provide our employees with a quality work environment and opportunity for both personal and professional growth.

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