Vendor & Accounts Payable Manager

**Joining the Metcash Family** At Metcash, you’re part of something bigger. You have all the perks of a small business heart, without missing out on the big business support. Being part of something bigger means you’re part of a strong purpose, where the work you do makes a big difference to independent business and local communities. It opens a sea of opportunities to develop yourself, grow your career, thrive your way and make your mark. And you’ll be part of our high performing team, where you reap the rewards of our collective success now and into the future. **About the Opportunity** This position will be responsible for pro-actively administering operational support framework and compliance to vendors for trade and non-trade supply to agreed terms. The role will liaise with all pillars across the Metcash Group to develop process and procedures, identify training opportunities, automation and enhanced processes to maximise working capital managed, minimise risk and ensure Invoice and Payments Policy compliance and targets are met. **In this Role** - Build relationship with vendors to implement in customer service and reduce administration costs. - Administer and guide Invoice and Payments Policy to be fine-tuned to meet current commercial environment. - Ensure Vendor supply chains are calibrated to Metcash support processes - Ensure Metcash continues to provide the best service to our vendors to reduce errors and remediate any supply chain gaps as identified. - Meet regularly to ensure team members including local and outsourced partner are fully trained and optimised to ensure vendor invoices are promptly processed and ‘Approved’ as ‘Ready to Pay’ across the Metcash Group with mínimal delays. - Monitor aged creditors to ensure agreed targets are achieved. - Work closely with eBusiness team to ensure EDI invoice/automation opportunities grow within the trade vendor base. - Manage ‘Risk & Control Matrix’ (RACM) review and management. - Managing Internal and External audit queries. - Provide review, reconciliation, guidance, feedback and training to onshore and offshore teams on Policy and Vendor Management including Grocery Code of Conduct (GCOC) and legislative changes for Payment Times Reporting (PTR) and Privacy as they are planned and/or occur. **You’re Likely a Match If** - Minimum 5+ years Vendor Management Experience with solid knowledge in compliance and managing risk. - Minimum 5+ years’ experience in a change management - Advanced Organisational and Communication Skills - Experience in training & developing outsourced / offshore resources - D365 or similar ERP supply chain experience essential **Life at Metcash** Supportive and flexible work environment. Our team enjoys a hybrid working approach of 3 days office / 2 days remote Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave every year after your first year. Benefit from 2 well-being days and 1 volunteer day annually. An abundance of learning, development, and career growth opportunities. 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave for primary carers. Proudly awarded “Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion”. Recognised as 45th in the global "Equileap Top 100" for initiatives on gender equity. - ️A neutral gender pay gap of under 5% as published by WGEA 2023- 2024 Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia. Incredible value discounts and perks through our team member app, “Our Local”. **About Us** Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company, with revenue exceeding $18 billion in FY24. We’re also an ASX top 100 listed company. We believe that it is absolutely vital to Australia that there is a sustainable, independent, family-owned business sector. Independent retailers support their local communities. We help them to be the ‘Best Store in Their Town’ by providing merchandising, operational and marketing support across our food, liquor and hardware pillars. - Join us and be part of something bigger_