Procurement Leader

Department: Procurement and Planning - ANZ- Location: North Strathfield, AU, 2137- Job Function: Supply Chain - ANZ- Employment Type: Full timeThe Arnott’s Group portfolio of brands such as Tim Tams, Campbell Soup, Shapes, V8 and Scotch Finger continues the 155-year legacy of the Arnott family, providing quality, great-tasting food. Our ambition is to be a regional powerhouse of consumer food brands and our purpose is simple: to create delicious moments. We foster equality, diversity and sustainability, high performance with integrity, balancing decisions from our head and heart and delighting our customers every time.

The Arnott's Group (TAG) is an iconic Australian powerhouse brand, who are pioneers in the FMCG market, both locally and globally. Undergoing a period of extensive brand growth and strategic evolution, this is an exciting opportunity to help own and shape their iconic legacy into the future.

This is a key role in the Procurement Team as you will be accountable for leading our Packaging spend across The Arnott’s Group.

The role is the key connector between our suppliers and business partners in enabling the delivery of great business outcomes - improved value, breakthrough innovation, and enabling a more secure and sustainable supply chain.

The role reports to the Procurement Manager.

**Principle Accountabilities**:

- Responsible for managing spend to category targets and limit portfolio inflation
- Accountable for buying decision across categories whilst executing the Procurement Strategy
- Responsible for mitigating and managing supply risk within categories
- Leads buying/supply decisions on Projects and/or NPD requirements for categories
- Responsible for selecting suppliers that will continue to enhance our sustainable Supply Chain and support our strategy
- Responsible for completing the detail of procurement activity for allocated categories (Category Management, RFI/RFP, Supplier Management, Cost Projections, & SAP maintenance) with the resources available

**About you**:

- Five years’ experience in a similar role. Experience managing Packaging categories preferred
- Procurement or commercial negotiating experience
- Ability to analyse data and draw insights
- Demonstrated experience in driving change/projects in a systematic way
- Good communicator and positive influencer of teams
- Strong financial analytical skills
- Strong continuous improvement demonstration and approach to work
- Experience in developing and measuring performance to meet targets
- Experience with systems such as SAP or equivalent & strong excel skills
- Broad FMCG or related category industry experience
- Bachelor Degree (or equivalent experience)

We're a company that doesn't stay still. Our love of food and pushing the boundaries is what keeps us at the forefront of our industry. Our people pave the way and our culture is inclusive - you will be part of our family. We pride ourselves on our work/ life balance, our focus on health & well-being and our dedication to developing our employees

Our Culture is high performing and highly collaborative. If you are passionate about working with a successful fast paced team and are looking for an outstanding career opportunity click apply

The Arnott’s Group unites a collection of leading consumer brands connected by our purpose, to create delicious moments. We recognise that creating delicious moments for a diverse range of consumers is only possible if our workforce reflects the consumers we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer - because it’s right for our consumers, our business and our people.