Procurement Category Manager

Procurement Category Manager - Packaging

We are Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) – a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries. We work together to make, move, and sell, some of the world's most loved drinks.

We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow and are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies, and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

Our well-known portfolio in Australia includes the Coca-Cola family of products, as well as loved brands like Sprite, Fanta, Mount Franklin, Powerade, Billson's and Grinders Coffee.  

About your new role…

We have a fabulous opportunity for a seasoned procurement professional to join our team in North Sydney. This role will deliver and execute a category strategy across an Asia Pacific cluster to maximise value delivery, including P&L savings, cash flow, and financial benefits and sustainable competitive service delivery. You will take pride in ensuring quality and continuity of supply of goods or services purchased in the category using a total cost of ownership approach.

What will you be doing?

• Responsibility for key Packaging category management, including developing supplier performance via strategic supplier meetings, carry out RFIs / RFPs, run negotiations and manage supply agreements
• Deliver supply agreements in accordance with strategy objectives to ensure delivery of optimum business results
• Identify and deliver supply optimization and harmonization initiatives
• Deliver cost savings through negotiation and realization of cost reduction projects
• Create and maintain competitive advantage for CCEP through the achievement of lowest possible total acquisition costs
• Deliver optimal cost management through accurate and timely reporting and compliance with supply agreement and Chart of Authority processes
• Accurately forecast and budget pricing for raw materials and service costs and deliver forecasted budgets, ensuring communication of any variance at the earliest opportunity with potential business impact
• Deliver risk management strategies to mitigate the impact of volatile supply markets
• Develop creative, value focused sourcing strategies and identify new sources of supply
• Enable and exploit supplier innovation of services and products to deliver competitive advantage and cost reduction to CCEP
• Ensure suppliers are approved and comply with TCCC Supplier Guiding Principles and CCEP CRS requirements including SBTI, Renewable energy and Ecovadis scoring

Let's talk about you…

• University Degree or relevant professional qualification desirable
• Experience in procurement category management, preferably FMCG
• Ability to develop procurement category strategies across multiple geographies and functions
• Experience working in a high profile public company in a multi-national environment
• Procurement of packaging materials is preferable

Applications close Friday 30th January, 2026

What's in it for you?

At CCEP you can expect an attractive package including staff product allowance as well as a broad range of discounts and benefits from a range of partners This is a genuine opportunity for an ambitious and customer focused trade professional to take their career to a new level and thrive making a positive contribution to CCEP customers' business growth and success, with a brand you can be proud of. Some of our amazing & competitive benefits are:

• Generous company funded Parental leave
• Purchased Annual Leave Scheme
• Ongoing training and opportunities for career progression within a diverse and constantly evolving workplace
• Being part of one of the world's largest bottlers and most recognizable brands.
• Excellent team culture – we have fun whilst we work
• A Leader who will support & guide you throughout your career
• Access to employee benefits such as free drinks onsite, allocation of products to take home, EAP, free onsite parking
• Access to our CCEP Care Program which helps our People work through the challenges of navigating Government Services, Social Welfare Organisations, and all other matters that impact on their emotional, psychological, financial, and physical wellbeing. This includes free counselling for you and your family via our EAP helpline
• Access to our career and self-development program from day one

Coca-Cola Europacific is committed to the health and safety of all employees and to equal employment opportunity for all employees to ensure that our employees have a safe work environment that is also free of discrimination and harassment. 

This obligation may also extend to include a pre-employment health evaluation process that is aimed at determining if prospective new employees are able to safely undertake the inherent requirements of the role without putting themselves or others at risk.