Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager 18M Fixed Term Contract

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We're looking for progressive minds who are driven and forward-thinking, who are open to different ideas and cultures, who can network with internal and external stakeholders alike and who'll work with courageous integrity every day. We're looking for a procurement professional to truly partner with the business.

As a HSBC employee in Australia, you'll have access to tailored professional development opportunities, competitive pay, an embedded flexible working culture and a range of employee benefits. These include market-leading subsidised private health cover, enhanced parental pay, subsidised banking products and wellness programmes including discounted gym memberships.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager with strong blend of technical sourcing expertise and commercial acumen, ensuring that procurement strategies are not only aligned with business needs but also deliver value through well-structured contracts. You will apply this approach across multiple categories, including technology, professional services, operations, and indirect spend, ensuring procurement strategies align with business objectives and enterprise goals. Beyond technical expertise, you will play a vital role in enhancing team culture, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment where knowledge sharing, mentorship, and teamwork drive success. Importantly, you have a strong enterprise mindset, with the ability to align procurement strategies with business objectives as well as an ability to manage and influence at senior levels.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and establish Category plans to execute right-sized sourcing strategies tailored to specific procurement initiatives, ensuring alignment with business strategies, goals, category complexities, and market conditions.
• Execute the end-to-end source to contract process, including market analysis, supplier engagement, RFI/P development, bid evaluation, negotiation and contracting
• Lead commercial negotiations whilst maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards
• Provide best in class commercial advice in relation to vendor engagements and related strategy decisions, with a critical focus on analysing risk elements and total cost of ownership
• Deliver sustainable and diverse Procurement through our supply chain
• Contribute to the development of the annual sourcing plan through spend data analysis and work with cross functional teams and stakeholders to identify value add and cost savings opportunities.
• Contribute to the optimisation of procurement processes and systems to improve speed, scale, user experience and resilience 
• Ensure risk management is top of mind when conducting activities
• Contribute to the development of a high performing sourcing team and fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Requirements:

• Well-versed in Strategic Sourcing methodologies, Annual Category Planning and Supplier Relationship Management to drive commercial value and operational efficiency
• Results-oriented and self-motivated with an enterprise mindset and strong commercial acumen
• Demonstrated competencies to translate business and procurement requirements into commercially sound contractual outcomes, with strong knowledge of contract structures, key terms and conditions and commercial risk mitigation
• Strong ability to work collaboratively within and across teams
• Excellent presentation and influencing skills
• Pragmatic approach with multitasking capabilities
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills
• Strong project implementation, coordination and financial analysis skills preferred
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel is highly desirable
• Previous experience of successfully operating and influencing in a matrix management structure within a global or large corporate environment is desirable
• Experience in the Financial Sector would be viewed favourably but is not essential as proven strategic sourcing experience, preferably Technology, Corporate Services or similar spend categories is also a good fit
• Experience in delivering supply chain diversity would be viewed favourably as well as a desire to deliver social change through your profession

Preference will be given to candidates who hold Australian or New Zealand PR/Citizenship or working rights or who can show they currently have unrestricted work rights in Australia with no limitations.

Applications from First Nations peoples are encouraged.

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