Procurement Business Partner

The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia's energy future. We're not doing it alone. We're doing it with our customers and communities as Australia's energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Business Partner to join our Procurement & Real Estate team in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne office on a permanent full-time basis.

Reporting to the Head of Procurement Excellence, you will be responsible for embedding the procurement governance framework and associated ways of working across APA's divisions - aligning with APA's Procurement Policy, Standards, and Procedures, and enabling divisional teams to operate effectively within agreed controls and compliance requirements.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced procurement professional who thrives on collaboration, continuous improvement, and building trusted relationships across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business units to embed procurement governance frameworks and ensure alignment with APA's Procurement Policy, Standards and Procedures.

• Provide expert advice on procurement strategy, supply chain risk, and commercial decision-making.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that advance procurement maturity and deliver measurable value.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to integrate sourcing and contracting strategies with enterprise objectives.

• Support capability uplift by mentoring divisional teams and developing procurement talent pipelines.

• Foster a culture of accountability, transparency, and operational excellence across all procurement activity.

Your background

• Degree-qualified in Supply Chain Management, Business, Risk, or Finance (postgraduate qualifications or certifications advantageous).

• Proven work experience in procurement governance, strategic sourcing, or supplier relationship management within a large, complex organisation.

• Strong understanding of procurement frameworks, risk management, and performance reporting.

• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive adoption of enterprise standards.

• Analytical mindset with a passion for process improvement and data-driven decision-making.

• Collaborative and proactive, with excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and compliance in all procurement activities.

About the Team

The Procurement Excellence team is responsible on enhancing APAs procurement practices, building capability and awareness to appropriately manage supply chain risk, whilst driving technological innovation and the integration of AI, to enable APA to be world class in delivering energy solutions.

This is an exciting time for the team. We need people who are collaborative, courageous and ready to make an impact – change makers and innovative thinkers.

At APA, we're building a better future by delivering safe, sustainable energy to communities across Australia. Join us and play a pivotal role in ensuring our procurement practices support efficiency, governance, and long-term business success.

Working at APA

At APA we're committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We'll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life.

We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day.

We are APA

APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business.

We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we're focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia's energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia's energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia's energy future. We'd love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.