Procurement Manager

**Job Description**:
BlueScope is an Australian-born, global success story, spanning 18 countries, with a team of over 15,000 people. We're driven by innovation and are proud that the technologies in our products and brands, like COLORBOND steel, inspire and protect everything from hospitals and bridges to stadiums and homes.

**The Opportunity**

Come and discover the opportunity to join our Finance team at our **Port Kembla** Manufacturing facility as a **Procurement Manager** due to an internal career move Not only have we been growing but we've also got numerous projects happening right across our businesses, especially in our Manufacturing business.

You'll have the opportunity to lead an engaged and high-performing team located across our Port Kembla NSW and Hastings VIC manufacturing sites. Have ownership in developing and implementing the procurement strategy across a portfolio of varied goods and services - from consumables like equipment and oils, through to services like labour, your portfolio will be varied and critical in an environment of continuous manufacturing operations.

None of this is possible in isolation. The breadth of partnerships and knowledge you'll build across our business in this position can open you to multiple career pathways with us - after all, that's why we're seeking someone in this role now

Enjoy a competitive salary, option for 14% superannuation, participation in our company incentive program, annual salary review, access to our Employee Assistance Program and hybrid or flexible work arrangements.

**What Will You Do?**

You won't achieve all this on your own. Working closely with a diverse range of internal teams and external suppliers, you will:

- ** maintain an inclusive and high-performing team**: engage, develop and inspire your team - realising outcomes through the achievement of others
- ** foster an environment of commercial excellence**: sourcing and end-to-end contract management, ensuring risk-balanced commercial arrangements
- ** manage supplier relationships**: build and maintain productive relationships with suppliers, ensuring they meet or exceed their product or service delivery obligations
- ** provide insights and advice**:deliver market and supplier performance intelligence, analysis and recommendations for business decision-making
- ** undertake requirements gathering**:coordinate internal and external stakeholder requirements to achieve suitable and continuous supply solutions
- ** contribute to business improvement**:be involved in or lead continuous improvement and capital investment projects

**More About You**

An experienced procurement professional and leader, you enjoy working with a variety of people and using your relationship management skills to navigate different stakeholder expectations.

You will bring:

- tertiary qualification in a relevant business-related field
- passion and experience leading a high-performance team in sourcing and procurement for a broad portfolio of goods and services
- significant experience leading contracts and supplier negotiations
- strong interpersonal, communication and influencing skills
- demonstrated analytical skills and a proven ability to make decisions with consideration of business commercial interests

**Why BlueScope**

As BlueScope continues to go from strength to strength, a career with us provides you with the opportunity to grow and be rewarded. At BlueScope, you will:

- ** create and deliver innovative solutions** that drive transformation in our business
- ** make an impact **that really does shape the world we live in
- ** keep growing** through continuous learning and development opportunities
- ** enjoy the sense of belonging **that comes from working with people who genuinely look out for one another

At BlueScope, our people are our strength, and we don't say that lightly. We want our people to be successful, and to be safe. We offer work-life flexibility through our B-flex program and make sure our inclusive work environment welcomes people of all backgrounds. We're passionate about driving sustainability outcomes that matter to our communities, including action on climate and our 2050 net zero goal. And we'll do this through Our Purpose: _We create and inspire smart solutions in steel, strengthening our communities for the future._

**Together we can make a world of difference.