Category Manager

3 months ago

Melbourne Airport, Australia Melbourne Airport Full time

Deliver strategic procurement at Melbourne Airport, driving innovation and value across key categories in a dynamic and impactful role

Exciting new procurement opportunity available at Melbourne Airport. In the role of Category Manager, you will drive the development and delivery of high-impact category plans and sourcing strategies across key portfolios like professional services, finance, HR, and more.

You'll manage the entire sourcing lifecycle, from market strategy to supplier performance reviews, while collaborating across the business to ensure efficiency, innovation, and value for money. With a focus on risk mitigation, supplier relationship management, and financial integration, this role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Join us and help shape the future of procurement at Melbourne Airport

Melbourne Airport is at the forefront of a dynamic expansion, poised to support the city's ascent to become Australia’s largest city within the next decade. As we soar towards new heights, we're embarking on ambitious projects, including the development of a third runway, state-of-the-art terminals and major business park projects creating unparalleled opportunities for growth and innovation. Join us in shaping the future of aviation as we propel Melbourne Airport towards becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination.

Key responsibilities:

The role's duties and accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Regularly update and manage key Procurement Market Engagements, covering active, planned, and awarded contracts.
  • Develop Category Plans and secure endorsements from senior stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.
  • Lead quarterly Category Review meetings with key stakeholders, documenting discussions and action items.
  • Create and implement Go-to-Market Strategies for major market engagements, ensuring senior management approval.
  • Execute market engagements as outlined in category plans, meeting agreed timelines and objectives.
  • Track and document procurement value, including cost savings, cost avoidance, new revenue streams, and innovation in the Procurement Value Tracker.
  • Conduct Procurement Surveys post-engagement to gather feedback from key stakeholders.
  • Continuously contribute to refining and enhancing procurement policies, processes, and guidelines.
  • Lead the development of procurement processes, guidelines, and templates, ensuring they meet evolving needs.
  • Support the development and implementation of new procurement platforms to streamline operations.

The successful candidate will have:

  • Degree-qualified with significant experience in a category management, strategic sourcing or procurement role.
  • Experience across a diverse range of spend categories supporting multiple stakeholder groups in a complex operating environment
  • The ability to drive progress and lead sourcing processes to tight time frames 
  • Strong commercial, contractual and business knowledge
  • Great communication and negotiation skills
  • Someone who actively questions and challenges the status quo to drive ongoing process improvement and superior commercial outcomes
  • Experience in developing procurement strategies and supporting implementation plans in complex operating environments

We understand that not everyone will feel they meet all of these 100%. However, if you feel you have the attitude and aptitude to grow within our team, we invite you to apply and have a conversation with us about this position.

About the Company:

Melbourne Airport (Australia Pacific Airports Corporation) is proud to be one of Australia's premier transport hubs and Victoria's gateway to the world, connecting us to the global marketplace. We are committed to creating connections that matter and enhancing the traveller experience across every aspect of our organisation to deliver our vision of becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination. Currently, in an exciting phase of change, we are delivering rewarding career opportunities, making Melbourne Airport a dynamic and fast-paced place to work for our people.

APAC is a majority Australian-owned private company that also operates Launceston Airport, the tourism gateway to Tasmania and an industry multi-award-winning airport.

Culture and Values:

By joining the team at Melbourne Airport, you will work within a friendly, high-performance culture with a focus on our people and their development.

Our vision is to become Australia's favourite Airport destination and our people are paramount to achieving this success. We provide a supportive environment, with values that encourage all of our employees to Be You, Think Big, Own it and Work Together.

Benefits:

  • Free access to Higher State, our state-of-the-art Fitness Club & Wellness Hub at Novotel & ibis Styles Airport hotel.
  • Airport car parking 24 hours/365 days a year for both business and personal use
  • Hybrid flexible working arrangements
  • Airport Holiday, an additional day of leave
  • Wellness Day, a further additional day of leave
  • Discounted onsite childcare at Creative Garden Early Learning
  • Mental health and well-being initiatives, including Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Long-term career and professional development opportunities
  • Active social culture and participation in a range of social impact days and activities
  • Signature Experiences including an airfield family day, and kids’ footy day 
  • Access to an employee benefits scheme including access to corporate rates and airport retailer discounts (including SkyBus)

APAC is committed to weaving Diversity into our DNA. We believe that Diversity and Inclusion will help us realise our greatest potential as a company, and maximise the potential of all our team members. We strive to create a culture where our team members understand that each individual is unique and that embracing diversity makes us more flexible, productive, and creative.

APAC provides equal opportunity and advancement in employment regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, cultural background, caring responsibilities, disability or socioeconomic background. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds who share our workplace values of Being You, Thinking Big, Owning It and Working Together.

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