Procurement Category Manager | Packaging & Consumables

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17h • Hybrid

About The Position

Group Procurement enables our business by procuring all our Non-Trade Goods and Services. As a Category Manager within the Procurement team, you will manage the ‘Packaging & Consumables’ category which includes Cash in Transit (CIT), Dry Goods and Tool of Trade. The annual value of your remit is north of $120M a year. You will play a key role in leading, developing and delivering complex, high value and high risk category strategies, commercial cost optimisation activities; with a focus on cost containment, risk mitigation, responsible sourcing and value creation. This position will see you deeply partnering with your business stakeholders to collaborate and deliver value - leading, developing and delivering, sourcing activities, advanced negotiations, scope/specification review, demand management and supplier relationship management within the Endeavour process. The Category Manager confidently ideates, challenges and problem solves; driving category solutions to implementation and through to end of life. Leading a team of 1-2 direct reports, you’ll develop and train your team of Category Specialists; embodying Endeavour’s Values and Ways of Work and leading by example.

Requirements

• Procurement Category Management (minimum of 7 years) experience.
• Proven experience in the packaging & consumables category
• Have successfully developed, executed and managed category and sourcing strategies for large / complex categories, having regard to diverse procurement and responsible sourcing practices.
• Proven experience leading and developing a team.
• An effective negotiator, communicator and people influencer, able to build relationships with stakeholders across all levels.
• A strategic thinker and self-starter with commercial acumen, you are able to navigate complex environments with ease.
• Are curious and willing to challenge whilst managing your time.
• You manage ambiguity well and can seek clarity with confidence; you speak up.
• Have the desire to learn, develop and grow within the team.
• Exceptional written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Possess intermediate analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data to build actionable insights.
• You will enjoy using your interpersonal and technical expertise to not just solve problems on paper, but drive solutions through to implementation.
• You are passionate about being an amazing business partner, building trust and creating procurement champions from peers and leaders.

Nice To Haves

• Membership of a Procurement affiliated body highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Understand the Endeavour business and cost drivers and in collaboration with business partners, create category strategies and execute sourcing events to deliver sustainable value.
• Challenge, Influencing and mobilising key stakeholders to deliver impactful change.
• Extracting insights from complex analysis.
• Drive decisions and through clear communications and presentations.
• Facilitating complex, high value, high risk, strategic sourcing activities and supplier negotiation.
• Anticipate and execute complex, high value, high risk, strategic contract-based opportunities.
• Develop, implement and manage vendor performance metrics, documents and reporting as part of a Supplier Relationship Management plan (metrics, compliance, continuous improvement plans).
• Develop and maintain category plans for their categories.
• Drive Supplier Diversity, ESG priorities and business efficiency through category strategies and sourcing activities.
• Participate in projects as assigned by the Snr Category Manager and/or the Head of Procurement

Benefits

• hybrid ways of working
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees