This is a rare opportunity for a commercially astute procurement professional who enjoys operating with autonomy while influencing enterprise-wide outcomes. The role will move beyond traditional sourcing, partnering closely with operational and leadership stakeholders to shape demand, build category strategies and deliver measurable cost and performance improvements across a complex indirect spend portfolio. You will be instrumental in helping transition procurement from a reactive function into a strategic business partner within a fast-scaling, globally integrated environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Reporting into senior procurement leadership, you will be responsible for:
- Partner with business leaders to understand cost drivers and influence commercial decision-making
- Develop and execute category strategies across large and complex indirect spend areas
- Lead end-to-end sourcing activity including supplier engagement, negotiation and contract execution
- Build robust business cases aligned to financial and operational objectives
- Drive cost optimisation initiatives and validate savings in partnership with Finance
- Establish governance frameworks and increase spend under management
- Implement structured sourcing methodologies and procurement discipline
- Manage supplier performance and identify opportunities for value creation
- Support transformation initiatives across procurement and broader supply chain functions
- Contribute to embedding procurement as a strategic function across the organisation
About You
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
- Proven experience in procurement, category management or commercial sourcing roles
- Track record delivering multi-million-dollar savings and commercial outcomes
- Strong stakeholder engagement capability with the ability to influence senior leaders
- Experience operating across complex indirect spend categories (e.g. logistics, packaging, MRO, services)
- High level of commercial acumen and financial literacy
- Ability to operate autonomously within fast-paced, evolving environments
- Strategic mindset balanced with hands-on execution capability
- Background within manufacturing, FMCG, logistics or food production environments will be highly regarded
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to shape and influence procurement capability within a high-growth global organisation
- High-impact role with enterprise visibility and strong executive engagement
- Exposure to complex, large-scale indirect spend portfolios
- Autonomous role with genuine scope to drive change and improvement
- Competitive salary of $180,000 – $190,000 + superannuation
To apply, please click APPLY or contact Sebastian Dahan at sdahan@morganconsulting.com.au for a confidential discussion.
