Procurement Excellence Manager

Location: melbourne
Salary: Competitive salary on offer
Job Type: permanent
Contact: Christine Armadass
Our client is a leading provider within the logistics industry, with a strong transformation agenda. The Procurement Excellence Manager is a newly created role reporting directly into the Head of Procurement. The role will be responsible for spearheading the S2P process across multiple functional areas, geographies and business unit. The role will also play a crucial role in optimising their procurement processes and ensuring best-in-class procurement practices.


Responsibilities:
  • Establishing a best in class end-to-end source to pay strategy
  • Work with senior managers across the business on embedding the source to pay strategy into the business, including updating on progress and identifying any risks
  • Leading and developing one direct report
  • Undertake a review of existing contracts, suppliers and procurement policies to establish and implement a more robust and sustainable procurement framework for the business 
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand pain points, and embed the newly established procurement process across the business 
  • Strategic sourcing across key categories for the business ensuring cost savings, cost avoidance and security of supply
  • Develop strong relationships with local and new suppliers to ensure continuity of supply and alternate sources of supply are identified
  • Monitor industry trends and market developments to drive innovation and maintain competitiveness.
  • Ensure procurement strategy is aligned with wider business strategy and initiatives
  • Identify and proactively manage any procurement risk to the business including developing risk mitigation plans 

Essential Skills:
  • Expertise (5+years ) leading source to pay processes gainedwithin large entreprises 
  • Essential to the role is strong experience with Ariba, Coupa and Zycus
  • Strong stakeholder management experience including experience working closely and influencing ELT level stakeholders
  • Experience in procurement of software / ICT categories
  • Excellent analysis skillset
  • Ideally experience gained in consulting environments
  • Education: tertiary qualified, and/or MBA

Click on [Apply Now] to submit your application or to have a confidential chat contact with Christine Armadass on 0483952152

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