Procurement Specialist

Location: brisbane
Salary: $120000 - $140000 per annum
Job Type: permanent
Contact: Anthony Branch
About Our Client

Our client is a well-established Australian manufacturer operating in a highly regulated, quality-driven consumer health space. With a growing innovation pipeline and ambitious growth targets, they've made procurement a named strategic priority — and this role sits right at the centre of that shift.

This is a business that sources globally in a commodity market and one where quality and regulatory standards go well beyond typical industry benchmarks. It's procurement with genuine complexity, genuine stakes, and genuine room to make your mark.

The Opportunity

Our client is transforming its procurement function by moving it from a technical, transactional operation towards a strategic, category-led one. As part of that shift, they're building out category ownership so that sourcing decisions are made with discipline, governance and commercial rigour, not just kept running.

You'll take full ownership of an assigned category portfolio in direct spend, with a clear mandate: run it independently and run it well.

If you want a role where you're handed real scope from day one and not a narrow, closely supervised buying seat, this is it.

What You'll Own
  • End-to-end strategic sourcing: tenders, supplier engagement, commercial negotiation, contract development and evaluation
  • Supplier and vendor performance management across the full contract lifecycle, including KPIs and continuous improvement
  • Identification and delivery of cost-saving and productivity initiatives — negotiation that goes beyond transactional buying
  • Purchase Price Variance (PPV) reporting and monthly financial routines
  • Procurement input into new product development — costs, MOQs, lead times, samples
  • Supply risk identification and mitigation, including contribution to monthly supply review processes
  • Cross-functional partnership with Innovation, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Planning and Regulatory teams
  • Procurement system and data integrity management (ERP-based)
About You
  • 2+ years' experience in Buying, Category Management or Procurement/Sourcing 
  • International procurement experience — incoterms, lead-time management — highly valued given the overseas sourcing base
  • Experience in pharmaceutical, healthcare or regulated FMCG procurement preferred; strong candidates from broader FMCG or retail backgrounds are also welcome
  • Experience working with contract manufacturers highly desirable
  • A tertiary qualification in Supply Chain, Business or a related discipline highly desirable
  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with a bias towards outcomes and solution delivery
  • Advanced analytical capability backed by commercial acumen
  • ERP procurement systems experience advantageous
Why This Role
  • A genuine transformation story — you're not maintaining a mature function; you're helping build one
  • Real category ownership from day one, with a clear runway to operate independently within 6 months
  • Exposure across the full sourcing lifecycle, not just transactional buying
  • A business where procurement has a seat at the table on innovation and growth, not just cost control
  • Hybrid working model with 2 days WFH and head office based on the southside of Brisbane 
Interested? Apply now to find out more.

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