Shape the future of procurement in a highly decentralised, purpose-driven organisation.
We’re seeking an experienced and strategic procurement specialist, ready to take the reins of a diverse and impactful sourcing function. This role offers the rare opportunity to lead both strategy and delivery, uplifting procurement capability across a large network while guiding high-stakes sourcing, partnering, and commercial outcomes.
We’re seeking an experienced and strategic procurement specialist, ready to take the reins of a diverse and impactful sourcing function. This role offers the rare opportunity to lead both strategy and delivery, uplifting procurement capability across a large network while guiding high-stakes sourcing, partnering, and commercial outcomes.
As the Sourcing and Partnering Lead
, you’ll be instrumental in driving commercial value, building stakeholder trust, and mentoring a specialist team across sourcing, and procurement partnering. If you thrive on complexity, bring resilience and performance and lead with values and vision, this is your platform to lead lasting change.
Key Responsibilities
- Leadership & Capability Uplift – Lead a team of Strategic Sourcing Specialists and Procurement Partners while mentoring decentralised buyers.
- Sourcing Strategy Management – Deliver fit-for-purpose sourcing strategies aligned to business priorities.
- Procurement Partnering – Be a trusted commercial advisor to all business units, driving early engagement and proactive solutions across multi-disciplined teams and environments
- Commercial Negotiations – Lead complex procurement negotiations, delivering sustainable contracts and risk-managed outcomes.
- Governance & Compliance – Ensure all sourcing activity meets legislative, compliance and policy requirements.
- Stakeholder Engagement – Build trusted, high-impact relationships across all organisational levels.
- Functional Maturity – Collaborate with procurement peers to drive consistency, uplift and best practice across the function.
- 5+ years in senior procurement roles across diverse categories, incl. services, IT, maintenance, and infrastructure.
- Seasoned commercial negotiator with a track record in leading high-value, complex sourcing arrangements.
- Strong leadership capability with the ability to inspire, uplift, and deliver in a complex environment.
- Skilled in procurement compliance, governance, and stakeholder engagement.
- Tertiary qualifications in procurement, law, business, or commerce (CIPS highly regarded).
- Experienced in decentralised, federated environments, ideally across education, government, health or NFP sectors.
- Known for values-led leadership, resilience, and strategic impact.
- Postgrad studies in commercial law, procurement or project change management (e.g.PRINCE 2, Agile)
- Familiarity with sustainability, social procurement and modern slavery frameworks.
- Strong capability in procurement analytics and reporting.
What’s in it for you?
This is more than a procurement job, this is an opportunity to be a key stakeholder to transform the way sourcing and partnering is delivered across a complex, values-aligned environment. You'll shape systems, uplift people, and leave a legacy that matters.
This is more than a procurement job, this is an opportunity to be a key stakeholder to transform the way sourcing and partnering is delivered across a complex, values-aligned environment. You'll shape systems, uplift people, and leave a legacy that matters.
- Lead a high-impact procurement function with reach across education campuses and admin centres
- Drive sourcing strategy, capability uplift, and commercial outcomes in a values-led organisation
- Join a senior leadership team with direct influence over procurement transformation
- Thrive in a purpose-driven environment where outcomes, collaboration, and integrity matter
- Enjoy genuine work-life balance, stability, and a long-term leadership opportunity
- Attractive salary aligned to Level 9.4 EA + super + additional benefits
- Be part of a forward-thinking, mission-aligned organisation committed to ethical and sustainable procurement
This role offers significant scope, complexity, and reward for a procurement leader ready to make a meaningful impact.
Hinchen Recruitment Group are a team of experienced industry recruiters who offer a highly informative honest process, where our genuine goal is to provide a quality & valued service. One that is respectful to all & is as transparent as possible. Confidentiality is assured with all applications, with your privacy our utmost priority.
Acknowledgement of Country: Hinchen Recruitment Group pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elder's past and present and acknowledge the valuable contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make to Australian society.
