Junior Category Manager - Opex

Our customer is a market leader in the industrial services space with a large and diverse workforce.
As a Junior Category Manager – OPEX you will play a key role in developing supply market strategies and embedding high performing commercial and supply arrangements for OPEX categories. You will develop effective relationships with a complex internal stakeholder group and be a part of the procurement transformation journey.
   
Your key responsibilities will include

• Undertake all duties with a safety-first mindset
• Analyse procurement spend data and deliver insights
• Work with key stakeholders to identify all the category requirements, product specifications, service requirements, spend drivers and provide analyses of spend behaviour. Develop or improve Strategic Category Plans.
• Work with stakeholders to complete Market Assessment that identifies solutions domestically and globally. Assess current & emerging market capabilities to inform future direction.
• Assist in defining the supplier category strategy and its objective to secure supply, rationalise supplier base and achieve optimal value savings.
• Embed supply certainty into all supply strategy. .
• Undertake procurement risk assessments and consider due diligence activities with a robust risk management approach.
• Execute the market approach. Facilitate the entire RFX process including document drafting, communication, evaluation and due diligence (commercial, safety, regulatory and ethical).
• Facilitate or create the draft supplier commercial agreements, performance criteria, product and service requirements, service standards, KPIs, lead times and technical specifications.
• Prepare and facilitate negotiations and BAFO process.
• Manage the supplier lifecycle, from contract management, supplier relationship management to contract end.
• Act as a dispute resolution facilitator if the supplier and internal customer cannot adequately resolve the issue.
• Monitor and report supplier contract KPI performance, compliance requirements, risks, issues and opportunities.
• Look to develop further value activity throughout the supply chain through price, volume, new innovation, process opportunities.
• Production of Category Report monitoring overall performance and identifying new opportunities.
• Actively enable and develop internal stakeholder relationships
• Facilitate the creation of the purchase to pay solution including the most effective and efficient payment channel/s.
• Ensure all catalogues and pricing are up to date and linked to the agreed contract.
• Maintain the contracts database and any supplier/category documentation.
• Develop and maintain the supplier and internal customer governance models.
• Provision of category financial reports, supplier KPIs and internal feedback assessments

• 3-5 years’ experience in either a Procurement Specialist, Category Manager or Contracts role in a complex blue-collar environment
• Contract management knowledge and experience
• Some knowledge of most corporate categories
• Strong stakeholder engagement and management skills, preferably in a blue-collar environment
• Experience in Fleet, Travel, PPE highly desirable
• Tertiary Degree in Business, Commerce, Finance or Procurement desirable
• Proficient in excel (essential)and Tableau (desirable)
• Strong time management and organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to engage, influence and negotiate

• Career development and progression pathways
• Competitive salary package and benefits
• Access to employee benefits, discounts and wellbeing program
• Novated lease and salary sacrifice
• Opportunities to volunteer and give back to the community