About the Role:
As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for managing end-to-end sourcing stages, leading sourcing activities from strategy development to tender execution and award. This includes ensuring procurement aligns with project milestones, regulatory frameworks, and industry standards for safety, quality, and compliance.
* Manage end-to-end sourcing stages.
* Lead sourcing activities from strategy development to tender execution and award.
* Identify strategic sourcing and efficiency opportunities across Direct categories.
* Engage with delivery divisions, corporate functions, and external delivery partners to ensure alignment of category strategies with project delivery needs.
* Manage key subcontractors and high-impact suppliers supporting field operations, civil works, and utility network upgrades.
* Administer preferred supplier contracts across direct categories.
About You:
To succeed in this role, you will need:
* 5+ years' experience in procurement with exposure to strategic sourcing and category management.
* Effective communication & presentation skills, demonstrating ability to engage with various levels of stakeholders.
* Experience in complex or matrix organisations.
* Prior experience in telecommunications, utilities, transport, or defence sectors or with major infrastructure delivery partners is highly regarded.
* Commercial experience and acumen in similar industries is highly regarded.
* Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline is preferred but not essential.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (adept in BI Reporting and Excel).
* Good relationship management, collaboration, communication and presentation skills (Powerpoint & Word).
* Adaptable, positive can-do attitude, aptitude to positively influence others.
About Us:
We are an equal opportunity business that develops and operates Australia's essential services networks across telecommunications, utilities, transport, defence, and social infrastructure industries.
We keep communities connected.
Benefits:
* Flexible working arrangements.
* Career development - we are growing and support internal mobility across our business units.
* Discounts - access to hundreds of businesses.
* Paid leave - parental, cultural, community service, study, corporate volunteering and purchased leave available.