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Role highlights
* Great opportunity to lead strategic procurement for a national organisation
* Apply procurement expertise to drive value and continuous improvement
* Join a high‐performing team supporting complex and impactful programmes
The opportunity
CSIRO Finance provides customer‐focused information and value‐adding, strategic insight to support and enable financial sustainability through the effective and efficient use of resources. Finance Operations ensures strong financial governance, compliance, and the delivery of key financial processes and services across the organisation. Within this function, the Strategic Procurement team supports the organisation in achieving value‐for‐money outcomes through best‐practice procurement activities, guiding planning, sourcing and management of goods and services, and ensuring alignment with procurement frameworks and legislative requirements.
In this role you will lead a strategic procurement function, advising on complex procurement activities, developing sourcing strategies, leading commercial negotiations, and ensuring outcomes align with business priorities, governance frameworks and risk considerations. You will drive continuous improvement initiatives, strengthen procurement practices, and contribute to broader finance transformation activities.
You will bring strong leadership experience, managing and developing a team in a dynamic environment, operating at a strategic level, building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, and balancing compliance with commercial and operational outcomes.
Your high‐level duties will include
* Leading and developing a strategic procurement function, driving continuous improvement and value‐for‐money outcomes.
* Partnering with stakeholders to plan and deliver complex procurement activities aligned to organisational priorities.
* Leading commercial negotiations and establishing strong, sustainable supplier partnerships.
* Developing and implementing sourcing strategies informed by market insights and future demand analysis.
* Ensuring compliance with procurement policies, governance frameworks and the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs).
* Managing supplier performance, contracts and risks to ensure delivery against quality, cost and timeline expectations.
* Driving innovation and process improvements across procurement practices, systems and team capability.
* Providing leadership, coaching and performance management to a multi‐layered procurement team.
Role particulars
Location: Canberra ACT, Melbourne VIC, Brisbane QLD (preferred). Other major CSIRO cities may be considered. Hybrid working available.
Salary: AU$135 K – AU$158 K per annum plus up to 15.4 % superannuation.
Tenure & work schedule: Indefinite – Full‐time (preferred), Part‐time may be considered.
Reference: 103159.
As the successful candidate, you will bring
* Demonstrated ability to lead and develop a procurement and contracting team, ensuring compliance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) while continuously strengthening strategic procurement practices.
* Strong technical expertise in procurement and contract management, including governance frameworks, policy interpretation and risk management.
* Analytical capability to assess complex internal and external environments and provide high‐quality strategic procurement advice to senior leadership.
* Proven ability to establish and maintain trusted advisor relationships with senior finance leaders, executives and board‐level stakeholders.
* Leadership and change management capability, including implementation of strategic procurement and financial improvement initiatives.
* People leadership experience, fostering a cohesive, respectful and high‐performing team culture and managing complex performance matters with integrity.
* Commitment to CSIRO values, code of conduct and health, safety and wellbeing responsibilities, leading by example.
* Proactive and effective operation in complex, changing environments, balancing competing priorities and delivering outcomes during change.
* Desirable: Previous experience leading a finance team in an operational environment.
Eligibility
Applications for this position are open to Australian citizens who are able and willing to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the baseline level. Appointment is subject to a national police check and other security, medical or character requirements.
Inclusion and belonging
Summit addressing diversity, equity and inclusion. CSIRO is committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise a broad range of diversity across ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities and thought. CSIRO holds Gold Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.
Child safety
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How to apply
Please apply online by submitting a CV and a detailed cover letter responding to each selection criterion, demonstrating your motivation and ability to meet the requirements. Attach the selection criteria responses as a single document. Applications close on 31 May 2026 at 11:00 pm AEST.
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