Procurement Category Manager | Packaging & Consumables
Full-time
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At Endeavour, we're totally into what we do. With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy's, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, we love to bring people together. Together we share our passion for our products and industry; it's what inspires us to dream big, and continue to create new experiences for our customers and teams across Australia. If you thrive on positive energy, we want to meet you!
Group Procurement enables our business by procuring all our Non-Trade Goods and Services.
As a Category Manager within the Procurement team, you will manage the 'Packaging & Consumables' category which includes Cash in Transit (CIT), Dry Goods and Tool of Trade. The annual value of your remit is north of $120M a year.
You will play a key role in leading, developing and delivering complex, high value and high risk category strategies, commercial cost optimisation activities; with a focus on cost containment, risk mitigation, responsible sourcing and value creation.
This position will see you deeply partnering with your business stakeholders to collaborate and deliver value – leading, developing and delivering sourcing activities, advanced negotiations, scope/specification review, demand management and supplier relationship management within the Endeavour process.
The Category Manager confidently ideates, challenges and problem solves; driving category solutions to implementation and through to end of life.
Leading a team of 1–2 direct reports, you'll develop and train your team of Category Specialists; embodying Endeavour's Values and Ways of Work and leading by example.
Responsibilities
* Understand the Endeavour business and cost drivers and in collaboration with business partners, create category strategies and execute sourcing events to deliver sustainable value.
* Challenge, influence and mobilise key stakeholders to deliver impactful change.
* Extract insights from complex analysis.
* Drive decisions through clear communications and presentations.
* Facilitate complex, high value, high risk, strategic sourcing activities and supplier negotiation.
* Anticipate and execute complex, high value, high risk, strategic contract‐based opportunities.
* Develop, implement and manage vendor performance metrics, documents and reporting as part of a Supplier Relationship Management plan (metrics, compliance, continuous improvement plans).
* Develop and maintain category plans for their categories.
* Drive Supplier Diversity, ESG priorities and business efficiency through category strategies and sourcing activities.
* Participate in projects as assigned by the Senior Category Manager and/or the Head of Procurement.
Qualifications
* Procurement Category Management experience (minimum of 7 years).
* Proven experience in the packaging & consumables category.
* Have successfully developed, executed and managed category and sourcing strategies for large / complex categories, having regard to diverse procurement and responsible sourcing practices.
* Proven experience leading and developing a team.
* Effective negotiator, communicator and people influencer, able to build relationships with stakeholders across all levels.
* Strategic thinker and self‐starter with commercial acumen, able to navigate complex environments with ease.
* Curious and willing to challenge whilst managing time.
* Manages ambiguity well and can seek clarity with confidence; speaks up.
* Desire to learn, develop and grow within the team.
* Exceptional written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
* Intermediate analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data to build actionable insights.
* Membership of a Procurement‐affiliated body highly desirable.
* Enjoys using interpersonal and technical expertise to not just solve problems on paper, but drive solutions through to implementation.
* Passionate about being an amazing business partner, building trust and creating procurement champions from peers and leaders.
Benefits
* Hybrid ways of working.
* Exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy's, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs.
* Range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
* Endeavour Group offers dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career.
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