Category Lead

• Full-time Permanent Role in Cannon Hill
• Increase your take-home pay with Salary Packaging
• Flexible Working Arrangements

Endeavour Foundation is one of Australia’s largest employers of people living with disability. Our people live and breathe our purpose every day, with flexible working, great perks, and work/life balance. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive culture where our employees can grow, learn, and do their best work. Our purpose is simple – make possibility a reality.

About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experience procurement professional to provide Category Leadership across a variety of business units. The role requires a high level of sourcing and contract management experience with a focus on establishing positive relationships with internal stakeholders and suppliers.

Duties include:

• Work collaboratively with stakeholders, Procurement team members and leaders across the organisation with the shared aim of providing a holistic customer and employee experience.
• Partner with business leaders to genuinely understand the business to identify opportunities for improvement and seek out regular feedback to prioritise actions and activities.
• Support with the design, development and implementation of procurement and category strategies that deliver long-term value and benefits to the organisation.
• Deliver procurement projects such as strategic sourcing, efficiency and service improvement projects across the organisation.
• Manage sourcing projects and negotiations and support implementation of supplier contracts to ensure business needs and objectives are achieved and sought benefits delivered (financial and non-financial).
• Monitor, manage and escalate any issues and risks relating to procurement performance of suppliers or business areas to minimise risk.

About You

• Experience performing a Category Lead or Category Manager role or Senior Procurement Lead within a medium to large organisation.
• Experience managing end-to-end sourcing projects and contract renewals.
• Ability to build strong supplier partnerships through excellent stakeholder relationship management skills.
• Ability to negotiate and influence internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure clear and concise information is presented to stakeholders and strong working relationships are maintained.
• Diploma or Advanced Diploma in Contract Management and Procurement would be preferred but is not essential.

Benefits and Perks

• Package up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free, and additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses.
• Use your pre-tax income to purchase a new or used car, saving on both the purchase price and running costs.
• Discounts on Corporate Private Health Insurances, Select Kia Vehicles, Solar Packages (QLD only) and appliances.
• Supportive Induction and Learning Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Reward and Recognition Program.

Intrigued? We’d love to hear from you. Please click "apply" to submit your application and join #TeamPossible today!

Endeavour Foundation encourages applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures. This includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse), the LGBTQI+ community, and people with disability. We value inclusivity and are committed to adjusting our recruitment process to ensure accessibility and support of an applicant's needs.