AddressHead of Procurement
- A pivotal leadership role within the world's leading sustainable building materials company
- Reporting directly to the CEO and working with a supportive and collaborative team
- Highly competitive remuneration package
- North Sydney location
Holcim:
As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Holcim are enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success. We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less. It's all thanks to our 70,000 talented people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.
Holcim People:
Holcim people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.
The Holcim Experience:
At Holcim, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you're in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us you'll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You'll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it's only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives, that we can build the world we all want to live in. To find out more, visit www.holcim.com.au/careers.
The Opportunity:
This is an important and senior role reporting to the CEO in which you will lead and execute the procurement activity of Holcim Australia and New Zealand (HANZ) by developing and maintaining effective standards, systems and processes to ensure the company optimises its procurement outcomes in response to both current and anticipated strategic and operational requirements.
You will maximise procurement realisation and position the procurement function as a key value contributor - providing direction to HANZ regarding setting procurement strategy and targets. The role will also see you initiating and integrating Holcim Global contracts into HANZ's current procurement practices whilst providing positive and effective leadership to the Procurement Team.
Further and detailed responsibilities are found in the Position Description which is available upon request and will include:
- Providing leadership to the business in identifying, analysing and realising procurement opportunities.
- Developing annual strategic procurement plans and budgets in conjunction with the Local Executive Committee and Holcim Global framework.
- Managing, analysing and interpreting HANZ's operational spend data.
- Coordinating reporting activities for managed spend categories.
- Tracking savings realised from procurement initiatives.
- Providing leadership in managing suppliers and supplier performance by evaluating safety, service, costs and quality.
- Managing tendering, negotiating and contracting processes with suppliers.
- Personally managing negotiations with key suppliers to finalise procurement arrangements, including preparation of legal documentation with support from in-house legal function.
- Ensuring national operational compliance with corporate procurement and Holcim group requirements and practices.
About you:
To succeed in this truly exciting role, you will be a leader and a team player - someone who is passionate about driving overall business performance with a growth agenda and with solid, practical skills and knowledge in developing the capability of teams.
Degree level qualifications in Procurement/Supply Chain, Business or Finance related disciplines will be highly regarded and a history of success in senior procurement leadership positions, ideally within related sectors will be essential.
You will have strong analytical and negotiation skills; thrive on engendering solid business relationships and be level headed and down to earth with exemplary standards of ethical conduct and professional judgment with a positive, resilient, curious and goal orientated nature.
This will be complimented by your focus on coaching and developing others and by your clear ability to find ways to put together solutions that add value.
This is an outstanding opportunity to lead an important business function and to develop your career at a senior level in our world leading business.
Why Holcim?
At Holcim we offer an inclusive environment, where our people feel comfortable bringing their authentic self to work. We offer a high-performance workplace empowering problem solvers, creative thinkers and innovators to seek combined perspectives and voice opportunities to go further and faster. Our workplace is a safe environment where individuals can be themselves and where we promote a diverse workforce. We are an equal opportunities employer, making no distinction on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age. People are treated fairly at work - respecting and supporting human rights and non-discrimination. This is rooted in the values and standards set out in the Holcim Code of Business Conduct.
We don't just offer jobs - we offer long term careers with a deep and diverse structure which affords a great number of cross functional pathways available as you progress your career so if you're ready to take your career to the next level and join our dynamic team of professionals, we want to hear from you.
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