Address Are you committed to bringing your best to life every day?
At MLC Life Insurance, we’re proud of our history of protecting Australians for over 135 years. We provide flexible, affordable, and innovative insurance products to almost 1 million Australians. We’re Australian-led and managed, and part of a global network through our partnership with one of the world’s leading life insurers, Nippon Life Insurance Group.
We’re driven by a powerful purpose, providing our customers and their families with a Promise for Life to be there when they need us most – and that’s a great purpose to bring us together at work every day.
We work hard to deliver a total customer experience that keeps our customers and partners at the forefront of all our decisions. We’re a values-driven business that strives for high performance and growth as we look towards the future.
The Role
Reporting into the Head of Sourcing and Partnerships, the IT Category and Sourcing Manager role will form a critical role within the Sourcing and Partnerships leadership team.
You will be responsible for building strong partnerships with the MLC Technology leadership, driving the development and execution of key technology category (and sub-category), and Sourcing strategies and initiatives.
You will succeed by leading and managing Technology sourcing, defining the most appropriate market-engagement approach, selecting, negotiating, and contracting to achieve MLC’s desired business outcomes.
As a key member of the Sourcing and Partnerships team, you will also play a critical role in managing/contributing to the ongoing uplift in strategy, process and performance of Sourcing and Partnerships.
About you
A seasoned Category and Commercial Manager, you possess a minimum of 8 to 10+ years of experience in a similar capacity, ideally within the financial services industry.
You are highly familiar and experienced with managing and interacting with suppliers in the technology sector, such as managed service providers and other technology vendors (e.g. Software, Cloud, Infrastructure services).
Other requirements include:
Extensive experience in the development, creation and execution of Category Management Strategies in the technology category with measurable and achievable savings/reductions and value delivery;
Extensive experience and hands on experience executing all aspects of the end-to-end indirect supply chain and procurement lifecycle – including category strategy and management, source to contract market activities, negotiation and execution, contractual / deal expertise, performance management risk management processes.
Excellent written, analytical and verbal skills to communicate with suppliers, internal stakeholders, and senior/executive management;
Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrable ability in running cross-functional projects and teams;
Advanced influencing, change management, communication and negotiation skills and demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders;
Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to think innovatively; commercial and financial acumen to contribute ideas on all aspects of the organisation with the gravitas to influence at the most senior levels; and
A demonstrated Growth Mindset
Bringing our best to life - why join us?
We do work that makes a genuine difference to our customers, partners and community.
We have a supportive, inclusive and flexible team culture, including hybrid working.
We support your growth and development, and careers across our business units and teams that are as unique as our people.
We reward and celebrate our successes, through our incentive and recognition programs.
We offer tools, resources and benefits to support your wellbeing, including additional lifestyle leave and our Family Life hub.
We connect and celebrate our diversity at work through our social committees and employee groups, and we contribute to our community with paid volunteer leave and through our sustainability commitments.
Should an applicant be the preferred candidate, background checks (including Federal Police Checks, Employment checks, ASIC banned and disqualified persons and Bankruptcy checks) will be completed prior to the candidate's employment being confirmed. The outcomes of the background checks do not automatically bar candidates, however they will be assessed against the inherent requirements of the position.
Primary Location: AU-VIC-Docklands
Work Locations: Level 16, 727 Collins St Level 16 727 Collins St Docklands 3008
Job: Customer
Organization: MLC Limited
Schedule: Permanent
Employee Status: Group Level 4
Full-time
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Job Posting: 18-Feb-2024, 6:05:12 PM
