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Form of work Hybrid working based in Sydney CBD
Supportive and collaborative team
Grow your career building our Global Procurement function
Job Description
We currently have a very exciting opportunity in the Perpetual Procurement Team based in Sydney. Leading the category procurement team (Business Applications and Professional Services) to optimize total procurement spend.
Reporting to the Global Head of Procurement the Category Manager (Business Applications and Professional Services) is responsible for working collaboratively with stakeholders to understand business needs and objectives
Sounds interesting? Here are some specifics about the opportunity:
Develop category strategies that meet business needs including risk mitigation, total cost of ownership reduction, and value beyond cost across the portfolio
Proactively lead the procurement process for your category, ensure business and category plans align to stakeholder needs across the global group
Develop and coach a category management team to ensure they maximise their individual and team performance
Building strong business relationships with strategic partners, in line with agreed supplier performance and compliance indicators
Implement best practices across the procurement lifecycle, for the global group, including creation and management of short-, mid-, and long-term goals and objectives to deliver on your category strategy and plans
To be considered for this opportunity, your qualifications, skills and experience could include:
As an experienced 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 partners and third party vendors in the professional services sector
You have extensive experience in the development, creation and execution of Category Management Strategies in the (Business Applications and Professional Services) with measurable and achievable savings/reductions and value extraction
Demonstrated experience managing all aspects of the end to end procurement lifecycle including managing vendor relationships, negotiating contracts and complex commercial models
Excellent written, analytical and verbal skills to communicate with vendors, internal stakeholders, senior management and customers
Strong problem solving skills, with the ability to think innovatively; using your commercial and financial acumen
Our opportunity
We’d love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit. Here at Perpetual, we are committed to supporting a flexible working environment enabling you to work how and where you work best.
Our benefits
Two weeks additional paid leave for Well-being & Community Leave
Market competitive Parental Leave
Access to our Well-being Benefits and Perpetual Discounts providing discounts and special offers on entertainment, clothing, homeware, gift cards, technology, travel, dining and more
Why join us?
You'll be joining a growing client-focused and collaborative global team with a values and purpose-driven culture. Each and every day our people bring to life our enterprise behaviours – Stretch, Own It, and Make an Impact. We value Diversity and Inclusion and know that the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives of our people contribute immensely to the delivery of our purpose and strategy. We’re living this commitment as a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and have a growing number of employee-led networks to raise awareness and promote Diversity and Inclusion at Perpetual. We are extremely proud to work directly with over 23 Aboriginal language groups in various communities across Australia and we pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: and to their Elders past and present. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are strongly encouraged to apply.
Perpetual strongly encourages our employees to be vaccinated for the safety of our team and stakeholders. Some governments require employees to be up to date with their vaccinations against COVID-19 or have a current medical exemption to be able to attend a Perpetual office or attend a face to face meeting. Other roles may also require that full vaccination is maintained for the safety and well-being of our clients. We will ask you to share your status as part of the application process. You will be provided with the relevant information during the recruitment process if you are currently not up to date with your vaccinations or are medically exempt.
