Procurement Category Manager | Packaging & Consumables

Let’s create a more sociable future together

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!

• Bring your passion and feel the energy!
• Utilise your extensive strategic sourcing experience and working understanding of category management.
• A motivated, collaborative team environment.

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. 

Sounds good? Read on:

Here is a taster of what you can expect in this role:

• 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, Influencing and mobilising key stakeholders to deliver impactful change.
• Extracting insights from complex analysis.
• Drive decisions and through clear communications and presentations.
• Facilitating 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 Snr Category Manager and/or the Head of Procurement

Now let’s talk about you: 

• Procurement Category Management (minimum of 7 years) experience.
• 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.
• An effective negotiator, communicator and people influencer, able to build relationships with stakeholders across all levels. 
• A strategic thinker and self-starter with commercial acumen, you are able to navigate complex environments with ease. 
• Are curious and willing to challenge whilst managing your time.
• You manage ambiguity well and can seek clarity with confidence; you speak up.
• Have the desire to learn, develop and grow within the team.
• Exceptional written, verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Possess intermediate analytical skills, with the ability to interpret data to build actionable insights.
• Membership of a Procurement affiliated body highly desirable.
• You will enjoy using your interpersonal and technical expertise to not just solve problems on paper, but drive solutions through to implementation. 
• You are passionate about being an amazing business partner, building trust and creating procurement champions from peers and leaders.

The benefits are good too! 

• We offer flexible working in every sense
• An exclusive discount card for BWS, Dan Murphy’s, Woolworths, BIG W and other Endeavour Group brands, including our ALH pubs
• Monthly meeting-free days 
• Your health and wellbeing is your most important asset, and as one of our valued team members, it’s our first priority. You will have a range of free services to help you live well and support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing
• Endeavour Group is full of opportunities - use our dedicated learning and development options to grow an idea, yourself, and your career. This is just the start, so dream big.

At Endeavour, we value being a workplace where everyone’s welcome - if you meet a number of the requirements (and not all), we encourage you to apply.

We are together creators

With a portfolio that includes Dan Murphy’s, BWS, ALH Hotels, Pinnacle Drinks and more, Endeavour Group is big on sociability. Together we create the moments that bring millions of people together. And together we have more fun, create more opportunities, and score a lot more goals. We’re serious about creating a safe, inclusive and fun place to rock up to where equal opportunity is key, and flexibility is part of how we roll.  

We’re all about creating a more sociable future - for our customers and each other. If this job excites you - and you’re close-enough on the requirements, reach out, we’d love to hear from you.

You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or at endeavourgroupcareers.com.au.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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