Job Description

Location: Glendenning, Western Sydney
Salary Package: $150k + Super + 15% Bonus
Role Highlights: Own the procurement function end to end - supplier strategy, sourcing, agreements and commercial performance across a network of 150+ suppliers. Get in early on a series of CI projects, including a WMS implementation and broader systems improvement. A role with genuine scope to grow, reporting directly to the GM with real visibility across the business.

Role Overview

This business has grown. The procurement function hasn't kept pace - and that's the opportunity.

Reporting to the General Manager, you'll take ownership of a procurement function that needs structure, commercial rigour and someone who knows how to engage suppliers and get agreements across the line. With over 150 suppliers and minimal formal contracts in place, there is real work to do, and the business knows it. You'll lead the consolidation effort, build out the supplier framework, and put ethical sourcing and compliance at the centre of how the function operates.
Alongside the core procurement role, you'll be a key contributor to an upcoming CI program; including a new WMS implementation and broader systems improvement across supply chain. This is not a transformation mandate. It's a procurement role with interesting problems to solve and good projects to be part of as the business continues to build.

Responsibilities 

• Lead supplier engagement, negotiation and formalisation across a 150+ supplier network, including international partners in the UK and Europe
• Build and implement a supplier agreement framework from the ground up
• Drive ethical sourcing and compliance standards, building on existing frameworks
• Manage supplier performance across cost, quality, lead time and relationship health
• Contribute to the rollout of a new warehouse management system and supporting process improvements
• Improve inventory visibility and supply planning disciplines in collaboration with the wider team
• Lead and develop a small, experienced team
• Work closely with the GM and operations to ensure procurement decisions connect to broader business performance

Candidate Profile 

You're a procurement professional with a background in manufacturing, industrial or warehousing environments, and ideally some exposure to food, pharma or laboratory supply chains. You understand what it means to source from international suppliers, negotiate under pressure and build agreements that actually hold.

You operate comfortably at both ends of the spectrum: commercial strategy on one hand, hands-on execution on the other. You've consolidated supplier bases before. You know how to bring discipline to a fragmented network without blowing up relationships in the process.

You will need:

• End-to-end procurement experience: sourcing, supplier onboarding, negotiation and contract management
• A track record managing large or complex supplier networks, preferably with international exposure (UK and Europe advantageous)
• Solid commercial acumen - you understand cost drivers, contract structures and how to protect margin
• Background in manufacturing, industrial, warehousing or regulated supply chain; exposure to food, pharma or lab sectors is a plus 
• Involvement in systems improvement or CI projects - you don't need to have led them, but you need to contribute meaningfully
• Inventory management awareness - procurement decisions affect it and you need to understand how

You don't need a perfectly structured environment to do your best work. You're commercially sharp, you read situations quickly and you lead with credibility.

Culture & Benefits 

Part of a larger global group, run with the agility of a smaller business. The team is experienced, close-knit and has been at this for a long time. There's no corporate bureaucracy between you and the decisions that matter.

• Direct access to the GM and genuine influence over how the procurement function develops
• Lead major initiatives across suppliers, systems and operations
• High visibility and direct impact on performance
• Lead strategic projects, warehouse management systems, supplier agreements plus a range of other initiatives planned over the next 2+ years.
• Ongoing career growth and development
• Salary: $150k + Super + 15% Bonus
• 5 x days onsite at Glendenning

Apply 

If this sounds like you, please send your resume by clicking the “apply” link below. The reference number for this role is CD71070. Corine Duke will be the key contact. Please allow for 3 - 5 working days for us to process all the applications. All applicants will hear back from us, either via email or a telephone call.