Ventia
Leading essential infrastructure services provider operating, maintaining and managing critical public and private assets.
Senior Category Manager - Indirects
Lead enterprise-wide indirect procurement category strategy and supplier management.
Job Highlights
About the Role
Do you bring expertise in professional services procurement? Join our North Sydney based team in a pivotal role responsible for developing and executing enterprise-wide category strategies. You will lead procurement-driven business transformation initiatives, manage senior commercial and operational relationships within sector Business Units, and oversee strategic supplier relationships across assigned spend categories. • Develop and execute enterprise-wide, multi-year category strategies aligned to organisational objectives. • Lead sourcing, negotiation, and supplier engagement strategies to optimise spend and deliver Ventia’s commercial and operational outcomes. • Embed innovation, sustainability, resilience, and ESG objectives within category and supplier strategies. • Support Sector BU tenders and implementation activities to enable work winning and effective resource deployment. • Execute Group Supply Chain contract management activities, including performance measurement, risk management, and remediation of underperforming contracts. • Analyse spend and performance data to generate actionable insights and ensure post‑deal value realisation. • Lead procurement‑driven business change initiatives, including process improvement, technology adoption, and stakeholder engagement. • Own supplier segmentation and SRM governance, including supplier development, performance scorecards, escalation frameworks, and risk‑sharing mechanisms.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸category strategy
- ▸sourcing negotiation
- ▸contract management
- ▸spend analysis
- ▸process improvement
- ▸supplier segmentation
What You Bring
• Extensive procurement experience, preferably in a large, complex organisation. • Relevant degree or industry qualification (e.g., MCIPS preferred) is advantageous. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to engage, influence and build strong relationships at all levels. • Strong commercial acumen and understanding of cost and revenue drivers in a service‑delivery environment. • Deep understanding of the relationship between business strategy and category management with a commitment to continuous improvement. • Solid knowledge of contract law and commercial frameworks. • Proven success in developing and executing category strategies. • Advanced analytical and problem‑solving skills with high attention to detail. • Highly motivated self‑starter able to prioritise effectively while managing multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously.
Requirements
- ▸procurement
- ▸mcips
- ▸commercial
- ▸category management
- ▸contract law
- ▸analytical
Benefits
Why Join us? We offer a competitive salary package, a hybrid working model that balances home and office, and a collaborative, innovative culture that values diversity and inclusion. Our comprehensive benefits include discounted private health insurance, paid parental leave, discounted travel options and more. Ventia is enriched by diverse experiences, talents and cultures, and we are committed to providing a safe, positive environment with equal opportunities for all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, women, veterans, spouses and people with disabilities.
Work Environment
Hybrid