Ventia
Leading essential infrastructure services provider operating, maintaining and managing critical public and private assets.
Category Manager
Develop and lead enterprise-wide category strategies, sourcing, and supplier management.
Job Highlights
About the Role
Based in North Sydney, this role plays a critical part in shaping enterprise‑wide category strategies. You will lead sourcing and supplier management initiatives, collaborate closely with business partners, and oversee strategic relationships with key external suppliers. • Develop and deliver enterprise‑wide, multi‑year category strategies aligned to business objectives, ESG commitments, and supply chain resilience. • Design and lead strategic sourcing, supplier engagement, and negotiations to optimise spend, mitigate risk, and achieve optimal commercial outcomes. • Support sector BU tenders and implementation activities to enable winning work and effective resource deployment across projects and sites. • Analyse spend and supplier data to generate insights, identify value‑creation opportunities, and address underperforming contracts. • Drive supplier development, innovation, and resilience through structured governance, escalation, and risk‑sharing frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸category strategy
- ▸strategic sourcing
- ▸supplier engagement
- ▸spend analysis
- ▸supplier development
- ▸risk governance
What You Bring
The role requires proven procurement experience, ideally within a large, complex organisation, and a relevant degree or industry qualification such as MCIPS. Success in developing and executing category strategies and a passion for building relationships to deliver value to the P&L are essential. • Proven procurement experience, preferably within a large, complex organisation. • Relevant degree or industry qualification (MCIPS preferred) is highly regarded. • Demonstrated success in developing and executing category strategies. • Passion for building relationships and delivering value to the P&L.
Requirements
- ▸procurement
- ▸mcips
- ▸category strategy
- ▸relationship
- ▸p&l
- ▸complex org
Benefits
Ventia offers a competitive salary package and a hybrid working model that balances remote and office work. The company promotes a collaborative, innovative culture that values diversity and inclusion, and provides a comprehensive range of benefits such as discounted private health insurance, paid parental leave, discounted travel options, and more. • Competitive salary package. • Hybrid working model (balance of home and office work). • Comprehensive benefits including discounted private health insurance, paid parental leave, discounted travel options, and more.
Work Environment
Hybrid