Group Category Manager - Corporate Services
About the role
Company Description
BlueScope is an Australian born, global success story, spanning 18 countries, with a team of over 16,500 people. We’re driven by innovation and are proud that the technologies in our products and brands, like COLORBOND® steel, inspire and protect everything from hospitals and bridges to stadiums and homes.
Job Description
The Opportunity
Our Group Procurement function is leading a significant transformation to create enterprise-wide capability, unlock value at scale and strengthen how we partner across the business. This is an exciting opportunity to join that journey and help shape the future of procurement at BlueScope
As Group Category Manager – Corporate Services, you will lead the development and execution of category strategies across a diverse enterprise portfolio valued at approximately AUD $400M. This portfolio spans professional and business services including travel, HR, legal, marketing, consulting, fleet and financial services.
The role will be instrumental in transforming a fragmented spend landscape into a disciplined enterprise category model that delivers value, governance, service quality and demand management outcomes. You will work closely with procurement, commercial and functional leaders to establish preferred supplier frameworks, optimise commercial models and drive consistent procurement practices across the organisation.
This role can be based in Port Kembla, Sydney (Mascot) or Melbourne (CBD)
The Role
The role will be instrumental in transforming a fragmented spend landscape into a disciplined enterprise category model that delivers value, governance, service quality and demand management outcomes. You will work closely with procurement, commercial and functional leaders to establish preferred supplier frameworks, optimise commercial models and drive consistent procurement practices across the organisation.
Responsibilities include:
Develop and execute enterprise-wide Corporate Services category strategies.
Lead sourcing programs, supplier panel optimisation and contract frameworks.
Drive demand management, compliance and procurement governance.
Establish supplier relationship management practices for key strategic suppliers.
Build category analytics, benchmarking and value delivery disciplines.
Define governance structures, decision rights and operating model interfaces.
Lead and develop a high-performing category management team.
Qualifications
About You
You are an experienced procurement leader with a strong background in indirect procurement, services categories or enterprise sourcing. You have successfully partnered with senior business leaders to deliver commercial outcomes, governance improvements and sustainable value across complex organisations.
You will bring:
Experience leading indirect or services category portfolios.
Strong commercial, sourcing and negotiation capability.
Experience managing complex and fragmented supplier ecosystems.
Ability to influence executives and stakeholders across multiple business functions.
A track record of delivering measurable procurement and business outcomes through governance, sourcing and demand management.
Additional Information
The BlueScope Difference
A career at BlueScope provides the opportunity to make a difference – to you, to your team, to our customers, to transforming products, processes and brands, and to an organisation intent on shaping a better built environment for all our communities. At BlueScope, you will:
make an impact both within the organisation and in the broader community
create and deliver innovative products and solutions that shape the world we live in
grow on a path of continuous learning and development
enjoy the sense of belonging that comes from working with people who genuinely look out for one another
We’re dedicated to supporting our people keeping one another safe, rewarding successes, and helping individuals grow. We foster workplace flexibility and an inclusive work environment that welcomes people of all backgrounds. We’re committed to climate action and to helping shape a better future for all our communities; we are committed to Our Purpose, Creating Strength.
Come and discover us at bluescope.com/life at bluescope/. Together we can make a world of difference.
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