Procurement Manager - Digital (Melbourne)

**About Us**

**Jemena** is an Australian energy company who owns and operates over $12.4 Billion worth of gas and electricity transportation assets across Australia supplying millions of households and businesses with essential services every day.

We pride ourselves on our innovative approach, technical expertise, and dedication to safety, quality, and sustainability. Our Group’s over 3000 team members across the East Coast, consistently strive to make a difference in the communities we serve.

**About the role**: As the Procurement Manager (Digital), you will play a crucial role in supporting the Procurement, Property, and Fleet (PPF) business partnering model by leading the enterprise Technology stream. As a key member of the PPF Corporate and Digital Procurement team, you will drive strategic sourcing, process improvements, and change initiatives.

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Developing and implementing category strategies to meet enterprise objectives.
- Executing strategic sourcing initiatives.
- Delivering optimum results through intelligent tendering and sourcing, as well as effective contract and category management.
- Engaging with business leaders and stakeholders effectively to understand and ensure that sourcing strategies accommodate business strategy and future state, and create optimum values for the business.
- Managing the full end-to-end procurement process, including commercial contract management lifecycle, supplier relationships management, category management, and market engagements.

This role is accountable for delivering optimal results through effective tendering, sourcing, and contract management.

**A little about you**: Ideally, you will have experience in senior IT management within Technology or Procurement, encompassing sourcing, supplier relationships, vendor management, and category planning. You will also have advanced conflict resolution and customer focus skills, ideally with an in-depth understanding of the energy market.

Additionally, you will have expertise in developing IT sourcing strategies that support business goals and target IT architectures. You should also have a proven ability in contract and supplier performance management, along with skills in strategic sourcing methodologies.

**You will also bring with you**:

- Strong commercial acumen with strategic execution and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management capabilities.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in legal, commercial, or related fields.

We are a champion of equal opportunity employment and have committed to targets for gender equity and first nations representation in our workforce. We want you to come as you are by promoting an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with.

Our people are our energy source and we offer meaningful advantages and rewards that work for you. We offer the opportunity for potential long term career growth as part of our talent development and succession planning process.

Join our team and make a meaningful impact toward Australia’s “Net Zero” targets through the delivery of critical infrastructure projects and be a part of our journey to shape the future of the energy and utilities industry.

**Recruitment Process**

As part of Jemena’s recruitment process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

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