AI-Driven Procurement & Supply Chain Governance Lead

Downer Group; Ryde; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Downer Group in Australia is seeking a Manager Procurement & Supply Chain Governance, Insights and Process Excellence to lead AI-enabled transformation, governance and business improvement across Procurement and Supply Chain.

You will translate complex data into actionable insights, establish governance rhythms and drive accountability, helping teams adopt new tools and ways of working across multiple functions.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement, supply chain, governance and reporting.
• Experience translating data into executive insights.
• Exposure to ERP or enterprise reporting environments (JDE, Maximo, SAP).

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation and process excellence to reduce rework and improve performance.
• Drive AI-enabled improvement across procurement and supply chain with tech teams.
• Create decision-ready insights from procurement, spend, inventory and operations data.
• Strengthen governance through reporting cycles, reviews and action follow-up.
• Build engagement by partnering across functions and training teams.
• Maintain governance frameworks for purchasing controls and compliance.

Skills

Procurement & supply chain

Governance

Operational reporting

AI & digital enablement

Data analysis

Stakeholder leadership

Tools

JDE

Maximo

SAP

Job description

Downer Group in Australia is seeking a Manager Procurement & Supply Chain Governance, Insights and Process Excellence to lead AI-enabled transformation, governance and business improvement across Procurement and Supply Chain.

You will translate complex data into actionable insights, establish governance rhythms and drive accountability, helping teams adopt new tools and ways of working across multiple functions.