Category Manager - Strategic Sourcing

Centennial Coal Company; Newcastle-Maitland; In loco; AUD 150.000 - 210.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

STI framework

Salary-sacrifice options

Corporate health-insurance discounts

Descrizione del lavoro

Centennial Coal Company is seeking a commercially driven Category Manager to join its Strategic Sourcing team and lead major spend portfolios across Services & Consumables and Overhauls & MRO.

You will collaborate directly with operational and corporate leaders to improve value, supplier performance and commercial outcomes across Centennial's underground mining operations, shaping category strategy and delivering meaningful cost improvements.

Competenze

• Proven category management and strategic sourcing experience.
• End-to-end leadership of high-value sourcing initiatives.
• Experience in mining, heavy industry, infrastructure, or related sectors.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Ability to balance value with safety, operational and supply-risk requirements.
• Accountable mindset and willingness to challenge constructively.

Mansioni

• Own and deliver category strategies across substantial spend portfolios.
• Lead tenders, negotiations, supplier selection and contract outcomes.
• Analyse spend, demand, supplier economics and cost drivers to identify value opportunities.
• Build relationships with operational stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
• Deliver sustainable cost reductions, cost avoidance and commercial risk improvements.
• Help shape a growing Strategic Sourcing function, including governance and ways of working.

Conoscenze

Category management

Strategic sourcing

Commercial acumen

Negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Descrizione del lavoro

Centennial Coal Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia's largest independent Energy Group, Banpu Public Company Limited.

Centennial is looking for a commercially driven Category Manager to join its Strategic Sourcing team.

This is a genuine ownership role. You will lead major spend portfolios across Services & Consumables and Overhauls & MRO, working directly with operational and corporate leaders to improve value, supplier performance and commercial outcomes across Centennial's underground mining operations.

This is not transactional procurement. You will shape category strategy, lead meaningful negotiations, challenge existing arrangements and see your work make a visible difference to the business.

You will have clear ownership of your portfolio, direct access to key decision-makers and the opportunity to help shape how Strategic Sourcing operates across Centennial.

What you will do

• Own and deliver category strategies across substantial spend portfolios.
• Lead complex tenders, negotiations, supplier selection and contract outcomes.
• Analyse spend, demand, supplier economics and cost drivers to identify value opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with operational stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
• Deliver sustainable cost reductions, cost avoidance and commercial risk improvements.
• Help shape a growing Strategic Sourcing function, including its tools, governance and ways of working.

What will you bring

• Strong category management, strategic sourcing, commercial or value-delivery experience.
• A track record managing complex, high-value sourcing initiatives from strategy through to implementation.
• Experience in mining, heavy industry, infrastructure, construction, industrial services or mining equipment.
• Strong commercial acumen, negotiation capability and confidence engaging with senior stakeholders.
• The ability to balance value outcomes with safety, operational, technical and supply-risk requirements.
• A practical, accountable mindset and willingness to challenge constructively.

Why Centennial

• Permanent role based at Fassifern, close to Lake Macquarie and Newcastle.
• A senior commercial role with a genuine regional lifestyle - without a remote or fly-in/fly-out arrangement.
• Clear ownership of a major category portfolio and direct exposure to senior operational and corporate leaders.
• The opportunity to influence material sourcing, supplier and business-improvement decisions.
• Competitive fixed remuneration, participation in Centennial's STI framework, career development, salary-sacrifice options and corporate health-insurance discounts.

About Centennial

Centennial Coal Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia's largest independent Energy Group, Banpu Public Company Limited.

We employ over 1,600 highly skilled employees across our operations and are New South Wales leading supplier of coal-fired energy.

Centennial is the heart of innovation, technology and sustainability, offering a career that is both challenging and rewarding.