Principal Category Manager

SA Health; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 116,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

SA Health, Department for Health and Wellbeing – Corporate & Infrastructure – Procurement & Supply Chain, seeks a Principal Category Manager to lead sourcing activities for a designated category, ensuring value for money and risk management across SA Health’s procurement process.

Key outcomes include executing strategies for effective procurement and category management, ensuring compliance with SA Public Sector policy, delivering high‑level procurement services to stakeholders, and procuring

Responsibilities

• Strategies are executed that enable SA Health operating through effective procurement and category management.
• Procurement and negotiation strategies comply with SA Public Sector policy requirements and identify control measures to effectively manage SA Health’s commercial risk.
• High level procurement services are provided to stakeholders that facilitate value for money outcomes and the procurement of commercially sound deliverables.
• Procured goods and services that meet the business requirements of SA Health.

Job description

• Department for Health and Wellbeing – Corporate & Infrastructure – Procurement & Supply Chain (PSC)
• Salary: $116,089 to $125,490– ASO7 – Full Time / Ongoing – Permanent

Overview:

The Principal Category Manager is responsible for managing sourcing activities related to a designated category to ensure value for money is realised, contracts deliver the required outcomes and risks are appropriately managed across SA Health through the procurement process.

The key outcomes for this role are:

• Strategies are executed that enable SA Health operating through effective procurement and category management.
• Procurement and negotiation strategies comply with SA Public Sector policy requirements and identify control measures to effectively manage SA Health’s commercial risk.
• High level procurement services are provided to stakeholders that facilitate value for money outcomes and the procurement of commercially sound deliverables.
• Procured goods and services that meet the business requirements of SA Health.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Job ref: 955908

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A ‘National Police Certificate’ NPC (also known as a ‘Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check’ NCCHC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment).

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact).

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policyin the workplace.

Enquiries

PSCM Recruitment & People
E-mail: [e-mail]

Application Closing Date

Saturday, 21 November 2026 – 11:55 PM

Attachments

• 955908 - Principal Category Manager - Procurement and Supply Chain - Role Description.pdf
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