Procurement Category Manager 4

ManpowerGroup; Australia; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Remote work

Weekly pay

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending (FSA)

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term and Long Term Disability

Business Travel Insurance

401(k) Plus Match

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Procurement Category Manager 4 for remote work in Australia. You will support fiber and telecom infrastructure supply chains, manage supplier capacity, and track critical deliveries to keep deployment schedules aligned.

The role emphasizes building demand and capacity forecasts, maintaining dashboards for executive visibility, coordinating cross-functional teams, and driving escalation when delivery risks arise.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of finance-related experience with demonstrated experience in supply chain, procurement, operations, project coordination, or telecommunications infrastructure.
• Strong Excel and Power BI skills, with the ability to build and maintain clear reporting and dashboards.
• Experience tracking demand and capacity, monitoring supplier performance, and identifying delivery risks.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally, document customer/client information accurately, and coordinate action items across teams.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to purchasing, plus familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of fiber and telecom infrastructure supply chain programs by managing supplier capacity and tracking critical deliveries.
• Monitor project demand and maintain demand/capacity forecasts, reporting, and dashboards to support executive visibility.
• Coordinate cross-functional communications across planning, engineering, construction, and procurement stakeholders to keep work aligned to deployment schedules.
• Manage supplier meeting cadences, document action items, and help drive escalation management when delivery risks are identified.
• Support process improvements by analyzing supplier performance, price proposals, and other technical data to reduce friction and protect timelines.

Skills

Finance experience

Supply chain

Procurement

Reporting & dashboards

Communication

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Job Title: Procurement Category Manager 4

Location: Remote

What's the Job?

• Support the execution of fiber and telecom infrastructure supply chain programs by managing supplier capacity and tracking critical deliveries.

• Monitor project demand and maintain demand/capacity forecasts, reporting, and dashboards to support executive visibility.

• Coordinate cross-functional communications across planning, engineering, construction, and procurement stakeholders to keep work aligned to deployment schedules.

• Manage supplier meeting cadences, document action items, and help drive escalation management when delivery risks are identified.

• Support process improvements by analyzing supplier performance, price proposals, and other technical data to reduce friction and protect timelines.

What's Needed?

• 8-10 years of finance-related experience with demonstrated experience in supply chain, procurement, operations, project coordination, or telecommunications infrastructure.

• Strong Excel and Power BI skills, with the ability to build and maintain clear reporting and dashboards.

• Experience tracking demand and capacity, monitoring supplier performance, and identifying delivery risks.

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally, document customer/client information accurately, and coordinate action items across teams.

• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to purchasing, plus familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel.

What's in it for me?

• Flexible hours with remote work to accommodate time zone variance (+/- 2-3 hours).

• Work from home in a fast-paced environment where your coordination and reporting directly impact delivery outcomes.

• Opportunity to strengthen supplier relationships through consistent communication and escalation support.

• Clear performance focus on business impact, strong supplier relationships, and direct stakeholder feedback.

• Engagement length of approximately 18 months with a tentative start date of ASAP.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

• Dental Plan

• Vision Plan

• Health Savings Account

• Health Flexible Spending Account

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

• Supplemental Life Insurance

• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance

• Business Travel Insurance

• 401(k), Plus Match

• Weekly Pay

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.