Procurement Category Manager - It

Jigsaw Talent Management; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 185,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Jigsaw Talent Management is seeking an IT procurement specialist for a Melbourne-based contract role, overseeing approximately $75m of technology spend for a listed FMCG business operating across Australia and New Zealand. The role is Melbourne/hybrid, 6 months to permanent with start within two weeks.

You will build and own the IT category strategy across software, cloud, hardware, telco and managed services, lead supplier negotiations over $250k, and drive licence optimisation and rate

Qualifications

• Hands-on IT procurement or category management experience.
• Experience negotiating software, SaaS, cloud and managed services agreements.
• Strong financial skills including benefits baselining and realisation.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the IT category strategy across software, cloud, hardware, telco and managed services.
• Lead sourcing and negotiations with suppliers over $250k.
• Drive licence optimisation, supplier consolidation and rate harmonisation.
• Set up invoice assurance and leakage controls.
• Build business cases and a single benefits register with Finance.

Skills

IT procurement

Category management

Supplier negotiations

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Procurement Category Manager - IT | Contract | $1,000 to $1,200 daily (inc super)

Melbourne/hybrid 6 months to permanent - Start within 2 weeks

I'm looking for a genuine IT category specialist to take the lead on roughly $75m of technology spend for a listed FMCG business operating across Australia and New Zealand.

You'll report to the Head of Procurement. The brief is to centralise commercial leverage and visibility, without owning day-to-day IT operations.

What you'll do

• Build and own the IT category strategy across software, cloud, hardware, telco and managed services
• Lead sourcing and negotiations with suppliers over $250k
• Drive licence optimisation, supplier consolidation and rate harmonisation
• Set up invoice assurance and leakage controls
• Build business cases and a single benefits register with Finance

What you'll need

• Hands-on IT procurement or category management experience
• A track record negotiating software, SaaS, cloud and managed services agreements
• Strong financial skills, including benefits baselining and realisation
• The ability to turn messy ERP and invoice data into commercial insight
• Comfort influencing in a multi-entity business where you don't control every lever

To be upfront, this one needs real technology procurement depth. If IT is a small part of your background, it won't be the right fit.

You'll need to be available to start within two weeks.