Procurement Excellence and Projects Lead?

Evolution Mining; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short-term incentive opportunity

Life insurance and income protection

Novated leasing

Employee referral bonuses

Study assistance

Discounted health insurance

Wellness days

Recognition programs

Flexible work arrangements

Exposure to enterprise-wide procure­m­

Job summary

Evolution Mining is seeking a senior procurement leader to establish and head a Procurement Centre of Excellence from our Sydney base. You will shape governance, analytics, and capability uplift across the organisation while partnering with Finance, Technology, and Operations to deliver value and risk management.

You will drive strategic procurement projects, implement systems and automation, and guide a team including a Procurement Analyst and Coordinator to scale a commercial, efficient

Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing procurement governance or operating model frameworks.
• Delivering continuous improvement, transformation or business improvement initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Experience developing analytics, reporting or business intelligence capability.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead Evolution’s Procurement Centre of Excellence.
• Improve procurement data quality and establish a trusted single source of truth across spend and supplier, contract and sourcing information.
• Develop and embed procurement policies, standards, frameworks and governance processes.
• Drive procurement projects, transformation programs and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop procurement reporting, analytics and performance insights to support data-driven decision making.
• Lead procurement’s technology, automation and AI roadmap to improve visibility, efficiency and decision-making.
• Enhance and embed sourcing, contracting and supplier governance frameworks.
• Build procurement capability through training, playbooks, knowledge resources and coaching.
• Establish procurement planning, category planning and governance processes that improve visibility, prioritisation and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Procurement governance

Analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Project leadership

Change management

Continuous improvement

Tools

Procurement software

Automation tools

AI platforms

Job description

About Us

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future.

Our operational diversity offers our people access to a broad range of experiences and career opportunities across the business.

Working from our Sydney CBD Group Office, you’ll collaborate with teams across Australia and Canada, helping shape the systems, processes and capabilities that support a modern, efficient and data-driven procurement function.

About the Role

This is a unique opportunity to establish and lead Evolution’s Procurement Centre of Excellence, helping shape how procurement operates across the organisation through improved systems, governance, analytics, capability development and continuous improvement initiatives.

Reporting to the Group Manager Procurement and Supply, you will be responsible for procurement planning, frameworks, governance, analytics, systems, capability uplift, continuous improvement and technology enablement, helping to build a scalable, efficient and commercially focused procurement function.

Working closely with Strategic Category Leads and stakeholders across finance, technology, shared services and operations, you will drive procurement projects and improvement initiatives that enhance visibility, governance, stakeholder experience and value delivery.

While Strategic Category Leads focus on category strategy, sourcing and supplier relationships, this role focuses on strengthening how procurement operates through better systems, governance, analytics, planning and capability development.

Acting as the engine room of the procurement function, you will create practical tools, frameworks and solutions that can be leveraged across multiple categories and business units. You will also lead and develop a Procurement Analyst and Procurement Coordinator while supporting broader capability uplift across the procurement team.

Based in Sydney, this role provides enterprise-wide exposure across our operations in Australia and Canada.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and lead Evolution’s Procurement Centre of Excellence.
• Improve procurement data quality and establish a trusted single source of truth across spend and supplier, contract and sourcing information.
• Develop and embed procurement policies, standards, frameworks and governance processes.
• Drive procurement projects, transformation programs and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop procurement reporting, analytics and performance insights to support data-driven decision making.
• Lead procurement’s technology, automation and AI roadmap to improve visibility, efficiency and decision-making.
• Enhance and embed sourcing, contracting and supplier governance frameworks.
• Build procurement capability through training, playbooks, knowledge resources and coaching.
• Establish procurement planning, category planning and governance processes that improve visibility, prioritisation and stakeholder engagement.

About You

You are an experienced procurement professional who enjoys improving the systems, processes and capabilities that enable procurement teams to deliver their best work.

Your experience may come from mining, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy or another complex operating environment. Most importantly, you bring a track record of designing and implementing practical solutions that improve procurement performance, stakeholder experience and organisational capability.

Your experience will include

• Developing and implementing procurement excellence, governance or operating model frameworks.
• Delivering continuous improvement, transformation or business improvement initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Experience developing analytics, reporting or business intelligence capability.
• Exposure to systems implementation, digital enablement or process automation initiatives.
• Strong project leadership and change management capability.
• A collaborative, practical and solutions-focused approach to achieving outcomes.

Your Benefits

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be part of our bright future.

Your benefits include

• Short-term incentive opportunity
• Life insurance and income protection
• Novated leasing
• Employee referral bonuses
• Study assistance
• Discounted health insurance
• Wellness days
• Recognition programs
• Flexible work arrangements
• Exposure to enterprise-wide procurement initiatives across Australia and Canada

This role will see you working from our Sydney Group Office with flexibility options available.

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about what flexibility looks like.

A Career with Impact

This is a rare opportunity to establish a Procurement Centre of Excellence and help shape the future of procurement at Evolution Mining. You will influence procurement at an enterprise level, drive transformation initiatives, leverage technology and data to improve decision-making, and create practical solutions that deliver lasting value across the business.

If you’re motivated by building capability, improving ways of working and creating meaningful change in a complex operational environment, we’d love to hear from you.