Senior Category & Contracts Leader

Mater Central Queensland - Rockhampton; Rockhampton Regional; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $15,900+

Superannuation

Staff benefits

Job summary

Mater Central Queensland - Rockhampton is seeking a Senior Category & Contracts Specialist to drive category strategies and end-to-end procurement across the Newstead campus. This role focuses on delivering value for money, managing complex sourcing, and negotiating commercial contracts with key suppliers.

You will lead supplier performance, build strong stakeholder relationships, and use data analytics to inform category decisions, contributing to Mater’s not-for-profit healthcare mission.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in procurement, category and contract management within a large, complex organisation.
• Strong expertise in commercial negotiation, contract development and supplier management.
• Proven ability to develop and implement strategic procurement and category initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex supplier and stakeholder issues and resolving performance concerns.
• Strong analytical capability, with experience using e-procurement systems and generating meaningful insights from data.
• A commitment to Mater’s Mission, Values and behavioural standards, with a strong focus on collaboration, integrity and service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement category and contract strategies to deliver value for money.
• Lead and support end-to-end procurement and tender activities, including high-value and complex sourcing.
• Identify opportunities to improve value from Mater’s procurement spend and deliver measurable benefits.
• Develop category plans, sourcing strategies and procurement initiatives.
• Support the negotiation and execution of commercial contracts.
• Manage supplier performance and resolve complex customer and supplier issues.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Maintain category, supplier, contract, spend and performance information to support effective decision-making.
• Identify market trends, innovation opportunities and industry developments to inform category strategies.

Skills

Procurement

Category management

Contract negotiation

Supplier management

Data analytics

E-procurement systems

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Procurement or business qualification (desirable)

Tools

E-procurement systems

Job description

Mater Central Queensland - Rockhampton is seeking a Senior Category & Contracts Specialist to drive category strategies and end-to-end procurement across the Newstead campus. This role focuses on delivering value for money, managing complex sourcing, and negotiating commercial contracts with key suppliers.

You will lead supplier performance, build strong stakeholder relationships, and use data analytics to inform category decisions, contributing to Mater’s not-for-profit healthcare mission.