Category Manager - Delivery & People

Beca Group Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Flexible working

Discounted health insurance

Gym membership discounts

Social club events

Employee ownership

Job summary

Beca Group Limited is seeking a Category Manager - Delivery & People to lead procurement across a diverse portfolio that supports project delivery, our people, health and safety, and innovation. You will partner with stakeholders to develop category strategies, strengthen supplier performance, manage risk, and maximise commercial value while embedding best-practice procurement and governance.

This role offers relocation support, flexible working, and the chance to influence sustainability and

Qualifications

• Develop and implement category strategies that deliver value.
• Lead end-to-end procurement activities from market analysis to contracting.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Delivery Practice, People & Culture, Health & Safety.
• Embed governance and ensure supplier performance and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement across a diverse category portfolio.
• Develop category strategies and governance.
• Negotiate and contract with suppliers.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance.
• Analyse market conditions and identify savings and value.
• Support ESG and sustainability objectives.

Skills

Category management

Commercial negotiation

Stakeholder management

Supplier performance

Risk management

Sustainability & ESG

Oracle Fusion familiarity

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Job description

Te whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity At Beca

As Category Manager - Delivery & People, you'll lead procurement across a diverse portfolio that supports project delivery, our people, health and safety, and innovation. You'll partner with stakeholders across the business to develop category strategies, strengthen supplier performance, manage risk, and deliver commercial value in areas critical to Beca's success. As part of our Better Buying at Beca transformation, you'll help build a modern procurement function with stronger governance, smarter systems, and greater supplier value. You'll also play a key role in embedding best-practice procurement and maximising the benefits of Oracle Fusion across the business. This is an excellent opportunity for someone ready to step into a broader, more strategic category management role. Working closely with the Group Procurement Manager, you'll lead key initiatives that improve supplier outcomes, create commercial value, manage supply chain risk, and support sustainability and social procurement objectives.

Ko wai koe | About you

You are an experienced procurement professional who can develop and implement category strategies that deliver value for money, improve supplier performance and support Beca’s environmental, social and governance priorities. You will be comfortable leading end-to-end procurement activities, from market analysis and sourcing through to negotiation, contracting and ongoing supplier relationship management. You will build strong relationships with stakeholders across Delivery Practice, People & Culture, Health & Safety, Clients & Markets, Finance and Innovation. Your ability to understand different business needs, influence senior stakeholders and turn complex requirements into practical commercial solutions will be central to your success. You will lead commercial negotiations and support contract, supplier performance and relationship management across a global portfolio. As Beca’s subject matter expert for the category, you will provide insights into market conditions, emerging trends and supply chain health. You will also work with the wider Procurement team to ensure our practices are consistent, connected and customer-focused across Beca and relevant client activities.

Ideally, you will bring:

• Strong commercial negotiation and category management capability.
• Experience across people-related services, professional services, project delivery or health and safety categories.
• Demonstrated supplier relationship and performance management experience.
• An understanding of procurement risk, contractual considerations, supplier due diligence and compliance.
• The ability to analyse spend data, develop business cases and model savings or cost-avoidance opportunities.
• Knowledge of sustainability, social procurement, supplier diversity and modern slavery requirements.
• Confidence working with procurement and enterprise systems, with experience using Oracle Fusion or a comparable platform beneficial.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou | What we offer

A career with Beca will provide you with:

• Professional development opportunities.
• A supportive and caring work environment where you can bring your whole self to work.
• Support with relocation and immigration to suitable applicants.
• Flexible working arrangements to balance your personal / family commitments.
• Opportunities to learn from our industry experts and technical gurus across the Asia Pacific.
• A highly supportive environment of sharing and collaboration.
• Excellent benefits provided to all staff – including discounted health insurance, discounts on gym memberships, and a number of social club events.

We also offer a range of employee benefits, designed to reward and recognise the amazing things our people are doing everyday.

Our employee-ownership model sets us apart. It’s an opportunity for our people to be invested in the future success of our business, with share ownership available for eligible employees.

And our values of partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care are reflected in the way we work, with our people and with our clients.

When you are part of our Beca family, you’ll own your own career path and contribute to a legacy. Join us and discover for yourself how you own your career and can make everyday better.

Hello! And welcome to a whole new world of possibilities with Beca. We hope you’re as keen as we are to find out more about each other. We look forward to seeing your application. The Talent Acquisition Team Make everyday better Creative people together transforming our world' is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose - to make everyday better. But we need problem solvers - the makers, the creators, the planners and practitioners to convert ideas into reality. For over 100 years, we’ve been making a visible difference, developing, and delivering solutions for our clients, our people and our community. Focusing on sustainability, innovation, and digital technologies, to create better and safer outcomes.