Sydney - Senior Category Manager - Software & IT Services

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About Woolworths Group

Woolworths Group is a food and everyday needs retailer united by the shared purpose of creating better experiences together for a better tomorrow. With more than 1,400 stores across its Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown Supermarkets (New Zealand) and BIG W brands, and fast-growing eCommerce businesses, Woolworths Group is Australia and New Zealand’s largest retailer.

A top 10 company on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), Woolworths Group employs more than 180,000 team members and serves more than 20 million customers a week.

  • A fast paced environment where you will work collaboratively and alongside entrepreneurial-minded professionals
  • Working as ‘one team’ we can grow our multinational business and help shape the future of the retail industry.
  • Predominantly based in our Bella Vista office and Surry Hills office as required with excellent facilities and employee benefits

Welcome to the Procurement team

The Woolworths’ Procurement team is an enterprise wide function and our job is to provide thought leadership, best practice advice and deliver a service that adds value to our business partners. The team is positioned to drive change and continuous improvement across the business whilst continually focused on providing excellent customer experiences to stakeholders.

As a core member of the IT, Telecoms and Digital Portfolio, reporting to the Portfolio Manager – Software & IT Services in Procurement, you’ll be responsible for delivering the Software & IT Services and Enabling technologies Category strategy you co-create.

These two categories have depth and breath, including Stores, On-line, Supply Chain to name a few, and encompasses all our leading Brand Banners.

The Opportunity

This is a permanent opportunity where you’ll be involved in the end-to-end procurement lifecycle including large scale and enterprise wide projects that influence Woolworths Group. Using your strong EQ, and proactive approach, we're looking at you to help reimage the procurement function and value delivered to Woolworths.

What you’ll do
  • Co-develop category management strategies and execute to deliver tangible outcomes
  • Lead market engagements - RFx’s, direct engagements, dispute resolution from strategy to delivery
  • Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, at all levels, to enable forward thinking Procurement, commercial leadership and advice
  • Lead commercial negotiations from complex, high value engagements to straightforward for both established and new technologies
  • Engage closely with SME teams (e.g. Risk, Privacy, Cyber Security, Legal, Finance) to deliver the best commercial outcomes available
  • Establish and cultivate relationships with key suppliers to enable accurate forecasting of future technology and commercial environments
  • Identify and mitigate risks in all third party engagements either directly or with appropriate SME support
  • Deal with and understand a wide range of technology applications in the Software & Services and Enabling Technologies portfolios
  • Use your experience to adapt to new technologies to understand and successfully address the related commercial aspects in all engagements
  • Promote the value and contribution of the Procurement function to IT and business stakeholders
  • Manage and successfully deliver multiple market engagements simultaneously
  • Delivering significant and sustainable EBITDA benefits

What you’ll bring

The experience you bring means you can be creative, adapting your application of best practice procurement to influence stakeholders and supplier partners for optimal outcomes. Your confidence, enthusiasm and detailed approach will unlock value and drive continuous improvement for our stakeholders. More specifically you will bring:

  • Preferred relevant professional Procurement accreditation or certification, such as MCIPS.
  • Proven experience in a similar procurement or commercial role with detailed knowledge of IT Software & Service
  • Experience executing sourcing strategies in IT, Telco & Digital Categories (in particular Software Licencing, IT Services and Enabling Technology for Retail) and of contracting Software and associated services.
  • Ability to negotiate major strategic and complex deals that delivered significant commercial outcomes.
  • Sound appreciation of category management principles and processes, with an understanding of contract law.
  • Proven experience in managing a multi-million dollar spend categories across a large organisation and geography.

What you'll experience

Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we’re always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:

A progressive and flexible ‘work from anywhere’ policy that gives you more control over your work, life and wellbeing.
  • Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
  • A global business with endless career possibilities around every corner and across every discipline – with valuable exposure to a vast and exciting business network.
  • High impact role supporting our teams who enrich our communities.
  • A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
  • A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.

Grow with the Group

Woolworths Group has announced it will be requiring Australian team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (subject to medical and religious exemptions).

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences – for our customers and for each other.

We’d love to hear from You

We are driving inclusion and diversity as Ways of Working. If you meet a number of requirements (and not all), we encourage you to submit your application.

Want to hear more?

Apply via www.wowcareers.com.au or alternatively connect with Charlotte Milner on Linkedin #LI-hybrid for further information.

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