Location: Sydney or Melbourne — with travel to NZ as required

Start: ASAP

Our client, a major food manufacturing organisation, is seeking an experienced Senior Procurement Consultant to lead a significant procurement initiative across ANZ on a 6-month full-time contract . This role is based in Sydney or Melbourne , with travel to New Zealand as required.

This is a hands‑on consulting engagement where your category expertise will be directly applied to validating supplier spend , identifying value creation opportunities , and driving commercial outcomes across priority categories. You will work closely with business stakeholders, procurement teams, and senior leadership — and will be expected to operate independently in a rapid‑moving, often ambiguous environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Validate the current supplier spend landscape using accounts payable data, contract data, and up to 3 years of historical spend data across priority categories
- Review and analyse available spend and contract data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and suitability for opportunity identification
- Develop a thorough understanding of existing contracts, previous negotiations, and supplier performance to identify leverage points and improvement opportunities




- Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions with business and procurement stakeholders to surface savings opportunities and align with existing initiatives pipelines
- Assess and prioritise identified opportunities based on complexity, achievability, and potential savings — drawing on market benchmarks and specialist procurement expertise
- Lead direct supplier negotiations and end‑to‑end sourcing processes across relevant categories

Key Requirements

- 10+ years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, or supply chain consulting
- Proven category expertise in one or more of the following (in order of preference): CIP chemicals, packaging, ingredients
- Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated ability to lead complex negotiations and deliver tangible savings outcomes
- Experience operating in or with production, manufacturing, or food preparation environments
- Excellent stakeholder engagement skills across both operational and senior leadership levels
- Willingness and ability to travel within Australia and to New Zealand
- Prior consulting experience within a top‑tier or specialist procurement advisory firm
- Exposure to food & beverage, FMCG, or dairy supply chains
- Familiarity with spend analytics tools or procurement platforms
- Experience working on structured procurement transformation or cost reduction programmes

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📌 Senior Procurement Consultant (City of Sydney)
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