Top Cut Foods | National Leadership Role | Executive Opportunity

At Top Cut Foods, we're passionate about delivering premium-quality meat and food products to customers across Australia. As we continue to grow, we're transforming our procurement function into a strategic commercial capability that delivers competitive advantage, stronger supplier partnerships, and sustainable business growth.

We're looking for an experienced Head of Procurement to lead this transformation and play a critical role in shaping our national sourcing strategy.

Job Description

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a key executive leadership role responsible for developing and executing the procurement strategy across all areas of spend, including proteins, packaging, consumables, freight, utilities, and indirect categories.

You will lead a national procurement function, build strategic supplier partnerships, drive commercial outcomes, and create a best-practice procurement framework that supports our operational excellence and growth ambitions.

This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact in a quick-paced Australian food manufacturing business where your commercial expertise will directly influence profitability and long-term success.

Key Responsibilities

As our Head of Procurement, you will:

- Develop and implement a national procurement strategy aligned with business objectives.
- Transform procurement from a transactional purchasing model into a strategic commercial function.
- Lead category management across proteins, packaging, dry goods, freight, consumables and indirect spend.
- Negotiate high-value supply agreements that deliver measurable cost savings and improved margins.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers across Australia and internationally.
- Lead supplier performance reviews, contract management, tender processes and risk management initiatives.




- Partner closely with Production, Sales, Finance, Planning and Logistics to ensure continuity of supply and operational efficiency.
- Drive procurement reporting, forecasting, cost modelling and data-driven decision making.
- Improve procurement systems, governance and ERP processes.
- Build, mentor and lead a high-performing national procurement team.

About You

You are a commercially astute procurement leader who combines strategic thinking with strong execution.

You will bring:

- 7-10+ years' experience in senior procurement, sourcing or commercial supply chain leadership.
- Strong experience within food manufacturing, FMCG, meat/protein, agriculture or another perishable goods industry.
- Exceptional commercial negotiation and supplier relationship management skills.
- Strong analytical capability, including cost modelling, market analysis and procurement reporting.
- Experience working with ERP systems such as CSB, SAP, Dynamics, Pronto or similar.
- The ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead transformational change across multiple sites.
- Tertiary qualifications in Business, Supply Chain, Commerce or a related discipline (preferred).

Why Join Top Cut Foods?

This is more than a procurement leadership role—it's an opportunity to build a modern procurement function from the ground up and become a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team.

We offer:

- Executive leadership role reporting directly to the CEO.
- Opportunity to shape procurement strategy nationally.
- High level of autonomy and influence.
- Collaborative and values-driven leadership team.
- National role supporting multiple sites across Australia.

Ready to Lead Procurement Transformation?

If you're a strategic procurement leader who thrives on delivering commercial outcomes, building supplier partnerships and leading organisational change, we'd love to hear from you.

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