Description

We're all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. As a General Manager - Procurement, you'll lead the development and execution of enterprise procurement strategy while championing a modern, efficient, and insight-driven procurement function.

You'll drive organisational change, strengthen procurement governance, oversee strategic sourcing and supplier management, and ensure robust third-party risk practices aligned to regulatory obligations.

You’ll partner closely with executive leaders, governance forums, and key stakeholders across the organisation to embed value-for-money decision making, optimise supplier outcomes, and strengthen procurement capability. You’ll also play a key role in evolving procurement technology, analytics, and automation to support future growth and operational excellence.

This role presents an opportunity to influence organisational strategy, lead a high-performing team, and ensure procurement delivers measurable value, innovation, and positive member outcomes.

This role is a permanent opportunity and is based in Brisbane or Sydney.

Responsibilities

- Lead and execute the enterprise procurement strategy aligned to organisational goals and member outcomes.
- Provide strategic procurement advice to executive leadership and governance forums.
- Oversee strategic sourcing, category management, and complex supplier negotiations.
- Lead the third-party risk management framework and outsourcing governance obligations.
- Drive procurement transformation, process optimisation, and technology enablement.
- Establish and oversee robust contract lifecycle management practices.
- Monitor procurement performance, savings, spend, and supplier outcomes through data and analytics.




- Build and develop a high-performing procurement team focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with Risk, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to manage procurement and supplier risk.
- Champion ESG, responsible procurement, and sustainable supply chain practices.

Qualifications

It goes without saying you'll be a excellent communicator with top-notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:

- You have significant senior procurement leadership experience within financial services, superannuation, banking, insurance, or similarly regulated environments.
- Your expertise includes strategic sourcing, category management, supplier governance, and contract management.
- You'll bring deep knowledge of APRA prudential standards, particularly CPS 230 and SPS 231.
- You're experienced in leading enterprise-wide transformation, change management, and capability uplift programs.
- You have successfully led complex, high-value commercial negotiations and supplier engagements.
- Your commercial acumen enables you to balance value creation, risk management, and member outcomes.
- You’ll possess strong knowledge of procurement technologies, automation, analytics, and emerging industry trends.




- You're capable of influencing executive stakeholders and driving behavioural change across large organisations.
- You have experience building and developing high-performing, inclusive teams.
- Your understanding of ESG, responsible procurement, modern slavery, and third-party risk management is highly developed.

Why join us?

- Build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
- Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
- In the office, enjoy end-of-trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, Brew Hub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

We use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), to support parts of our recruitment process - such as reviewing applications, supporting screening interviews, reference checking, and matching skills to roles. All final hiring decisions are made by people.

By applying, you agree to the use of these technologies as part of the recruitment process.

About us

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of over $330 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you'll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace.

We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities.

Applications close Monday, 10 August 2026.

We don't want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you'll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you've made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us - and recruitment is no different.

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📌 General Manager - Procurement (Brisbane)
🏢 Australian Retirement Trust
📍 Brisbane