This is a senior leadership opportunity leading the end-to-end supply function overseeing procurement, supplier management, supply planning, ERP governance, analytics and 3PL performance. This exciting role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution, shaping the supply roadmap while driving supplier negotiations, process improvements and operational excellence. Managing a complex portfolio of 500+ ingredient and packaging SKUs, you'll thrive in a fast-paced environment that demands solid commercial acumen, planning expertise and structured problem-solving.

This is fresh food at pace: weekly planning cycles, constantly evolving menus and short shelf-life ingredients, where sharp decision-making shows up directly in availability, waste and margin.

What you’ll be doing

- Manage and develop a small team
- Lead sourcing, procurement, supplier negotiations, and contract management.
- Drive cost optimisation, supplier performance, and strategic sourcing initiatives.
- Oversee demand forecasting, supply planning, and inventory optimisation.
- Manage stock availability, substitutions, and waste reduction across 500+ SKUs.
- Own ERP supply configuration, master data governance and MRP processes.
- Deliver supply analytics and reporting to support business decision-making.
- Manage 3PL relationships, logistics performance and SLA compliance.
- Drive DIFOT performance, freight optimisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Partner with Commercial, Culinary, Operations, Technology and Finance teams.
- Support product launches, promotions, margin objectives and customer experience.





What we’re looking for This role suits someone who is commercially sharp, highly autonomous and execution‑focused.

You’ll likely bring

- Proven experience within the food industry and/or ingredients category is highly essential.
- Proven sourcing and supplier management experience, with a track record of delivering COGS improvements.
- Strong supply planning expertise in fast-paced, demand-driven environments.
- Proven Leadership experience, with a track record of building capability and performance in a small team
- Experience managing 3PL partnerships and driving service performance outcomes.
- Strong commercial acumen combined with operational excellence.
- The ability to think strategically while remaining hands-on and execution-focused.
- Experience within fresh food, meal kits or similarly complex, short shelf-life categories will be highly regarded.

Why this role will interest you

- Play a pivotal role in shaping a resilient, scalable and commercially focused supply function.
- Drive outcomes that directly impact customer satisfaction, margins, operational efficiency and waste reduction.
- Genuine breadth and autonomy, lead supplier negotiations one day, redesign planning processes the next. This is a role for someone who wants to do, not just oversee.
- Influence strategic business decisions through data-driven planning and supply chain leadership.
- Join a growing food business backed by a major retail group offering strong support and long-term growth opportunities.
- Enjoy a highly visible role with the opportunity to build capability, lead change and make a tangible business impact.

📌 Procurement and Supply Chain Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 Birmont Group
📍 Melbourne