Company OverviewMetrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas.
These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refueling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation.
We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars.
The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement.
This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery.
The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game.
Our partners need effects, not just equipment.
By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead.
It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.Group OverviewMetrea is actively building its presence in Australia as part of a deliberate, globally coordinated expansion into the Asia-Pacific region.
Our Asia-Pacific Market Group, headquartered in Brisbane with an additional office in Perth, is the enterprise's dedicated regional interface connecting Australia's national security community with Metrea's full suite of capabilities across three core domains: Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, and Digital & Synthetic.
Metrea is now bringing that same depth of mission expertise and proven operating model to Australia.
Underpinning these capabilities is a global network of Support Groups spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement — ensuring that as we grow in Australia, we do so with the full weight of an established global enterprise behind us.
Metrea's solutions are built for elegance: effective, productive, and evolving — enabling our partners to scale capacity and achieve asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Position SummaryThis is a high-impact,



strategic role responsible for shaping and delivering end-to-end category, sourcing and Australian Industry Capability strategies across multiple operational and programmatic requirements.
You will work closely with suppliers, Australian Industry partners, and internal stakeholders to establish sourcing strategies, supplier networks, local capability pathways and commercial frameworks that ensure the right products and services are available at the right quality, cost, and time while strengthening Australian industry participation, ethical sourcing, innovation and supply chain resilience.
embedding sustainability, ethical sourcing, innovation, and supply chain resilience.
This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced procurement and strategic sourcing professional with strong supplier management, negotiation and industry engagement capabilities to help build and enhance Metrea's regional procurement capability across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region while delivering meaningful commercial outcomes and advancing global procurement standards.
In this role, you will lead the development and execution of category strategies that support a resilient, compliant, low-risk, and high-performing supply chain.What You'll DoThis is a high-impact role where you'll help shape how Metrea sources, partners and builds capability across Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region.You'll lead strategic sourcing, category management and Australian Industry Capability (AIC) initiatives across a diverse mix of operational and program requirements.
Working across Metrea and with suppliers and Australian industry partners, you'll turn business needs into smart sourcing strategies, strong supplier networks and commercial outcomes that support our missions.Develop and deliver category and sourcing strategies across key spend areasBuild strong, trusted relationships with suppliers and Australian industry partnersIdentify opportunities to grow Australian Industry Capability and strengthen local supply chainsLead supplier selection, commercial negotiations and contracting activitiesPartner with teams across Operations, Programs, Engineering, Finance and Commercial to understand what they need and find the best way to deliver itDrive value beyond price — balancing capability, quality, risk,



speed and whole-of-life costBuild resilient supplier networks that can respond to changing operational requirementsEmbed responsible and ethical sourcing into procurement decisionsIdentify opportunities for innovation, supplier development and smarter ways of workingUse supplier and market insights to challenge assumptions and influence better commercial decisionsWhat You BringYou're an experienced procurement, category or strategic sourcing professional who knows how to get things done in complex environments.You're commercially sharp, comfortable negotiating with suppliers and just as capable building a sourcing strategy as you are rolling up your sleeves to solve an immediate operational challenge.Experience across strategic sourcing, category management, procurement or supply chainStrong commercial and negotiation capabilityExperience managing suppliers and building strategic partnershipsAn understanding of Australian Industry Capability, Defence industry or complex regulated environments would be highly regardedStrong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to influence across different functions and levelsThe ability to work through ambiguity, move quickly and balance competing prioritiesA practical mindset; you're interested in outcomes, not procurement for procurement's sakeAdditional Eligibility QualificationsHighly skilled negotiator with demonstrated experience developing negotiation strategies and leading complex commercial negotiationsStrong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesise large volumes of data and translate insights into actionable recommendationsAbility to interpret technical drawings, engineering specifications, and maintenance documentationProfessional procurement or supply chain certification preferred, including: CIPS CPSM CPIM CSCP MCIPS Diploma or Advanced Diploma of Procurement and ContractingProven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously while maintaining strong stakeholder engagement and delivery focusBenefitsPrivate Health InsuranceGenerous Annual LeaveAnnual Incentive PlanPaid Parental LeaveLife and TPD InsuranceIncome Protection InsuranceEmployee Assistance ProgramNovated Car Leasing Security ClearanceAbility to obtain and maintain an AGSVA Security Clearance.
Inclusion StatementWe are committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and make hiring decisions based on capability, potential and alignment with our values.
If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.

📌 Aic & Supplier Development Specialist (Brisbane)
🏢 Metrea
📍 Brisbane