Procurement Category Manager - Packaging & Finished Goods Our client is a leading Australian FMCG business behind a portfolio of well-known consumer brands, and part of a larger listed Australasian group. The business is entrepreneurial and quick to move, with a strong innovation pipeline and long-standing partnerships with manufacturers across Asia and New Zealand. It's an environment where good commercial thinking gets noticed and acted on quickly.

About the Role This is a newly shaped, individual contributor role owning the category strategy, commercial negotiation and supplier management for externally manufactured finished products and packaging. You'll manage a base of around 30 contract manufacturers and packaging suppliers (the top 10 represent roughly 80% of volume) across China, Thailand and New Zealand.

Many of these supplier relationships go back 20 years or more, so there's a real opportunity to bring structure, contracts and fresh commercial rigour to the category. You'll partner closely with R&D;, Marketing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales and Finance, with genuine visibility to the senior leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute category strategies for externally manufactured finished products and packaging

Lead pricing, terms and contract negotiations, formalising agreements with long-standing strategic suppliers

Build total landed cost models and deliver savings, cost avoidance and value against budget and forecast

Assess and mitigate supplier,



country and geopolitical risk, balancing cost against supply resilience across multiple sourcing regions

Identify, assess and onboard new manufacturers and packaging suppliers to support growth and innovation

Partner with R&D; and Marketing on Current Product Development (NPD), aligning supplier capacity, lead times and costs to launch milestones

Run structured supplier performance reviews, joint business plans and corrective action plans

Work with Sales and Supply Chain on forecasting and continuous improvement

Ensure suppliers meet ethical sourcing, quality and regulatory requirements

About You

Strategic sourcing or category management experience within FMCG, food & beverage, consumer goods or contract manufacturing

Proven track record negotiating finished goods and/or packaging supply agreements

Hands-on overseas sourcing experience, ideally with suppliers in China and/or South East Asia

The commercial confidence and gravitas to hold your own with experienced, long-tenured suppliers

Strong grasp of Incoterms, landed cost drivers and currency considerations

Experience supporting NPD and working alongside technical, marketing and operations teams

Ability to influence cross-functionally without direct authority

Willing to travel internationally to visit suppliers in Asia

Tertiary qualification in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business or related discipline

📌 Procurement Category Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Sigma Search
📍 Sydney