Procurement Category Manager – IT | Contract | $1,000 to $1,200 daily (inc super)Melbourne/hybrid 6 months to permanent - Start within 2 weeksI'm looking for a genuine IT category specialist to take the lead on roughly $75m of technology spend for a listed FMCG business operating across Australia and New Zealand.You'll report to the Head of Procurement.
The brief is to centralise commercial leverage and visibility, without owning day-to-day IT operations.What you'll doBuild and own the IT category strategy across software, cloud, hardware, telco and managed servicesLead sourcing and negotiations with suppliers over $250kDrive licence optimisation,
supplier consolidation and rate harmonisationSet up invoice assurance and leakage controlsBuild business cases and a single perks register with FinanceWhat you'll needHands-on IT procurement or category management experienceA track record negotiating software, SaaS, cloud and managed services agreementsStrong financial skills, including benefits baselining and realisationThe ability to turn messy ERP and invoice data into commercial insightComfort influencing in a multi-entity business where you don't control every leverTo be upfront, this one needs real technology procurement depth.
If IT is a small part of your background, it won't be the right fit.You'll need to be available to start within two weeks.
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