Category Specialist

Are you ready to join the winning team at The Lottery Corporation?

We power Australia’s biggest lottery games – and we’re one of the world’s top-performing lottery businesses. As the home of The Lott and Keno, we’re building on decades of excitement and life-changing wins, bringing our games to every state and territory except WA.

For more than a century, we’ve been playing our role in creating positive impacts by delivering winning moments every day to our people, our customers, retailers, partners and our community. 

But we’re not standing still. We’re evolving into an entertainment company – more customer-obsessed, more agile and driven by real outcomes.

Because at our core, it’s simple: we create winning moments – and we’re building the next chapter as the team behind Where Australia Comes to Play.

Join us!

The Category Specialist supports sourcing, supplier management and category planning across a range of indirect spend categories. Working closely with stakeholders, you'll deliver sourcing activities, manage supplier performance, provide commercial insights and help drive value, cost efficiencies and risk management while building your procurement and category management expertise.

What you’ll do

• Lead sourcing, quotation and contract renewal activities across a broad technology portfolio including software, cloud, telecommunications, hardware, AI and security. 

• Support category planning through spend analysis, market research and supplier evaluations to identify value and savings opportunities. 

• Manage supplier relationships, performance reviews and contract obligations to drive strong commercial outcomes. 

• Partner with key stakeholders to provide procurement advice and deliver compliant sourcing and contracting processes. 

• Track procurement outcomes, maintain sourcing pipelines and reporting, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

What you’ll bring 

• 3-5 years' experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management or supplier management.

• Proven experience supporting sourcing events, supplier negotiations, contract renewals and procurement projects.

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Exposure to technology spend categories such as software, telecommunications, cloud, networks, cyber security or IT services is highly regarded.

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Procurement, Supply Chain or a related field, with CIPS (or similar) certification desirable.

What you’ll get

Not only will you receive an awesome candidate experience from our caring Talent team, but you’ll get a genuine feel for who we are and what it’s like to be part of our team.
The benefits of working with The Lottery Corporation are pretty good. Just to name a few:

• Balance work and life with our ‘flex for great outcomes’ approach – hybrid working, plus a range of generous leave options. 
• Reward and recognition programs at all levels. Your hard work won’t go unnoticed.
• Ignite your potential with our dedicated learning and development platform to support your bright future.
• We empower careers to grow from within. 50% of all roles in 2025 were filled by our own people, proving that your next opportunity is already here!
• A true sense of belonging. We’re committed to Inclusion & Diversity with a range of initiatives such as our Gender Affirmation Support, employee inclusion networks and diversity memberships and celebrations.
• Make positive impacts with opportunities to volunteer with our community partners. We'll also dollar match fundraising efforts of our employees lending their support to registered charities.

If this role is of interest to you and you’re ready to spark possibilities with The Lottery Corporation, but don’t feel that your experience aligns 100%, we would still love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.  

We’re committed to providing a safe, respectful and supportive work environment. We encourage you to let us know if we can make any accommodations, so the process can be more user friendly for you.  

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