Lead sourcing and category strategies for indirect spend (facilities, freight, business services) across ANZ. Manage end-to-end sourcing, supplier negotiations and contracts, deliver cost optimisation, monitor market risks, partner with stakeholders and finance, and improve procurement capability and governance.
Position Title:Procurement Category Manager, Indirects & Logistics
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 43540
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Procurement Category Manager - Indirects to join McCain's ANZ Procurement team during a period of significant transformation and growth. This role will lead sourcing and category strategies across a broad portfolio of indirect spend categories including facilities management, freight and logistics, and business services.
Partnering closely with stakeholders across Manufacturing, Finance, Sales and Marketing, you'll drive strategic sourcing initiatives, deliver sustainable cost savings, strengthen supplier partnerships, and help shape procurement best practices across the business. This is a highly visible role that combines commercial leadership, stakeholder engagement, market insight, and strategic thinking.
About You .
What you'll be doing.
What you'll need to be successful.
About the team .
The ANZ Procurement team plays a critical role in supporting McCain's growth and performance ambitions. Working as part of a broader global procurement function, the team partners closely with stakeholders across the business to drive value, innovation, supply continuity and sustainable cost advantages. This role reports to the Procurement Director ANZ and collaborates with teams locally and globally to deliver strategic procurement outcomes.
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
#LI-AK1
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Procurement
Location(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : Melbourne
Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 43540
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Procurement Category Manager - Indirects to join McCain's ANZ Procurement team during a period of significant transformation and growth. This role will lead sourcing and category strategies across a broad portfolio of indirect spend categories including facilities management, freight and logistics, and business services.
Partnering closely with stakeholders across Manufacturing, Finance, Sales and Marketing, you'll drive strategic sourcing initiatives, deliver sustainable cost savings, strengthen supplier partnerships, and help shape procurement best practices across the business. This is a highly visible role that combines commercial leadership, stakeholder engagement, market insight, and strategic thinking.
About You .
What you'll be doing.
- Develop and execute sourcing and category strategies across indirect spend categories
- Lead end-to-end sourcing activities including market analysis, supplier selection, negotiations, contracting and implementation
- Identify and deliver sustainable cost optimisation and productivity opportunities
- Build strong partnerships with stakeholders across ANZ to align procurement strategies with business goals
- Manage supplier performance and foster strategic supplier relationships that drive innovation and value
- Ensure procurement governance, compliance and contracting standards are maintained
- Monitor market trends, risks and opportunities to inform sourcing decisions
- Collaborate with finance teams on budgeting, forecasting and cost management initiatives
- Influence business decisions through data-driven insights and commercial recommendations
- Contribute to the ongoing evolution of procurement capability and best practice across McCain
What you'll need to be successful.
- Significant experience in procurement, strategic sourcing or category management
- Experience managing large expenditure portfolios and delivering measurable commercial outcomes
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple business functions
- Demonstrated success in leading sourcing projects and supplier negotiations
- Ability to analyse complex data and translate insights into actions and recommendations
- Strong commercial acumen and business partnering capability
- Excellent communication, relationship-building and negotiation skills
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Degree qualified in Business, Commerce, Economics, Supply Chain or a related discipline
- Experience within FMCG, manufacturing or a complex commercial environment will be highly regarded
- Strong attention to detail and a commitment to service excellence and data accuracy
About the team .
The ANZ Procurement team plays a critical role in supporting McCain's growth and performance ambitions. Working as part of a broader global procurement function, the team partners closely with stakeholders across the business to drive value, innovation, supply continuity and sustainable cost advantages. This role reports to the Procurement Director ANZ and collaborates with teams locally and globally to deliver strategic procurement outcomes.
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
#LI-AK1
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Procurement
Location(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : Melbourne
Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.
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