Senior Procurement Manager

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About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Procurement Manager for a full-time permanent position based in Blackburn. Reporting to the GM Procurement, you will provide strategic leadership across the national procurement function. You will lead a team of Procurement Specialists and drive best-practice category management—delivering value, reducing risk, and building long-term supplier partnerships.

In this role, you will strengthen procurement capability, enhance governance, and build sustainable supplier partnerships that support long-term organisational outcomes—balancing commercial rigour with social purpose in a complex NFP environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and execute category and sourcing strategies across diverse indirect spend portfolios 
• Deliver end-to-end procurement, including market analysis, RFx, negotiation, and contract award 
• Drive commercial outcomes, cost optimisation, and value-for-money initiatives 
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, ensuring performance, compliance, and risk mitigation 
• Oversee contract management, governance, and adherence to procurement policies 
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align sourcing decisions with organisational priorities 
• Mentor and develop a high-performing procurement team, embedding best practice and continuous improvement 
• Manage category budgets, pipelines, and procurement project delivery

About You

You are a commercially astute procurement leader with strong negotiation capability and a proven ability to build strategic, value-driven supplier partnerships.

Key capabilities:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Business, Commerce, Supply Chain or Procurement
• 8-10 years experience in strategic sourcing and procurement, ideally across complex indirect categories
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing high-performing teams
• Strong track record delivering commercial value, savings, and supplier innovation
• Deep expertise in end-to-end procurement, contract management, and vendor governance
• Advanced analytical capability (TCO, ROI, cost modelling)
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement with the ability to influence at executive level

Why work for us?

TSA offers an inclusive work culture and strong opportunities for career development. In return we also offer benefits such as;

• Eligible employees can access NFP salary packaging for living expenses ($15,900 tax free for rent, mortgage, school fees etc) plus meals and entertainment benefits ($2,650 tax free)
• On site parking
• Hybrid working arrangement minimum 2 days in office
• Paid parental leave - 12 weeks
• Up to 8 weeks leave per year through our purchase leave scheme
• Up to 5 days paid leave per year to 'volunteer' in a TSA program or activity
• Health insurance, home energy and home office supplies discounts
• Employee Assistance Program - Independent confidential counselling service

How to Apply

If you're excited by this unique opportunity, the above sounds like you, and you have a heart for working for an organisation that truly does transform lives, we would love to speak to you. We are looking for compassionate people who share our mission and values.  If you have the passion and drive to commit yourself to a challenging and rewarding role; we invite you to apply via the link and submit a current CV and a cover letter which details your alignment with the essential requirements of the role.

The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all roles require a mandatory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check.

We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboration