About the role The Category Specialist plays a key role in shaping and delivering IT procurement strategies, working closely with the Category Manager to drive value and strong commercial outcomes. This role is perfect for someone with strong analytical thinking, commercial curiosity, and the aptitude to navigate complex supplier landscapes. You’ll build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders, streamline procurement processes, and ensure cost‑effective, high‑quality outcomes across all third‑party IT products and services. With a focus on category planning, continuous improvement, and proactive contract risk management, you’ll help uplift procurement capability and influence how the organisation engages with the IT supply market. Key responsibilities Support Category Manager to develop and deliver category plans and track value-added benefits. Engage and understand Business Unit (BU) needs and ensure their requirements are accurately reflected in any procurement engagement. Develop, manage and oversee lower value procurement market engagements, along with completing detailed pre and post analysis. Ensure all IT procurement requests comply with Group Procurement Policy and Processes, security requirements and architectural guidelines. Undertake lessons learned debriefs with stakeholders and ensure any issues or clarifications on Procurement outcomes are addressed in appropriate timeframe. Liaise with operational resources within business unit and key stakeholders to ensure that agreed process efficiencies are implemented operationally. Effectively manage stakeholder relationships, ensuring they are adequately informed of plans and progress, to ensure transparency, stakeholder buy‑in across the business, clarity of purpose & consensus. What you’ll need from day one Degree Qualified – Commerce, Business, Law or Engineering Good understanding of commercial contracts, including a broad knowledge of legal concepts and principles. Sound knowledge of procurement processes, policies and practices. Demonstrated experience in the development and delivery of end‑to‑end procurement market engagements. Proven experience in negotiating commercial contracts and supplier performance management. We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more. Diversity, equity & inclusion to support a fair workplace for all We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our partnership with Work180. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes. With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier‑free recruitment process. #J-18808-Ljbffr