Procurement Lead

Our client is seeking an experienced Procurement Lead to take ownership of procurement strategy and capability across a large and complex public sector organisation. This is a high-impact leadership role offering the opportunity to influence organisational outcomes, improve procurement maturity, and drive meaningful change across multiple business functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the organisation's procurement function and provide strategic procurement advice.
• Drive the implementation of the procurement strategy and associated roadmap.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across multiple directorates and business units.
• Identify opportunities to improve procurement capability, governance, processes, and commercial outcomes.
• Oversee a broad range of procurement activities, including high-value and strategically significant contracts.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and support to procurement team members.
• Champion best-practice procurement frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives.

About You

You will be a senior procurement professional with experience implementing procurement strategy across a large and complex organisation. You will be confident working across multiple business functions, influencing stakeholders at all levels, and driving change through procurement initiatives.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Proven experience leading procurement functions or significant procurement programmes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Experience delivering procurement transformation, capability uplift, or organisational change.
• Commercially focused decision-making and strategic procurement expertise.
• The ability to operate autonomously and provide confident leadership.
• A track record of improving procurement outcomes, processes, and organisational capability.

What's on Offer

• A highly autonomous leadership role with significant organisational impact.
• The opportunity to influence procurement maturity and long-term business outcomes.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• A collaborative and supportive team environment.
• The chance to work across a diverse range of stakeholders, projects, and procurement categories.
• A visible leadership position where you can leave a lasting legacy through strategic change and continuous improvement.

This is an excellent opportunity for a procurement leader who enjoys working across an entire organisation, navigating complex stakeholder environments, and driving meaningful procurement transformation.

For a confidential discussion or to learn more, please get in touch.

Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence in this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Joe Walding-Karaitiana on +64 9 374 7351.