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About Centacare

Centacare is an agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane that provides community services and support to individuals, families, and communities across Queensland. Through a wide range of programs including childcare, aged care, disability support, family and relationship services, counselling, and youth support, Centacare is committed to enhancing wellbeing, promoting dignity, and supporting vulnerable members of the community. Guided by Catholic values, Centacare works to build stronger, more connected, and inclusive communities through compassionate and professional service delivery.

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Procurement Manager to establish and lead our procurement function. This is an exciting opportunity to shape procurement strategy, governance and supplier partnerships across a diverse organisation delivering services in early education, community services, aged care, disability services and corporate support.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will play a key role in driving value for money, strengthening procurement governance, managing commercial risk and supporting sustainable organisational growth.

About the Role

• As Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing a strategic procurement framework that delivers efficiency, compliance and measurable value across the organisation.
• You will work closely with executive leaders, managers and key stakeholders to improve procurement capability, establish preferred supplier arrangements and ensure procurement practices support high-quality service delivery.
• Key Responsibilities
• Develop and implement the organisation's procurement strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Establish procurement policies, procedures, governance frameworks and best practice.
• Lead end-to-end procurement activities including RFQs, RFTs, RFPs and commercial negotiations.
• Develop category management strategies and preferred supplier panels.
• Manage supplier performance, contract lifecycle management and vendor relationships.
• Analyse organisational spend to identify cost savings and value creation opportunities.
• Provide commercial procurement advice to leaders and project teams.
• Implement procurement systems and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain procurement records, contract registers and reporting dashboards.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, funding requirements, delegations and audit standards.
• Promote ethical procurement practices, conflict of interest management and Modern Slavery compliance.
• Build procurement capability across the organisation through coaching and training.

About You

• You are a strategic procurement professional who combines commercial expertise with strong stakeholder engagement skills. You enjoy building frameworks from the ground up and partnering with leaders to improve procurement outcomes.
• You will bring:
• A degree in Commerce, Business, Procurement, Supply Chain or a related discipline.
• CIPS/MCIPS or equivalent professional qualification (desirable).
• 7–10 years' experience in senior procurement, strategic sourcing or category management.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex procurement and contract negotiations.
• Strong commercial, analytical and financial management capability.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Experience implementing procurement governance and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience within the not-for-profit, government, health or community services sectors will be highly regarded.
• Knowledge of Australian procurement legislation, contract law, risk management and ERP/P2P systems.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 12 months, you will:

• Establish a contemporary procurement governance framework.
• Implement organisation-wide procurement policies and procedures.
• Develop preferred supplier panels and category management plans.
• Increase organisational spend under contract.
• Deliver measurable procurement savings and cost avoidance.
• Introduce procurement dashboards and reporting.
• Build procurement capability through manager training and stakeholder engagement.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to build a high-performing procurement function that directly supports essential community services. You'll work with a collaborative executive team, influence strategic decision-making and deliver meaningful organisational improvements while contributing to better outcomes for the communities we serve.

How to Apply

If you are an experienced procurement leader who enjoys driving strategic change, delivering commercial outcomes and building strong supplier partnerships, we would love to hear from you.

Submit your resume together with a cover letter outlining your experience and suitability for the role.

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