Strategic Category Lead

About Us

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company.

So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.

At our Group Office

Working in our Group Office, you have a front row seat to our vision and are a part of the bold, inspired teams who are engineering its success. We’re an agile, entrepreneurial company and we value smart people and creative thinking.

When you work with us, you can always progress from where you started. Located in the Sydney CBD, our people work with teams located across Australia and Canada which makes for interesting work and countless ways to learn and grow.

About the Role

Partnering closely with diverse stakeholders, you’ll understand their needs and spend, perform supply market analysis, shape and execute category strategies and manage suppliers.  You will drive value for money, meet business needs and align with key legislative requirements.

Simply, you ensure value driven outcomes by collaboratively engaging with operations.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and own the category strategy aligned to business goals and customer demand.
• Understand supply market trends, key stakeholder needs, and spend data to forecast demand and specifications
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies (e.g., single vs multi-sourcing, global vs local).
• Leading high-stakes sourcing and negotiations, securing long-term agreements that strengthen our commercial position. 
• Build strong supplier relationships and partnerships to drive innovation and cost efficiency.
• Ensure ethical sourcing, sustainability, and compliance with company policies.
• Contract manage, and continuously improve performance, ensuring any risks / issues are firmly under control. 
• Embedding value for money at the core of every decision while upholding strong governance and accountability. 
• Staying ahead of the curve with forward-looking insights on markets, demand trends, and regulatory shifts. 
• Influencing key stakeholders and acting as their “go to advisor” on procurement strategy and commercial outcomes. 
• Streamline and simplify processes by championing smarter, faster, more innovative ways of working across procurement and purchasing.

About You

You are not just a procurement expert; you’re a strategic leader who embraces challenge and drives meaningful change and outcomes. You thrive in complex environments and bring a collaborative approach to building relationships and delivering results.

Your experience includes collaboration with stakeholders, leading strategic sourcing and contract management, negotiating high-value agreements, and embedding sustainability principles into procurement strategies.

You combine strong commercial acumen with advanced analytical skills, and a passion for driving innovation and continuous improvement.  Experience in mining and/or heavy industry experience would be valued.

Your Benefits

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation support assistance, novated car leasing, life insurance and income protection, short term incentives, referral bonuses, recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance and wellness days.

This role will see you working from our Sydney office with flexibility options available.

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about what flexibility looks like.

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate. We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. If you’re ready to influence at the highest level and leave a lasting impact, this is your opportunity to be part of a bold team, shaping the future of Evolution.

To find out more about us and our Group Office, click here https://joinus.evolutionmining.com/