Strategic Category Lead

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, continuously improve performance and 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.

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 of 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’ll always have the opportunity to progress from where you started. Based in the Brisbane or Sydney CBD, our people work with teams located across Australia and Canada which makes for interesting work and countless ways to learn and grow.

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 and long term incentives, referral bonuses, recognition programs, study assistance, discounted health insurance and wellness days.

This role will work a 5/2 roster from the Brisbane or Sydney office with flexibility options available.

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.

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