About the Role
Team Global Express is seeking a commercially astute Senior Manager - Commercial & Strategic Sourcing to partner with their Parcels business. This role will lead high-impact procurement initiatives to drive value, improve service outcomes, and support sustainable growth within Australia's leading transport and logistics networks.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sourcing and category strategies aligned with business priorities and delivering measurable commercial outcomes.
- Lead complex commercial analysis, including total cost of ownership modelling, market benchmarking, and supplier performance reviews.
- Manage high-value supplier negotiations and commercial agreements, balancing cost, performance, and risk.
- Partner closely with Parcels, Operations, Finance, and Legal stakeholders to shape procurement strategies.
- Drive end-to-end strategic sourcing projects from opportunity identification to contract execution and implementation.
- Build strong relationships with key suppliers and monitor performance against contractual commitments.
- Deliver insights and recommendations to senior leaders through business cases and commercial analysis.
Requirements
- Extensive strategic sourcing and procurement experience (ideally 12+ years) managing complex categories and commercial portfolios.
- Strong track record leading commercial negotiations, contract management, and supplier engagement programs.
- Experience developing category strategies, business cases, and commercial recommendations.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence diverse business groups.
- Strong analytical capability, including cost modelling, procurement performance analysis, and market assessment.
- Experience delivering complex projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
- Experience within transport, logistics, supply chain, or delivery partner environments is a plus.
Skills
- Strategic Sourcing
- Procurement
- Commercial Analysis
- Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Modelling
- Market Benchmarking
- Supplier Performance Management
- Negotiation
- Contract Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Analytical Skills
- Business Case Development
- Project Management
Location
- Australia
- New Zealand
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
- 12+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary above industry standards
Benefits
- Upskilling, training, mentoring
- Fun and practical employee perks and discounts
- Flexible work, including work from home
- Inclusive parental leave policy
- Peer recognition awards
About the Company
- Team Global Express (TGE) is an Australian-owned transport and logistics business delivering to Australia and New Zealand.
- We are transforming our operations and striving to become an Environmental, Social, and Governance leader by 2030.
- We connect people and communities, drive eCommerce, and move Australia & New Zealand with an unrivalled and expansive network.
- Backed by Allegro Funds, we are focused on the future and customer-centric solutions.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace that gives everyone the chance to contribute to a bigger and brighter future.
- As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome and invite applicants of all ages, cultural backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, people living with disabilities, neurodiverse individuals and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to apply.
- Team Global Express acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Peoples of Australia and the Māori, as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.
