About the Role
The Procurement & Commercial Value Lead is responsible for delivering commercial value across Beyond Bank Australia by leading procurement planning, sourcing, tendering, contract negotiation and contract management activities. This role plays a key part in shaping and delivering the Bank’s procurement strategy, identifying opportunities to maximise value from supplier relationships and contracts while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic sourcing, tendering, contract negotiations and supplier management activities to deliver commercial value, cost savings and positive business outcomes.
- Partner with stakeholders across the Bank to develop and execute procurement strategies, ensuring value for money, effective risk management and alignment with business priorities.
- Manage key supplier and contract relationships, including performance monitoring, vendor due diligence, contract renewals and dispute resolution.
- Provide expert procurement advice, coaching and capability development to strengthen commercial, contract management and procurement practices across the organisation.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives that simplify procurement processes, enhance stakeholder experience and support sustainable, ethical procurement outcomes.
- Ensure procurement and contract management activities comply with internal policies, regulatory requirements and industry standards, including CPS 230, CPS 231, CPS 234 and Modern Slavery obligations.
Requirements
- Significant experience in procurement, contract management and commercial negotiations, with a proven track record of delivering cost savings, value creation and strong supplier outcomes.
- Strong commercial, financial and business acumen, with the ability to interpret contracts, assess risk and balance commercial opportunities with sound governance.
- Skilled negotiator and relationship builder who can influence stakeholders at all levels, lead complex discussions and foster collaborative supplier partnerships.
- Ability to analyse data, solve problems and identify opportunities to improve procurement outcomes, processes and business performance.
- Ability to coach and guide others, building procurement and commercial capability across a diverse stakeholder group.
- Highly organised and adaptable, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a regulated environment while maintaining compliance and attention to detail.
Skills
- Procurement
- Contract Management
- Commercial Negotiations
- Cost Savings
- Value Creation
- Supplier Management
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Data Analysis
- Problem Solving
- Coaching
- Compliance
Location
- Nationally
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Significant experience in procurement, contract management and commercial negotiations
Benefits
- Additional 3 paid work-life balance days
- Paid community volunteer days to support community organisations across Australia
- Access to employee discounts, health and wellbeing initiatives, employee and family assistance, plus more
- A flexible and diverse working environment
- Career development opportunities, training and coaching
About the Company
- Beyond Bank is one of Australia's largest, 100% member-owned mutual banks with a credit union heritage.
- We provide personal, business and community banking to more than 300,000 members and operate over 50 branches nationally.
- Our vision is to create better lives by caring for our members and communities.
- Beyond Bank is a Certified B Corp, meeting high standards of social and environmental impact.
- We are proud to use our business to drive positive outcomes that benefit our members, communities and people.
- Our values of Member Obsession, Empowering Communities, Shared Ambition and Championing Sustainability are integral to all that we do and are the standards to which we hold ourselves.
- The way we work is also demonstrated by the behaviours that we are accountable to uphold: Own It, Call it Out, Be Respectful, Bring Your A Game, Make A Difference and Right Things Right Way.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome candidates who reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.
- We actively encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people living with disability, LGBTQIA+ as well as culturally diverse community members to apply for our roles.
- Beyond Bank is committed to creating an accessible recruitment process and employment experience. If you identify as a person living with disability and require adjustments to our online application, recruitment, selection and/or assessment process, or modifications for accessibility to our locations, please contact us at [email protected]
