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About the Role

The Category Specialist supports sourcing, supplier management, and category planning across a range of indirect spend categories. Working closely with stakeholders, you will deliver sourcing activities, manage supplier performance, provide commercial insights, and help drive value, cost efficiencies, and risk management while building your procurement and category management expertise.

Responsibilities

Lead sourcing, quotation, and contract renewal activities across a broad technology portfolio including software, cloud, telecommunications, hardware, AI, and security.
Support category planning through spend analysis, market research, and supplier evaluations to identify value and savings opportunities.
Manage supplier relationships, performance reviews, and contract obligations to drive strong commercial outcomes.
Partner with key stakeholders to provide procurement advice and deliver compliant sourcing and contracting processes.
Track procurement outcomes, maintain sourcing pipelines and reporting, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

3-5 years' experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, or supplier management.
Proven experience supporting sourcing events, supplier negotiations, contract renewals, and procurement projects.
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Exposure to technology spend categories such as software, telecommunications, cloud, networks, cyber security, or IT services is highly regarded.

Skills

Procurement
Strategic Sourcing
Category Management
Supplier Management
Stakeholder Management
Sourcing Events
Supplier Negotiations
Contract Renewals
Procurement Projects
Spend Analysis
Market Research
Supplier Evaluations
Commercial Insights
Risk Management
Technology Spend Categories

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid working

Experience Level

3-5 years

Education Level

Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Procurement, Supply Chain or a related field
CIPS (or similar) certification desirable

Benefits

Hybrid working
Generous leave options
Reward and recognition programs
Dedicated learning and development platform
Opportunities for internal career growth
Inclusion & Diversity initiatives (Gender Affirmation Support, employee inclusion networks, diversity memberships and celebrations)
Opportunities to volunteer with community partners
Fundraising matching for registered charities

About the Company

We power Australia’s biggest lottery games and are one of the world’s top-performing lottery businesses.
We are the home of The Lott and Keno, building on decades of excitement and life-changing wins.
We are evolving into an entertainment company – more customer-obsessed, more agile, and driven by real outcomes.
Our core mission is to create winning moments.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to providing a safe, respectful, and supportive work environment.
We encourage you to let us know if we can make any accommodations, so the process can be more user friendly for you.
We acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of the lands on which our offices, retail outlets and venues operate.
We acknowledge the inextricable link First Peoples of Australia have with the land past and present.