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Our client is a major industrial distributor supplying a wide range of infrastructure and construction products across Australia and New Zealand. Team members work across operations, warehousing, procurement, sales and customer support — united by a culture of pace, accountability, and continuous improvement.
With a strong reputation for reliability and customer focus, the business continues to evolve its national supply chain and procurement capability to support its ambitious growth plans.
The Opportunity
This is a senior, hands-on leadership role within the national purchasing team — ideal for an experienced procurement professional who thrives in a fast-moving, transformation-driven environment.
As Senior Purchasing Officer, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of the purchasing team while enabling the National Inventory Manager to focus on strategic initiatives. You’ll play a key role in redesigning and embedding a new purchasing structure, driving operational efficiency, and managing both domestic and international procurement activities.
This position offers the chance to make a tangible impact across a national network — optimising purchasing processes, improving supplier performance, and helping build a more scalable, data-driven supply chain.
Key Responsibilities
What You’ll Bring
Required:
Preferred:
Senior Purchasing Officer
- Posted31 October 2025
- SalaryCommensurate with experience
- LocationBlacktown
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Supply Chain & Logistics
- ReferenceBH-16812
Job description
- Hybrid working
- Oversee daily purchasing operations & lead supplier negotiations
Our client is a major industrial distributor supplying a wide range of infrastructure and construction products across Australia and New Zealand. Team members work across operations, warehousing, procurement, sales and customer support — united by a culture of pace, accountability, and continuous improvement.
With a strong reputation for reliability and customer focus, the business continues to evolve its national supply chain and procurement capability to support its ambitious growth plans.
The Opportunity
This is a senior, hands-on leadership role within the national purchasing team — ideal for an experienced procurement professional who thrives in a fast-moving, transformation-driven environment.
As Senior Purchasing Officer, you will oversee the day-to-day operations of the purchasing team while enabling the National Inventory Manager to focus on strategic initiatives. You’ll play a key role in redesigning and embedding a new purchasing structure, driving operational efficiency, and managing both domestic and international procurement activities.
This position offers the chance to make a tangible impact across a national network — optimising purchasing processes, improving supplier performance, and helping build a more scalable, data-driven supply chain.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, coordinate, and support the purchasing team’s daily operations.
- Resolve procurement issues promptly and lead commercial supplier negotiations.
- Drive implementation of a new purchasing structure by:
- Transitioning ad-hoc, non-part-numbered purchasing to state branches.
- Refocusing the central team on core, part-numbered products.
- Manage domestic purchasing, inter-branch transfers, and state replenishment.
- Oversee international purchasing operations (approx. 70% of the role).
- Build and maintain effective relationships with key suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Partner with the National Inventory Manager to deliver strategic supply chain and inventory initiatives.
What You’ll Bring
Required:
- Proven experience in international purchasing or global supply chain coordination.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with a commercial mindset.
- Demonstrated leadership ability — capable of motivating and guiding a team through change.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and negotiation skills.
- A proactive, results-driven approach with the ability to challenge existing processes and drive improvement.
Preferred:
- Experience within construction, civil, or industrial supply chain environments.
- Understanding of inventory management principles and stock optimisation.
- Exposure to domestic purchasing operations (training and development available).
