Procurement Lead
Our client is seeking an experienced Procurement Lead to take ownership of procurement strategy and capability across a large and complex public sector organisation. This is a high-impact leadership role offering the opportunity to influence organisational outcomes, improve procurement maturity, and drive meaningful change across multiple business functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the organisation's procurement function and provide strategic procurement advice.
- Drive the implementation of the procurement strategy and associated roadmap.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across multiple directorates and business units.
- Identify opportunities to improve procurement capability, governance, processes, and commercial outcomes.
- Oversee a broad range of procurement activities, including high-value and strategically significant contracts.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and support to procurement team members.
- Champion best-practice procurement frameworks and continuous improvement initiatives.
About You
You will be a senior procurement professional with experience implementing procurement strategy across a large and complex organisation. You will be confident working across multiple business functions, influencing stakeholders at all levels, and driving change through procurement initiatives.
To be successful, you will bring:
- Proven experience leading procurement functions or significant procurement programmes.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
- Experience delivering procurement transformation, capability uplift, or organisational change.
- Commercially focused decision-making and strategic procurement expertise.
- The ability to operate autonomously and provide confident leadership.
- A track record of improving procurement outcomes, processes, and organisational capability.
What's on Offer
- A highly autonomous leadership role with significant organisational impact.
- The opportunity to influence procurement maturity and long-term business outcomes.
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
- A collaborative and supportive team environment.
- The chance to work across a diverse range of stakeholders, projects, and procurement categories.
- A visible leadership position where you can leave a lasting legacy through strategic change and continuous improvement.
This is an excellent opportunity for a procurement leader who enjoys working across an entire organisation, navigating complex stakeholder environments, and driving meaningful procurement transformation.
For a confidential discussion or to learn more, please get in touch.
Robert Walters endeavours to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence in this timeframe please do not hesitate to contact Joe Walding-Karaitiana on +64 9 374 7351.
About the job
Contract Type: Perm
Specialism: Procurement & Supply Chain
Focus: Commercial / Procurement
Industry: Purchasing and Procurement
Salary: Negotiable
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Mid Management
Location: Hamilton Central
FULL_TIMEJob Reference: S6A3MW-69426FDC
Date posted: 6 November 2026
Consultant: Joe Walding-Karaitiana
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