Virgin Australia is looking for Category Management Specialist – Marketing – Brisbane, Australie

 

About us :

Here at Virgin Australia, we have the best talent, doing the best work of their lives with meaning. Our continuous focus on the guest experience is what unites us and sets us apart in our vision to be the world’s most rewarding travel experience.

Within procurement, Category Management Specialists work with key stakeholders across all Virgin Group segments to understand relevant business strategies and objectives, in order to develop and manage the execution of Group wide procurement category strategies. The team are focused on delivering value for money from supplier arrangements in the short and long term as well as risk management and compliance with procurement related procedures and professional best practice. Category Strategies will be focused on identifying value creating opportunities, building a fact base case for business change and driving opportunity pursuit into the business. This is an opportunity to join on a 12 month contract, covering parental leave.

 

Your role :

You will be will be responsible for ensuring that execution of the strategy, through demand management, strategic sourcing, or supplier management exercises for our Group Marketing Category. You will also contribute to the contract management and supplier relationship management strategies in place and incorporate supplier performance into on-going category strategy development where appropriate.

 

About you :

Having developed your experience in a supply chain / procurement context within a large or complex organisation; you have detailed knowledge of leading strategic sourcing and category management practices.

You will also have:

• 5+ years’ experience in strategic sourcing ;
• Experience in strategic category management across the end to end procurement value chain (demand, source, fulfil, manage) ;
• Demonstrable understanding of category strategy development and able to articulate its alignment with overall business goals ;
• Advanced influencing, communication and negotiation skills. Demonstrates the ability to :
  • influence and convince stakeholders at all levels within the business
  • build effective business relationships with diverse groups of people
  • Lead moderate to complex negotiations

• Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving skills, with a clear understanding of the drivers affecting the business, enabling assertive and effective guidance to business stakeholders.
• Flexibility and creativity – able to demonstrate the ability to adopt new methods and process in order to deliver outcomes and meet the internal customer need, consistently challenge existing paradigms

What you’ll get from us :

Let’s be honest – you skipped to the best part, didn’t you?! And why wouldn’t you with these benefits:

• Experience the Virgin Australia Culture which is unlike anything else you have experienced. Become part of an internationally recognised brand that feels like family ;
• See Australia and the world with access to heavily discounted flights for you, your family and friends on Virgin Australia and many of our interline partners. We are extremely proud of our Team Travel program and it won’t take long to realise why.
• Take advantage of countless industry discounts – Lounge membership, hotels, travel insurance, car hire, tours, retail… the list goes on.
• Work in an environment that encourages rewarding their team through various employee recognition programs.
• The sky is the limit when it comes to career development, feel encouraged to diversify your skills and experience with access to internal vacancies.
• Improve your Mind, Body and Soul with access to discounted fitness programs. We also offer discounted Corporate Health Insurance through multiple partners to suit your individual lifestyle.
• Be one of Skytrax’s Best Airline and Airline Staff in Australia/Pacific for 2017!

 

Ready to spread your wings?

Boarding for this opportunity won’t last long – register your interest today by submitting an application via the link below.

 

Diversity :

Virgin Australia is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture and supportive environment for our people. We believe diversity in our workforce strengthens our business and we welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.

A note from us to recruitment agencies :

We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited CVs to our Recruitment Team or Managers across the business. Virgin Australia is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited CVs.

 

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