Corporate Services Procuement Manager

Req ID: 85689
Department: Procurement - NZ
Division: Enterprise Finance
Location: Auckland or Wellington
Ko Mātou – About Us

Kia Hanga I Te Ao, E Ora Ai, E Tupu Ai, Te Tangata Me Te Kainga. At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

Mō te tūranga - About the role

ANZ Procurement plays a strategic role in shaping the Bank we're Building by partnering with the business to get the best from supplier relationships without compromising on cost and value. Our team plays a key role when it comes to realising value, helping ANZ to manage commercial risk, negotiating robust commercial outcomes, while helping protect ANZ’s reputation. From creative services, media, consulting, hardware , software & business applications, infrastructure– if you can see it, touch it or use it, or consume it we're typically involved in helping to source it.

As a Procurement Manager in our Procurement Function, you’ll be pivotal in supporting our vision to build meaningful partnerships with the business and our suppliers to create sustainable commercial value, effectively manage risk and make it easy to work with great suppliers. You will do this by serving as a trusted business partner in the Corporate Services spend portfolio, which includes areas such as marketing, media, creative services, consumer data and sponsorship, and direct to consumer. You will ensure the procurement portfolio's strong performance, effective management of end-to-end lifecycles, and strategy development.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Location: Auckland and Wellington

Role Type: Permanent, Full time

Ka aha tō rā e kite ai? - What will your day look like?

As a Corporate Services Procurement Manager, you will:
Partner with the business to develop sourcing and vendor management strategies, to execute upon strategic procurement initiatives

Work with key stakeholders to maximise commercial benefits for ANZ while mitigating risks and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements across the Corporate Services portfolio

Work with the business to develop enhance our partnerships with agencies and suppliers focusing in on effectiveness, and performance, and innovation.

Support with triaging procurement intake of business requests, scoping requirements and desired outcomes to enable execution across our operating model.

Develop & deploy robust category plans & sourcing plans that integrate business and corporate strategy, supported by appropriate digital enablers and category intelligence.

Deliver on initiatives to optimise value delivery for ANZ of targeted goods and services with solutions that meet customer’ and business need through proactive development and execution of appropriate strategies.

Collaborate with Group Procurement Category Managers to develop and implement both centralised global or regionalised category strategies and market activity.

Provide guidance for ongoing management of vendors including spend analysis and SRM.

Provide ongoing commercial advice and delivery of the contracting requirements of assigned contracts/Master Services Agreement.

Support the Contract Owner with advice and support, inclusive of spend analytics, identification of scope creep and off-contract spend, and commercial performance reporting.

Partner with New Zealand Outsourcing and Governance and the Legal team along with business stakeholders to ensure that vendor contracts remain complaint with regulatory and compliance obligations

Ōu Pūkenga? - What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

An understanding of the marketing, media, brand collateral

Previous experience working as a Procurement Category Manager, or experience working on agency side in a commercial role for a Marketing/Creative, Data or Media agency.

A strong understanding of the Corporate Services procurement category

Commercial curiosity and adept ability to problem solve across complex and ambiguous situations

Superior communication skills and ability to engage, negotiate and influence key stakeholders at all levels

A results orientated mindset with an ability to think through problems and offer alternative solutions to improve efficiency

Proven experience building and maintaining business critical relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders and vendors

Sound understanding of risks and appropriate control options across a Corporate Services procurement context

Previous contracting or commercial experience

Ability to act as a trusted business partner who can establish trust quickly, provide sound advice and influence key decision making

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

He aha te take e uru ai koe ki a mātou? - So, why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be part of a work whānau striving towards a common purpose: shaping a world where communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and community you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse community at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of Aotearoa New Zealand's communities and this is one of the reasons that has inspired us to develop a multi-year Te Ao Māori Strategy called Tākiri-Ā-Rangi. This includes increasing representation of Māori and Pasifika people at ANZ. Join us and get involved in one of our affinity networks which help us to better understand and meet the needs and interests of our increasingly diverse workforce.

Kua wātea te katoa ki te tono. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with an access requirement or disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

/.You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 85689.

Te Rā Ōtinga - Job Posting End Date

07/02/2025 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)