Strategic Category Lead

About us From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision of inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are a bold team with a bright future. Our operational diversity offers our employees access to a broad range of experiences and career opportunities within the one company. Whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you will have a bright future with us. Shape the strategy behind some of Evolution Mining’s most critical procurement categories At Evolution Mining, procurement plays an important role in supporting operational performance, security of supply and long-term business success. We're looking for an experienced Strategic Category Lead to take ownership of key enterprise-wide categories, partnering closely with stakeholders across our Australian operations to develop and deliver category strategies that create lasting value. This is an opportunity to step into a role with genuine influence. You will work alongside operational leaders, commercial teams and suppliers to solve complex challenges, strengthen supplier partnerships and help shape the future direction of procurement across the business. About the role Reporting to the Group Manager Procurement and Supply, you will lead the end-to-end category management lifecycle across critical spend categories, balancing commercial outcomes, operational requirements and long-term business objectives. As part of the continued evolution of Evolution's Procurement & Supply function, Category Leads play a key role in providing strategic ownership of enterprise-wide spend categories and delivering value through category management excellence. You will combine market intelligence, stakeholder engagement and strategic sourcing expertise to ensure Evolution has secure, sustainable and commercially competitive supply arrangements in place. Key responsibilities include: Lead category initiatives from opportunity identification through sourcing, implementation and benefit realisation. Develop and implement sourcing strategies that optimise value for money while balancing security of supply, operational performance and appropriate risk management Partner with stakeholders across operational and corporate functions to understand requirements and identify opportunities for value creation Leverage and continuously improve spend analytics, market intelligence and business data to enhance decision making, identify opportunities and strengthen category insights Leading complex sourcing activities and commercial negotiations for high-value contracts and long-term agreements Building strong supplier relationships that improve performance, innovation and supply resilience Managing commercial, operational and supply chain…