Procurement Manager. • Tertiary qualified engineer with over 20 years’ experience in procurement, engineering and manufacturing in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore. • Experience in FMCG, retail, and manufacturing industries with strong exposure in end-to-end procurement process. • Championed sourcing initiatives to optimise cost aligned to budget and forecast across Direct (up to $55M) and Indirect (up to $150M) spend categories. • Strong collaboration with Global Procurement to implement procurement best practices, enhance systems (i.e ERP, contract management tools), uphold policy compliance and drive process improvements. • Supported financial budgeting through strategic cost control and portfolio analysis across procurement categories. • Solid track record in managing contract lifecycles, negotiating terms to optimise commercial benefits and ensuring alignment with legal and regulatory standards to mitigate risk. • Developed and maintained strong supplier partnerships to ensure performance, quality, delivery, compliance and innovation. • Partnered with product development, supply chain and commercial teams to support new product launches • Drove end-to-end tender process, including specification development, bid evaluation and stakeholder alignment. • Monitored market trends, assess supplier capabilities and refine category strategies to influence business decisions and support growth.