About Us

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.

About the Role

You will lead and execute complex, high-value sourcing initiatives that are critical to ANZ’s strategic objectives. This role focuses on major, high-risk deals that require strong commercial acumen, governance, and alignment with enterprise priorities and risk appetite to deliver long-term value.

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead strategic sourcing execution for ANZ’s most significant deals, ensuring alignment with category strategies and business objectives
• Act as a trusted commercial advisor, building and maintaining strong relationships with senior internal stakeholders and external partners to influence enterprise decision-making
• Apply leading sourcing approaches, embedding Lean and Agile principles to deliver customer-focused solutions, continuous improvement, and capability uplift across the organization
• Ensure robust governance and compliance, including contract negotiation, supplier performance frameworks, and adherence to procurement policies and legal standards
• Lead by example, consistently delivering best-practice sourcing outcomes that balance value, risk, and innovation.

Role Type: Fixed Term Contract to April 2026
Role Location: 833 Collins Street, Docklands
Work Hours: Full time

What could your day look like?

As a Sourcing Manager – Major Deals, every day brings opportunities to influence ANZ’s most strategic decisions and deliver outstanding commercial outcomes. You will:

• Work with initiative leads to ensure requirements are suitable and progressing to the sourcing timelines
• Development of Sourcing Strategy, negotiation plans and getting buy in and sign off from sponsors and stakeholders
• Engage - with senior stakeholders, vendors and broader procurement team on events
• Work with other support teams including risk and legal teams — acting as a trusted advisor to shape sourcing strategies and influence enterprise decision-making
• Lead negotiations with strategic suppliers for the best commercial outcome while ensuring governance, compliance, and risk mitigation are embedded in every step
• Apply innovative sourcing practices, leveraging Lean and Agile principles to design customer-focused solutions and drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate across teams, uplifting capability and sharing best practices to strengthen ANZ’s procurement function
• Governance checks, ensuring contracts, supplier performance frameworks, and compliance standards are met for every major deal.

What will you bring?

You bring a blend of strategic thinking and hands-on expertise, including:

• Negotiation mastery – deep experience in commercial negotiations and influencing outcomes
• Analytical acumen – strong ability to interpret data and drive insights for decision-making
• Data analysis skills – leveraging data to shape sourcing strategies and measure performance
• Innovative sourcing approaches – applying creative solutions and market-leading practices
• Stakeholder collaboration – building trusted relationships across senior internal and external partners
• Risk management expertise – ensuring governance and compliance in high-value, high-risk deals
• Continuous improvement mindset – embedding Lean and Agile principles to uplift capability
• Quality assurance focus – delivering consistent best-practice sourcing outcomes
• Proven leadership – experience leading complex, high-value strategic sourcing initiatives within financial services or similarly regulated industries.

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.

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and 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 support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch 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 health and 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 the communities we serve. 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're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 106660 .
 

Job Posting End Date

12/12/2025, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)