Senior Category Manager

We're looking for a Senior Category Manager who enjoys bringing people, ideas and commercial opportunities together. In this role, you'll guide high-impact categories and turn business needs into thoughtful, practical strategies that create lasting value. You'll work closely with leaders and team across Rawson, build strong and respectful supplier partnerships, and help strengthen supply resilience and procurement capability. It's an opportunity to share your expertise, influence meaningful decisions and make a visible contribution in a collaborative environment.

Why join Rawson Homes?

• Hybrid flexibility - Work from home two days per week


• Life Days - Enjoy an additional four days of annual leave each year, subject to meeting eligibility criteria


• Recognition that matters - Earn rewards through our company-wide recognition program, redeemable for gift cards, additional leave and more


• Wellbeing benefits - Access discounted gym memberships and confidential wellbeing support for you and your family


• Paid parental leave - Take supported time away to welcome and care for your family


• Extra Time Off - Purchase an additional week of annual leave each year


• Great team culture - Join a collaborative, social and supportive team that celebrates success


• Referral rewards - Receive up to $5,000 for successful employee referrals


• Employee homebuyer benefits - Enjoy exclusive discounts on home builds and land packages


• TIACS counselling support - Access free, confidential mental health counselling for Australia's blue-collar community and their loved ones

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex sourcing and category initiatives with a high degree of autonomy, driving cross-functional project teams to deliver commercial outcomes


• Champion a continuous improvement and innovation mindset, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance processes, unlock value, and introduce new approaches that drive business efficiency


• Develop 1-3 year roadmaps informed by business priorities, demand forecasts, market intelligence and supplier insights, delivering measurable benefits, innovation and risk reduction


• Secure balanced outcomes across pricing, service levels, specifications, warranties, performance remedies and risk allocation


• Establish clear KPI's, lead constructive business reviews and drive continuous improvement


• Partner with operational and construction teams to align demand, capacity and availability, and develop contingency plans for critical categories


• Lead the full contract lifecycle while advising senior stakeholders and supporting procurement decisions and business planning


• Uphold governance, compliance and documentation standards while embedding sustainable and ethical practices

What will help you thrive:

• Experience in procurement and category management, ideally in construction, property development or facilities


• A strong track record of translating category strategies into measurable commercial outcomes and leading significant supplier negotiations


• Strong commercial and contractual judgement across the full contract lifecycle, including supplier performance and dispute resolution


• A collaborative communication style, with the confidence to build trusted relationships, influence senior leaders and respectfully challenge where needed


• A strategic, analytical and commercially aware approach to risk, data and shared decision-making

Qualifications:  

• A degree in Business, Commerce, Procurement, Construction or a related field


• A CIPS qualification or equivalent professional procurement qualification is preferred

Everyone belongs at Rawson Group

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are key to realising our purpose of building better together. We recognise all individuals, regardless of their gender, cultural origin, LGBTQIA+, disability or neurodiversity and acknowledge that those from underrepresented groups may face unique challenges in the job application process. We encourage all candidates to apply - your unique experiences and perspectives is what makes us great. Please reach out to us, [email protected] if you have any accessibility requirements throughout the application process - we will provide reasonable adjustments for individuals to ensure a smooth application process. 

Please note: Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of relevant background checks.