Category Manager – Strategic Sourcing
Two Permanent Positions | Fassifern, Lake Macquarie
Centennial is looking for two commercially driven Category Managers to join its Strategic Sourcing team.
These are genuine ownership roles. You will lead major spend portfolios across Services & Consumables and Overhauls & MRO, working directly with operational and corporate leaders to improve value, supplier performance and commercial outcomes across Centennial’s underground mining operations.
This is not transactional procurement. You will shape category strategy, lead meaningful negotiations, challenge existing arrangements and see your work make a visible difference to the business.
You will have clear ownership of your portfolio, direct access to key decision-makers and the opportunity to help shape how Strategic Sourcing operates across Centennial.
What you will do
• Own and deliver category strategies across substantial spend portfolios.
• Lead complex tenders, negotiations, supplier selection and contract outcomes.
• Analyse spend, demand, supplier economics and cost drivers to identify value opportunities.
• Build strong relationships with operational stakeholders and strategic suppliers.
• Deliver sustainable cost reductions, cost avoidance and commercial risk improvements.
• Help shape a growing Strategic Sourcing function, including its tools, governance and ways of working.
What will you bring
• Strong category management, strategic sourcing, commercial or value-delivery experience.
• A track record managing complex, high-value sourcing initiatives from strategy through to implementation.
• Experience in mining, heavy industry, infrastructure, construction, industrial services or mining equipment.
• Strong commercial acumen, negotiation capability and confidence engaging with senior stakeholders.
• The ability to balance value outcomes with safety, operational, technical and supply-risk requirements.
• A practical, accountable mindset and willingness to challenge constructively.
Why Centennial
• Permanent roles based at Fassifern, close to Lake Macquarie and Newcastle.
• A senior commercial role with a genuine regional lifestyle – without a remote or fly-in/fly-out arrangement.
• Clear ownership of a major category portfolio and direct exposure to senior operational and corporate leaders.
• The opportunity to influence material sourcing, supplier and business-improvement decisions.
• Competitive fixed remuneration, participation in Centennial’s STI framework, career development, salary-sacrifice options and corporate health-insurance discounts.
About Centennial
Centennial Coal Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Banpu Public Company Limited. We employ more than 1,600 people across our New South Wales operations and are focused on strengthening commercial capability and delivering sustainable operational improvement.
Driven by 40 years of experience in local and international businesses, Banpu is currently a versatile energy provider operating in Thailand, Indonesia, China, Australia, Lao PDR, Mongolia, Japan, the United States of America and Vietnam.
Towards the end of 2024, Banpu announced its new strategic vision, “Energy Symphonics”, which focuses on integrates diverse energy solutions in a balanced way. The strategy aims to create added value across the entire business value chain and deliver long-term benefits to all stakeholders. This vision is driven by four key pillars that align Banpu’s growth with global megatrends: 1) Decarbonization & Net Zero by 2050 2) Gas-Power-CCUS: Winning Formula 3) Renewables+ 4) Next-Gen Mining.
With the collaborative synergy of Banpu people bolstered by the corporate culture “Banpu Heart,” which comprises Passionate, Innovative, and Committed, Banpu has driven sustainability by adhering to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles throughout its nearly four decades of operation. Consequently, Banpu has been delivering sustainable returns to shareholders and investors, by embracing the principles of transparency and accountability, as well as sustainable values to all stakeholders in accordance with our brand promise “Our Way in Energy.”
