Lead - Commercial

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Date: 30 Apr 2026

Location: Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3000

Company: Origin Energy Services Ltd

• Drive category management and unlock value from Origin's procurement spend
• Provide strategic commercial insight, procurement strategy advice, and hands-on leadership
• Melbourne based

Join a team that's All Kinds of Useful

At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.

About the role

The Lead – Commercial corporate & professional services is a key role responsible for driving category management and unlocking value from Origin's procurement spend. This position provides strategic commercial insight, procurement strategy advice, and hands-on leadership to ensure that supplier engagements deliver long-term value and effectively manage risk in a complex and evolving operational environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, coaching, and development to the Procurement team, fostering a culture of high-performance and capability.
• Lead category strategy development and sourcing activities to reduce total cost and maximise commercial value across the supply chain.
• Establish strong advisory relationships with key business stakeholders, providing timely commercial counsel and driving collaborative outcomes.
• Lead and define requirements for supplier negotiations to extract maximum value and minimise commercial risk, ensuring robust contract drafting.
• Demonstrate strong category knowledge and commercial acumen to strategically influence decisions and improve market position.
• Uphold and lead the application of procurement governance, processes, and systems, ensuring full compliance with regulatory and legislative frameworks.
• Champion a mindset of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for cost reduction and process efficiency.
• Actively model and promote the company's Purpose and Values, fostering an environment of collaboration, accountability, and growth.

What will you bring?

You will role model Origin’s values, be self-driven, with ability to be proactive and take initiative. A team player with ability to work collaboratively with a broad range of people across levels, building positive, productive working relationships.

More about you

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Law, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience in energy, resources, utilities, or heavy industrial sectors.
• Understanding of the Australian regulatory environment and its impact on procurement and contracting.
• Good understanding of contract legal terms and conditions and experience negotiating these.
• Knowledge of working in labour based categories specifically contingent labour and consulting services.
• Knowledge of sustainability, social procurement, and Indigenous supplier engagement practices.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to analyse complex commercial arrangements, assess risk and identify value creation opportunities.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with a demonstrated ability to secure favourable commercial outcomes while maintaining strong supplier and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distil complex information into clear, concise advice for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Origin - Where good change happens

At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.

Here's a little about us: https://www.originenergy.com.au/about/careers/

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

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