Senior Strategic Buyer - Central Functions

Allianz Partners | Brisbane, QLD

Lead Procurement. Strengthen Resilience. Shape the Future.

At Allianz Partners, we secure the future for our customers and our people.

We're seeking an experienced Senior Strategic Buyer - Central Functions to lead procurement, supplier governance, operational resilience, facilities management, and third-party risk activities across Australia and New Zealand.

This is a highly visible leadership role where you'll combine commercial expertise, strategic sourcing, supplier governance, and operational resilience to support a modern, future-ready organisation. You'll play a critical role in delivering value through strategic partnerships, data-informed decision-making, continuous improvement, and governance excellence across a dynamic and evolving business landscape.

If you're passionate about procurement transformation, building resilient supplier ecosystems, and leveraging emerging technologies and insights to drive better outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Join Allianz Partners?

At Allianz Partners, our people are at the heart of everything we do.

We offer:

✅ Global career opportunities within the Allianz Group

✅ Flexible and supportive work environment

✅ Learning, development and leadership programs

✅ Wellbeing initiatives and Work Well programs

✅ Inclusive and collaborative culture

✅ Exposure to innovative technologies, digital transformation initiatives and enterprise-wide change programs

✅ The opportunity to help shape scalable, sustainable and future-focused procurement and supplier strategies

About the Role

As Senior Strategic Buyer - Central Functions, you will lead procurement and supplier governance activities while overseeing critical operational resilience and facilities portfolios.

You'll work closely with senior stakeholders across Risk, Compliance, Legal, Technology, Information Security, Finance and Operations to deliver procurement excellence, strengthen third-party oversight, and drive best-practice governance frameworks.

You'll also champion continuous improvement initiatives and support the adoption of smarter, more efficient ways of working through data-led insights, process optimisation and strategic supplier partnerships.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Procurement & Commercial Leadership

• Develop and implement sourcing strategies aligned with business objectives and global procurement frameworks.
• Lead complex tenders, negotiations and strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Drive value creation through cost optimisation, supplier innovation, process improvement and operational efficiency.
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities for scalable procurement solutions and enhanced supplier performance.
• Utilise analytics, market intelligence and procurement insights to support strategic decision-making and long-term planning.
• Support the evolution of procurement capabilities through digital enablement and continuous improvement initiatives.

Supplier Governance & Third-Party Risk

• Lead supplier relationship management across strategic and critical providers.
• Establish strong supplier partnerships that encourage innovation, resilience and long-term value creation.
• Oversee supplier performance frameworks, governance controls and risk management activities.
• Maintain effective oversight of Material Service Providers in line with CPS 230 requirements.
• Drive a proactive and risk-informed approach to supplier lifecycle management.

Operational Resilience & Governance

• Support organisational resilience through effective supplier oversight and business continuity planning.
• Ensure critical supplier arrangements meet evolving regulatory and operational requirements.
• Coordinate supplier due diligence, risk assessments and resilience reviews.
• Provide insights and reporting that enable informed governance and strategic risk management decisions.
• Contribute to a culture of resilience, accountability and continuous improvement.

Facilities, Sustainability & Workplace Services

• Lead facilities and workplace operations across Australia and New Zealand.
• Drive sustainable procurement and workplace initiatives aligned with Allianz Partners' ESG commitments.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational effectiveness through smart vendor management and service optimisation.
• Support workplace environments that enable collaboration, productivity and employee experience.

Leadership & Capability Development

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability and continuous learning.
• Build future capability by encouraging adaptability, commercial acumen and digital fluency across the team.
• Support transformation initiatives that enhance procurement effectiveness and business outcomes.

About You

You'll be an accomplished procurement leader who combines commercial expertise with strategic thinking and a strong focus on governance, resilience and continuous improvement.

You'll bring:

• 8+ years' experience in procurement, supplier management, operational resilience, facilities management or related fields.
• Strong experience leading strategic sourcing and complex supplier negotiations.
• Demonstrated success managing supplier governance and third-party risk frameworks.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Experience working within complex, regulated or multinational environments.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data and insights into meaningful business outcomes.
• A continuous improvement mindset and enthusiasm for leveraging technology, automation and emerging best practices to enhance procurement performance.
• Experience using SAP Ariba or similar procurement platforms.

Why This Opportunity?

This role offers the chance to influence how Allianz Partners builds resilient supplier networks, strengthens governance practices, embraces innovation, and positions itself for the future.

If you're excited by the opportunity to combine strategic procurement, operational resilience, supplier governance and modern business transformation within a global organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help us build a smarter, more connected and future-ready organisation.

Subtle AI-readiness keywords included:

• Future-ready
• Data-led decision making
• Data-informed insights
• Digital enablement
• Emerging technologies
• Automation
• Process optimisation
• Continuous improvement
• Scalable solutions
• Innovation
• Digital fluency
• Strategic analytics
• Transformation
• Smart vendor management
• Modern business transformation

Allianz Partners is a registered business name of AWP Australia Pty Ltd.

99950 | Procurement | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz Partners | Full-Time | Permanent

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. 

At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matter, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust. 

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations. 

Great to have you on board**.** Let's care for tomorrow.