Senior Manager – Procurement & Purchasing

About Us

Southern Cross Fertilisers runs Phosphate Hill and the Mount Isa Acid Plant. We are two operations in North West Queensland that depend on each other, and that our neighbours and the region depend on too. The fertiliser we make supports Australian farmers and helps put food on tables here and overseas.

We are Australian. We are resilient, diverse, invested and proud.

How we work matters to us. Safety is not a slogan here. It’s how we run every shift, and production never comes ahead of it. Our plants run on standards, not heroics: planned work, predictable tonnes, doing what we say we’ll do and when something goes wrong, we look at the system before the person. People here report openly because the focus is on improvement, not blame.

We’re an operation with a great reputation, and we back our people with meaningful work and high levels of ownership.

About The Role

The senior procurement role for the business, covering everything from mining consumables and critical spares through to major capital contracts. You’ll lead procurement and purchasing across Phosphate Hill’s mine sites, processing plants and manufacturing facilities, and you’ll set the category strategies and supplier relationships that keep production running. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you’ll sit on the senior management team, and you’ll own sourcing and tendering, contract negotiation, procurement governance and delegations of authority, while leading and developing a multi-site procurement and purchasing team. The role is based in Brisbane.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Procurement Leadership
• Sourcing, Tendering & Category Management
• Supplier & Contract Management
• Procurement Support to Mining, Processing & Manufacturing
• Inventory Optimisation & Supply Continuity
• Governance, Risk & Compliance
• Procurement Budget, Forecasting & Reporting
• Team Leadership & Development
• Stakeholder Engagement

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering or a related discipline
• Extensive progressive experience in procurement, purchasing or supply chain management
• Substantial experience within mining and/or heavy manufacturing environments
• Demonstrated experience managing procurement for capital projects, plant shutdowns and turnarounds, and multi-site operations
• Proven leadership of procurement teams across multiple sites or business units

Highly desirable:

• Postgraduate qualification (MBA or equivalent)
• Professional certification such as CPSM, CIPS or MCIPS
• Experience negotiating EPC/EPCM and long-term supply agreements
• Familiarity with mining and manufacturing equipment, consumables and OEM relationships
• Experience with ERP and procurement systems such as SAP or MSD365

Benefits To You

• A team that shows up for each other
• Salary packaging options
• Confidential employee assistance program
• Mental health and wellbeing program
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for primary carer, 3 weeks for secondary carer
• Superannuation paid on unpaid parental leave, up to 12 months
• Real opportunities for career progression through succession planning and development

Everyone Gets a Fair Go

We want people from different backgrounds, experiences and walks of life. It makes us a better operation and a better place to work. We’re building a workplace that is safe and fair for everyone, with flexible work options that let our people do good work and have a life outside it. If that sounds like you, we’d like to hear from you.

About Our Process

Our recruitment process usually involves an interview (Teams or face to face), reference checks and a medical. Depending on the role, it may also include a site visit and psychometric testing.