Head of Procurement

About Our Oganisation

For almost 70 years, Export Finance Australia has helped Australian businesses grow and succeed internationally with finance to secure opportunities, expand into new markets and diversify their presence. We support critical minerals and defence sectors, finance projects that strengthen economic resilience and advance net zero, and back Australian investment in sustainable infrastructure. 

Working with banks, other Government agencies and international partners, we back Australia’s exporters, supply chain businesses and industries, contributing to a more stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific while advancing Australia’s trade, investment and economic security objectives.  

Your new role

Location: Sydney
Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

About you

The Head of Procurement is an enterprise leadership role responsible for setting the strategic direction for procurement across EFA and providing leadership for procurement, governance and enterprise procurement transformation. The role is accountable for developing a contemporary, commercially focused and technology-enabled procurement operating model that strengthens governance, enables informed decision-making and delivers long-term organisational value.

The Head of Procurement leads the ongoing transformation and remediation of EFA's procurement capability, embedding sustainable governance, contemporary procurement practices and enterprise-wide procurement capability. The role drives procurement maturity through operating model redesign, governance reform, business process improvement and digital enablement.

As EFA's senior procurement executive, the Head of Procurement provides strategic procurement, commercial and governance leadership across the organisation and leads the procurement workstream for major enterprise transformation initiatives, including the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution and other digital procurement capabilities. Working closely with the Executive, Technology, Finance and business leaders, the role ensures procurement supports organisational performance, innovation and the successful delivery of EFA's strategic objectives.

Strategy & Commercial Leadership

• Establish the strategic direction for procurement as an enterprise capability that supports EFA's corporate strategy, Government priorities and long-term organisational objectives.
• Develop and implement EFA's enterprise procurement strategy, ensuring procurement is a strategic enabler of organisational performance, innovation, value for money and organisational outcomes.
• Lead the ongoing evolution of EFA's procurement operating model, driving continuous improvement in procurement capability, procurement practices and organisational outcomes.
• Provide strategic procurement, commercial and governance advice to the Executive, supporting enterprise decision-making.
• Lead enterprise procurement planning, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management to optimise value for money, organisational outcomes and long-term supplier performance.
• Provide executive oversight of complex, high-value and strategically significant procurements.

Governance, Risk & Procurement Remediation

• Lead EFA's enterprise procurement governance framework, ensuring compliance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs), the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) and other relevant legislative and policy requirements.
• Lead the ongoing remediation and uplift of EFA's procurement capability by embedding sustainable governance, assurance frameworks and contemporary procurement practices.
• Provide assurance to the Board and Executive on procurement compliance, governance maturity and procurement-related risks.
• Oversee procurement policies, delegations, standards and governance arrangements, ensuring they remain contemporary, effective and aligned with evolving Government requirements.

Digital Transformation & Operating Model

• Lead EFA's digital procurement strategy and long-term capability roadmap.
• Lead the procurement workstream for major enterprise transformation initiatives, including the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions and other digital procurement technologies.
• Lead procurement operating model redesign, leveraging digitisation, automation, data and emerging technologies to improve organisational capability and organisational performance.
• Partner with Technology, Finance and Transformation teams to embed procurement requirements within enterprise systems and future-state operating models.
• Lead organisational adoption of digital procurement capabilities and drive continuous improvement through innovation, analytics and technology-enabled change. 

Experience & Skills

• 10+ years experience with in a highly regulated procurement environment
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Procurement, Law, Technology, Commerce, Business or a related discipline.
• Extensive senior leadership experience in procurement, commercial, legal, governance, transformation or another enterprise leadership function within a complex or highly regulated organisation.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing organisational strategy and leading enterprise-wide initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience leading organisational transformation, including operating model redesign, business process improvement, digital enablement and organisational capability uplift.
• Demonstrated experience establishing governance frameworks, implementing assurance mechanisms and managing enterprise risk within a complex organisational environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with demonstrated experience leading complex commercial transactions, procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations or contract management.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic advice to the Executive and Board, and to influence Government agencies and senior stakeholders across organisational boundaries.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including preparing Executive and Board papers, influencing senior decision-makers and presenting strategic recommendations.
• Strong knowledge of Commonwealth governance frameworks, including the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act), Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) and associated Government procurement policies, or the demonstrated ability to rapidly acquire specialist knowledge.
• Experience leading procurement, commercial, legal or governance functions within the Commonwealth Government or another highly regulated environment – desirable.
• Relevant postgraduate qualification (MBA, Master of Laws, Commerce, Public Administration or a related discipline) – desirable.

Even if you haven’t ticked every box but this role resonates with you, don't rule yourself out just yet, we'd love to hear from you!

Our benefits and culture

We are small enough to have an impact, BIG enough to make a world of difference and it starts with our people.

We support flexible working and pride ourselves in fostering a culture that is inclusive, diverse and collaborative. We are proud to be certified as a 2025 Great Place to Work for a fifth consecutive year, recognised on the 2023 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list and listed as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces for Women in 2025. 

In line with our commitment to our people, we have a comprehensive array of benefits available to our employees:

• Generous leave provisions (e.g. Annual Wellbeing day) and leave purchase opportunities
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• Thorough induction onboarding program
• Fitness Passport along with other Health & Wellbeing initiatives
• Gender affirmation leave
• Income Protection Insurance
• Community volunteering
• and many more!

Our headquarters is based in Sydney CBD, and we have a national presence across Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Eligibility

Australian Citizenship - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of application.

Security Clearance - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

How to apply

Applications close: 30 August 2026.  

Interviews will occur in parallel, so please apply ASAP.
Enquiries: Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      
  
To apply, please email your CV to Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      

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We invite and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

About us

Export Finance Australia is Australia’s export credit agency.  

The reason our people join us, stay with us and grow with us is because they wholeheartedly believe in our purpose. They can see the impact we create for our customers.

We are a highly purpose-driven organisation. We seek to create an inclusive culture that values our customers and employees. Our people are expected to champion this and play a key role in achieving those outcomes. In working towards our strategy, our people display our IMPACT leadership behaviours of Frank & Fearless, Dexterous & Agile and Careful & Diligent

For more information about us, please refer to our website. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered on this occasion.