- Procurement Portfolio Manager opportunities
- Procurement Division Aircraft Equipment & Maintenance Services
- Permanent role Mascot campus
Our longevity is built on continually raising the standard. Every operational challenge is an opportunity to improve performance resilience and value for our people and our customers.
Driven by sustainability operational excellence and commercial discipline our procurement and supply chain teams support the diverse and safety-critical needs of the Qantas Group while unlocking maximum value from strategic supplier partnerships.
Group Procurement leads the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle establishes strong commercial frameworks and plays a pivotal role in governance contract management and supplier performance. This includes leading complex RFPs negotiating high-value agreements developing robust contractual and risk structures managing performance outcomes and ensuring compliance and value realisation across engineering supply contracts.
The Role
As Portfolio Manager Procurement (Aircraft Equipment & Maintenance Services) you will lead complex high-value sourcing programmes requiring executive-level engagement across Engineering Finance and Operations.
You will manage a team of Category Managers and Specialists responsible for strategic supplier portfolios covering high-value safety-critical aircraft equipment and maintenance services across the Qantas Group fleet.
Your leadership in contract management and supplier relationship management will ensure strong governance risk mitigation performance delivery and continuous improvement across technically complex supply environments. You will also contribute to long-term category strategy supply chain resilience and value creation initiatives aligned to fleet and engineering programmes.
Your ability to build influential executive relationships combined with a strong understanding of operational and financial drivers will ensure we consistently achieve exceptional commercial outcomes and strategic value from our supplier contracts.
What you will bring
- Over 10 years experience in senior commercial roles within large multinational organisations
- Bachelors degree essential; MBA or MCIPS highly regarded
- Extensive experience managing complex supplier relationships and full contract lifecycles within technically complex or regulated environments (aviation engineering exposure advantageous)
- Strong leadership capability able to influence negotiate guide teams and lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives in fast-paced change-driven settings
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills including engagement at executive and C-suite level
- Advanced negotiation capability with the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders
- Strong financial acumen including development and interpretation of financial models and commercial reports
- Ability to quickly understand complex business environments and clearly articulate commercial strategy to senior leaders
- Proven experience leading teams in complex commercial settings particularly in supplier and contract management
- Expertise in planning budgeting and resource management
Why Qantas
Youll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.
There are many different opportunities across our team which means youll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. Youll be supported from day 1 with on-the-job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role weve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions the destinations are endless.
The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe both for you and your family and friends as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
- Well give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping food and wine insurance health and wellbeing leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- Well support your wellbeing: Whether its learning to better support your own and others mental health our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us youll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.
If youre ready for a culture that will challenge and excite you submit an application today.
Applications close: Sunday 22 February 2026
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Procurement Portfolio Manager opportunitiesProcurement Division Aircraft Equipment & Maintenance ServicesPermanent role Mascot campusOur longevity is built on continually raising the standard. Every operational challenge is an opportunity to improve performance resilience and value for our people...
- Procurement Portfolio Manager opportunities
- Procurement Division Aircraft Equipment & Maintenance Services
- Permanent role Mascot campus
Our longevity is built on continually raising the standard. Every operational challenge is an opportunity to improve performance resilience and value for our people and our customers.
Driven by sustainability operational excellence and commercial discipline our procurement and supply chain teams support the diverse and safety-critical needs of the Qantas Group while unlocking maximum value from strategic supplier partnerships.
Group Procurement leads the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle establishes strong commercial frameworks and plays a pivotal role in governance contract management and supplier performance. This includes leading complex RFPs negotiating high-value agreements developing robust contractual and risk structures managing performance outcomes and ensuring compliance and value realisation across engineering supply contracts.
The Role
As Portfolio Manager Procurement (Aircraft Equipment & Maintenance Services) you will lead complex high-value sourcing programmes requiring executive-level engagement across Engineering Finance and Operations.
You will manage a team of Category Managers and Specialists responsible for strategic supplier portfolios covering high-value safety-critical aircraft equipment and maintenance services across the Qantas Group fleet.
Your leadership in contract management and supplier relationship management will ensure strong governance risk mitigation performance delivery and continuous improvement across technically complex supply environments. You will also contribute to long-term category strategy supply chain resilience and value creation initiatives aligned to fleet and engineering programmes.
Your ability to build influential executive relationships combined with a strong understanding of operational and financial drivers will ensure we consistently achieve exceptional commercial outcomes and strategic value from our supplier contracts.
What you will bring
- Over 10 years experience in senior commercial roles within large multinational organisations
- Bachelors degree essential; MBA or MCIPS highly regarded
- Extensive experience managing complex supplier relationships and full contract lifecycles within technically complex or regulated environments (aviation engineering exposure advantageous)
- Strong leadership capability able to influence negotiate guide teams and lead cross-functional sourcing initiatives in fast-paced change-driven settings
- Outstanding stakeholder management skills including engagement at executive and C-suite level
- Advanced negotiation capability with the ability to influence both technical and business stakeholders
- Strong financial acumen including development and interpretation of financial models and commercial reports
- Ability to quickly understand complex business environments and clearly articulate commercial strategy to senior leaders
- Proven experience leading teams in complex commercial settings particularly in supplier and contract management
- Expertise in planning budgeting and resource management
Why Qantas
Youll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.
There are many different opportunities across our team which means youll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. Youll be supported from day 1 with on-the-job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role weve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions the destinations are endless.
The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe both for you and your family and friends as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
- Well give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping food and wine insurance health and wellbeing leisure and entertainment. You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
- Well support your wellbeing: Whether its learning to better support your own and others mental health our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.
Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. By coming to work for us youll be part of an organisation that encourages diversity supports charities and environmental initiatives. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and people of all backgrounds to apply. If you have any support or access requirements we encourage you to advise us at time of application. Your personal information will be kept confidential in compliance with relevant privacy legislation.
If youre ready for a culture that will challenge and excite you submit an application today.
Applications close: Sunday 22 February 2026
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
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