Introduction:
Top Cut Foods | National Leadership Role | Executive Opportunity
At Top Cut Foods, we're passionate about delivering premium-quality meat and food products to customers across Australia. As we continue to grow, we're transforming our procurement function into a strategic commercial capability that delivers competitive advantage, stronger supplier partnerships, and sustainable business growth.
We're looking for an experienced Head of Procurement to lead this transformation and play a critical role in shaping our national sourcing strategy.
Description:
The Opportunity
Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a key executive leadership role responsible for developing and executing the procurement strategy across all areas of spend, including proteins, packaging, consumables, freight, utilities, and indirect categories.
You'll lead a national procurement function, build strategic supplier partnerships, drive commercial outcomes, and create a best-practice procurement framework that supports our operational excellence and growth ambitions.
This is an opportunity to make a genuine impact in a fast-paced Australian food manufacturing business where your commercial expertise will directly influence profitability and long-term success.
Key Responsibilities
As our Head of Procurement, you will:
- Develop and implement a national procurement strategy aligned with business objectives.
- Transform procurement from a transactional purchasing model into a strategic commercial function.
- Lead category management across proteins, packaging, dry goods, freight, consumables and indirect spend.
- Negotiate high-value supply agreements that deliver measurable cost savings and improved margins.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with suppliers across Australia and internationally.
- Lead supplier performance reviews, contract management, tender processes and risk management initiatives.
- Partner closely with Production, Sales, Finance, Planning and Logistics to ensure continuity of supply and operational efficiency.
- Drive procurement reporting, forecasting, cost modelling and data-driven decision making.
- Improve procurement systems, governance and ERP processes.
- Build, mentor and lead a high-performing national procurement team.
About You
You are a commercially astute procurement leader who combines strategic thinking with strong execution.
You will bring:
- 7-10+ years' experience in senior procurement, sourcing or commercial supply chain leadership.
- Strong experience within food manufacturing, FMCG, meat/protein, agriculture or another perishable goods industry.
- A proven track record negotiating multi-million-dollar supplier agreements.
- Exceptional commercial negotiation and supplier relationship management skills.
- Strong analytical capability, including cost modelling, market analysis and procurement reporting.
- Experience working with ERP systems such as CSB, SAP, Dynamics, Pronto or similar.
- The ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead transformational change across multiple sites.
- Tertiary qualifications in Business, Supply Chain, Commerce or a related discipline (preferred).
Why Join Top Cut Foods?
This is more than a procurement leadership role—it's an opportunity to build a modern procurement function from the ground up and become a trusted advisor to the executive leadership team.
We offer:
- Executive leadership role reporting directly to the CEO.
- Opportunity to shape procurement strategy nationally.
- High level of autonomy and influence.
- Collaborative and values-driven leadership team.
- National role supporting multiple sites across Australia.
- Competitive executive remuneration package.
Ready to Lead Procurement Transformation?
If you're a strategic procurement leader who thrives on delivering commercial outcomes, building supplier partnerships and leading organisational change, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now and help shape the future of procurement at Top Cut Foods.
