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Posted Apr 29Strategic Category Manager – IT & Cloud Services
at ResMed
Sydney, AustraliaOn-site
Responsibilities
- Align vendor engagements with business goals, ensuring contractual compliance and milestone achievement.
- Advise internal stakeholders on supplier performance, commercial risks, and contract management best practices. 🔹 Strategic Procurement & Category Management Design and execute category strategies that support ResMed’s commercial and technical objectives.
- Drive cost efficiency and sustainable value creation across cloud and infrastructure procurement.
- Collaborate with engineering, legal, and finance teams to build and re-enforce effective procurement policies.
- Negotiate commercial agreements to secure favourable terms, mitigate risks, and drive efficiency across supplier engagements. 🔹 Stakeholder Collaboration & Cost Optimization Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on high-value IT procurement matters.
- Lead RFP processes, gather business requirements, and influence decision-making through data-driven sourcing strategies.
Requirements
- Maintain a deep understanding of cost structures, contractual frameworks, and supplier capabilities to inform sourcing strategies.
- What We’re Looking For Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, or a related field (MCIPS / ISM certification is a plus). Minimum 5 years’
- experience in IT cloud and infrastructure procurement , with a proven record managing high-value, business-critical IT contracts.
Additional details
- At ResMed , our purpose is to inspire and energize the world through innovative solutions that improve lives.
- As part of our Global Supplier Alliance (GSA) team, we are looking for a strategic and results-oriented Category Manager – IT to drive commercial strategy and supplier performance for our business-critical cloud and infrastructure services .
- In this high-impact role, you will manage a portfolio of key IT suppliers, lead negotiations, and deliver cost-optimized, value-driven outcomes.
- You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams across engineering, legal, finance , and IT , leading critical procurement decisions and shaping the future of ResMed’s IT supplier ecosystem.