Manager Suppliers & Contracts (Onshore/Offshore)

• Drive strategic supplier and contract management for Qantas Catering 
• Leverage data-driven insights and financial acumen to optimise commercial outcomes 
• Permanent role based in our Mascot Campus

We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Catering Operations (Onshore), the Manager Supplier & Contracts plays a pivotal role in driving the commercial success and strategic supplier management of Qantas' catering services. This critical position is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive commercial strategies, managing complex supplier relationships, negotiating strategic contracts, and monitoring supplier performance to ensure exceptional quality and alignment with the airline's inflight experience vision. 

In this role, you will manage strategic business reviews with key suppliers to ensure alignment and address any performance issues. You will be responsible for managing relationships with vendors and measuring their effectiveness to ensure that relationship and contractual obligations are met. The position is accountable for ensuring that suppliers deliver on Qantas' financial and strategic needs within their assigned portfolio(s). 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop and execute comprehensive commercial strategies for catering services. 
• Manage complex supplier relationships and negotiate strategic contracts. 
• Monitor supplier performance to ensure exceptional quality and alignment with Qantas' inflight experience vision. 
• Conduct strategic business reviews with key suppliers to ensure alignment and address performance issues. 
• Manage relationships with vendors and measure their effectiveness to ensure contractual obligations are met. 
• Ensure suppliers deliver on Qantas' financial and strategic needs. 
• Leverage data-driven insights to optimise commercial outcomes. 
• Integrate proactive communication, deep financial acumen, and rigorous performance monitoring to transform operational functions into a significant competitive advantage. 

You’ll Have: 

• 8+ years experience in contract management and negotiation. 
• Strong financial analysis and performance management skills. 
• Proven experience in managing complex supplier relationships. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. 
• Ability to develop and implement commercial strategies. 
• Experience in the aviation industry or a related field is preferred. 

Why Qantas?

You’ll 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 you’ll 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. You’ll 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, we’ve 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.
• We’ll 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.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s 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.  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.

Be a part of something special and play your part in the Qantas story – get in touch today.

Applications close Sunday 1st June

Please note: applications will only be considered for candidates who have the right to work in Australia / New Zealand without restriction or sponsorship.