Procurement Business Partner

• Manage end-to-end procurement processes, from refining business requirements and developing go-to-market strategies, through to tendering, RFQs, RFPs, evaluation frameworks, and contract lifecycle management
• Identify and communicate commercial and contractual risks clearly to internal stakeholders, providing practical guidance on how to manage and mitigate them
• Partner directly with operational and functional leaders across all NZKS business units
• Champion procurement as a value-add function internally, building buy-in through demonstrated commercial outcomes rather than policy enforcement
• Bring stakeholders on the procurement transformation journey through credibility, practical support, and visible delivery
• Establish and manage supplier relationships, including supporting SRM programmes
• Provide mentoring support to team members and key stakeholders

• 10+ years of procurement experience in a complex, operational environment
• Proven end-to-end procurement capability across tendering, contracting, and supplier management
• Exceptional business partnering skills, with a track record of working credibly alongside operational and functional leaders at all levels
• Strong internal influencing capability, with the confidence to advocate for the procurement process and hold the line when challenged, without relying on positional authority
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous or evolving environments, with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving and finding workable solutions
• Demonstrated contract negotiation skills across commercially significant supplier relationships
• Corporate, private sector background required
• FMCG, primary industries, or manufacturing preferred
• Experience across engineering, construction, facilities management, ICT, or marketing categories advantageous
• Candidates must hold existing rights to work in New Zealand

Experience across engineering, construction, facilities management, ICT, or marketing categories advantageous

• This is a senior, autonomous role at a genuinely interesting business, in a function that has clear executive backing and a real mandate to grow
• Broad category exposure
• Direct partnership with operational leaders across the business
• Opportunity to help shape what procurement looks like at NZKS for years to come
• Join a business actively investing in developing procurement maturity
• Autonomous, senior role partnering across all NZKS business units
• Auckland or Nelson based preferred