Title:  Procurement Data Lead

• Lead big-impact procurement data work that shapes AusNet’s future.
• Drive real change through insights, automation and smarter decision‑making.
• Enjoy true flexibility with hybrid work and standout benefits.

We’re an energised team who is passionate about our customers, strive for operational excellence and a sustainable future for our people and our community. 

About the Role

Join our Group Operations division and work within the Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSCM) team as the Procurement Data Lead, where you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering the strategic, technical and operational capabilities that underpin procurement and supply chain excellence across AusNet.

In this role, you will lead our Procurement and Supply Chain (PSC) data and reporting program—driving high‑quality data analysis, optimising our spend cube, and continuously improving our reporting frameworks. Your work will elevate insights across the PSCM team and the broader organisation, strengthening decision‑making and enabling effective cross‑business collaboration.

This role reports to the Manager, Procurement Supply Chain Management Excellence & Capability and is based at our Southbank, Victoria office.

We are a flexible and truly hybrid workplace.

What you will deliver

• Lead procurement data strategy: Design, optimise, and govern procurement data solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with business needs.
• Drive automation & digital uplift: Champion process automation and digital transformation across procurement functions.
• Deliver advanced analytics: Provide specialised data analysis, including complex business cases, TCO modelling, simulations, and compliance/spend visibility analysis.
• Manage procurement master data: Conduct master data analysis, maintain spend classification taxonomy, and enhance data quality and content management.
• Own periodic reporting: Manage, refresh, and develop Power BI/Excel dashboards covering contracts, tenders, savings, and wider procurement activities.
• Oversee spend cube management: Consolidate and validate purchase data, align classification rules, ensure reliable operation of the spend cube, and provide ad‑hoc category spend insights.
• Enable stakeholders & category teams: Act as a trusted advisor, translate data insights into strategy, and share best‑practice analytics across Group Operations and procurement teams.
• Build capability & self‑service analytics: Design and deliver training in Power BI, Power Automate, and data-driven decision‑making to uplift analytical capability and foster continuous learning.

What you’ll bring

• A relevant degree or diploma in business, computer science or a related discipline; a Master’s/MBA and professional certification (e.g., CIPS) are advantageous.
• 7+ years’ experience as a procurement practitioner, with proven capability across policy, process design, strategy development, sustainable procurement, training, documentation, and continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capability, including 3–5 years’ data analytics experience supporting complex procurement decision‑making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all organisational levels and deliver clear, engaging presentations.
• High technical proficiency, including advanced Microsoft Office skills and strong Power BI expertise (modelling, transformation, visualisation); experience with ERP/e‑procurement systems, Power Automate, Power Apps, Visio, SQL, and Azure is an advantage.
• Industry and functional knowledge, with experience in the utilities sector, project management, and financial budgeting and planning considered beneficial.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to identify process optimisation opportunities and uplift procurement capability across the organisation.

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.  

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more.

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead.

So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.