The City of Sydney is a world class, purpose led organisation, focused on community, residents, and the millions of people who visit or travel through the city each year. The City is motivated by their genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion, and its clear and compelling plan for their global city: Sustainable Sydney 2030-2050 Continuing the vision . The City is seeking a dynamic Chief Procurement Officer to lead a values-driven, high-impact procurement function that supports the City’s vision and delivers meaningful and tangible outcomes for Sydney’s people, places, and future. Reporting to the Executive Director, Finance and Procurement, this executive leadership role sets the strategic direction for procurement and contract management across the organisation, whilst promoting innovation, value for money and sustainable approaches. As the Chief Procurement Officer, you will: Drive the strategic direction for procurement, developing and implementing policies, procedures, systems, structures, and frameworks to achieve best practice. Provide expert advice and leadership to the City’s Executive, client divisions, and key stakeholders. Shape strategies and actions to deliver value for money through improved efficiency, while encouraging innovation and sustainability. Lead procurement transformation, ensuring collaboration and continuous improvement. Build organisation-wide procurement and contract management capability. Establish collaborative stakeholder and strategic supplier relationships to maximise organisational influence and outcomes. Lead organisation-wide governance and risk frameworks to ensure compliance, manage risk, and realise opportunities. You are an accomplished procurement leader who brings: Hands-on experience leading procurement teams in complex environments. Proven capability in leading transformation, change, and continuous improvement. The ability to influence, collaborate, and build trust at executive and stakeholder levels. A genuine passion for developing people and building inclusive, high performing teams. Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and the ability to promote and embed these values across the organisation. Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or professional accreditation (or equivalent experience). Why join the City of Sydney? You’ll be part of an organisation that puts people, community, and sustainability at the heart of everything it does. Working alongside a respected executive leadership team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape how public procurement delivers social, environmental, and economic outcomes for one of the world’s leading global cities. The City of Sydney offers a competitive remuneration package, flexible working arrangements, additional leave options, a supportive and inclusive culture, and a centrally located workplace in the heart of the CBD. How to apply: Cozens Mabel is proud to partner with the City of Sydney in recruiting this important leadership role. The City welcomes candidates from all backgrounds and is committed to a workplace as diverse as the community it serves. It is passionate about gender balance, with two thirds of the executive team and half of all leadership roles held by women. All applicants, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, veterans, and people of diverse sexualities and genders, are encouraged to apply. If you identify as a person with disability and require support during the application or recruitment process, please contact us using the details below. To apply, please submit your CV and cover letter to Ilsa Cozens, Managing Director, at ilsa@cozensmabel.com. For confidential enquiries, contact Ilsa at the same email address or on 0403 330 649. We will use our best endeavours to respond to all applicants. If you are unsuccessful in your application we may retain your details so that we can contact you about future vacancies that you may be suitable for, unless you advise us otherwise. We value your privacy, and we are committed to protecting the personal information we collect. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for more information. SCR-ilsa-cozens
