Senior Sourcing Specialist

The Opportunity

At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia’s energy future. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it with our customers and communities as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Senior Sourcing Specialist to join our Contracts and Supplier Strategy team in Perth on a full-time basis. This team leads the commercial and contracting strategy that underpins the successful delivery of APA’s major infrastructure and growth projects.

Reporting to the Sourcing Manager, you will play a key role in leading complex, high-value sourcing activities, developing and executing sourcing strategies, managing tender processes, and negotiating commercial agreements that enable balanced, delivery-focused outcomes across APA’s project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver complex, high-value sourcing strategies that align with business objectives, project priorities, and procurement best practices.

• Lead end-to-end sourcing activities including market engagement, tendering (ECI and RFx), evaluation, negotiation, and contract award processes.

• Drive value-for-money outcomes by balancing cost, quality, risk, supplier capability, and whole-of-life commercial considerations.

• Manage commercial, contractual, supply chain, and procurement risks while ensuring compliance with governance and regulatory requirements.

• Partner with business and project stakeholders to translate operational requirements into effective sourcing and contracting strategies.

• Monitor supplier and contract performance to achieve agreed commercial benefits, resolve issues, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Your Background

• Demonstrated experience managing complex procurement and strategic sourcing activities within large, project-based or infrastructure-focused organisations.

• Strong commercial acumen with proven capability in supplier negotiations, contract management, cost analysis, and value delivery.

• Advanced stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across Engineering, Operations, Finance, Legal, Risk, and Project teams.

• Sound understanding of procurement governance, probity requirements, tendering processes, and regulatory compliance frameworks.

• Strong risk management capability, including identifying, assessing, and mitigating supplier, contract, and supply chain risks.

• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to provide commercial advice and manage supplier performance issues.

About the Team

Contracts and Supplier Strategy builds strong internal and external relationships to devise sustainable contracting arrangements that enable APA to be the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition.

We support the delivery of energy infrastructure projects across Australia by providing expert commercial and contract services across gas transmission and storage, gas powered generation, and power.

It is an exciting time to join the team as we provide a core capability in the delivery of APA’s portfolio growth and asset transformation. We need people who are courageous, nimble, and ready to make an impact.

Working at APA

At APA, we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best.

We offer targeted career development programs designed to accelerate your career, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing initiatives are all part of what we’ll offer you. Our inclusive parental leave policy offers 18 weeks of leave, including superannuation, to support parents at work and in life.

We employ around 2,000 people across Australia and are committed to building a high-performing, customer-focused organisation where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to perform at their best.

We are APA

At APA, we’re taking on one of Australia’s greatest challenges:​ the energy transition.​ We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play.​

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We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $20 billion portfolio of assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia.

As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage.

Our customer focused approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions.

We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities.

Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you.

APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in.

Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered.

This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment.

Role closes on Thursday, 30 July 2026. Role Reference Number: JR4626

APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies.

We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.