At Aruma, we support people with disabilities to live great lives. It's the reason we exist - after all, why should anyone have to settle for anything less? And to make this a reality, we rely on the skill and commitment of our Aruma team.

When you're part of the Aruma team, you're not just supporting people. You're pioneering new paths, challenging assumptions, daring to think differently, and telling society to raise its bar higher.

We are currently seeking a dynamic Commercial Manager who will drive commercial best practice across contract management, procurement, property, and fleet services for Aruma. This role is part of a new commercial team working actively across the organisation to unlock value and new opportunities.

What success looks like:

You will be responsible for supporting and enabling a best practice commercial function by establishing clear guidelines, tracking performance and driving accountability in results across the team and organisation. You will also:

• Create and maintains commercial guidelines, policies and procedures for all related activities and promotes these across the business leveraging internal and external best practice.
• Partnering with key external stakeholders, including legal advisors, and internal stakeholders to provide advice and coaching to build a strong commercial culture across the organisation.
• Partnering with the property and fleet teams to prepare, manage and monitor budgets.
• Data owner for property and fleet information, ensuring both financial and non-financial information is kept accurate and up to date.
• Develop and recommend project proposals, investments, pricing and contract negotiations and tactics.
• Reviews all relevant contracts, identifies risks and concerns making recommendations to improve outcomes for the organisation.
• Tracks, monitors and reviews contract deliverables supporting the business to ensure all performance related metrics are achieved and risks mitigated.
• Provides monthly and quarterly commercial reports.
• Assesses and evaluates commercial feasibility on tenders and RFP's.
• Provides business units with timely analysis and recommendations on fleet and property utilisation to improve customer outcomes and the organisation's profitability.

Skills that make you stand out:

Must haves…

• MBA or Bachelor's level business management qualification.
• CA/CPA Qualification.
• Strong Commercial and Management Accounting experience (5+ years) in a fast-paced and complex environment
• Flexibility in managing as a change champion in a significant transformation environment.
• Ability to partner, coach and develop employees.
• Demonstrated experience in contract management.
• Data savvy with outstanding numeracy and analytical skills.
• Excellent presentation skills in presenting results of commercial analyses.
• Brilliant communicator in the preparation of high-quality written reports, policies, action plans correspondence and other documentation as required.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service and business improvement.
• High level computer literacy in Microsoft 365 and financial software systems.
• Drive innovation and best practice throughout the supply chain.
• A Current Australian Driver's License.

Nice to haves…

• Experience in Commercial Management including;
  • Property, Fleet & Procurement Commercial Analysis
  • Contract Life Cycle Management
  • Systems implementation
  • Commercial Negotiation
  • Risk Management
  • Legislation & Regulatory Compliance
  • Contract Law
  • BI dashboard design and implementation
  • SQL, Python or similar tooling

Be part of this dedicated, collaborative team and make a difference! We offer the benefits of flexibility, a competitive salary, the option of salary packaging up to $15,990 and career development opportunities. Apply Now!