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Matthew Urquhart

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Group Category Manager at ANZ
📍 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Matthew Urquhart is a procurement executive with deep expertise in commercial strategy and business transformation across the finance and insurance sectors. He has a track record of leading cross-functional teams and building procurement frameworks from the ground up, notably at AustralianSuper and the National Disability Insurance Agency.

He once designed and implemented an entirely new procurement function for AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest superannuation fund with over $140 billion in assets.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Group Category Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Personality Overview

How Matthew shows up

Good Listener
Consensus Builder
Example Driven

Unlike D or C types, they are calm as well as friendly and can give the impression of being more receptive than they actually are. Win-win scenarios can appeal strongly to them. They are more likely to go for proven solutions.

Priorities

Topics Matthew cares about

Procurement Transformation
He has repeatedly built and restructured procurement functions, including creating a target operating model for a government agency and a greenfield function for AustralianSuper.
Strategic Sourcing
Managed significant, complex spend categories, including overseeing more than $400M in IT services spend globally for ANZ across 34 different markets.
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Career

Work history

11-2019
Group Category Manager
ANZ
2-2019 - 8-2019
Commercial Manager
MLC Life Insurance
8-2018 - 1-2019
Branch Manager, Procurement and Shared Services (SES Band 1)
National Disability Insurance Agency
6-2015 - 7-2018
Head of Procurement and Property
AustralianSuper
5-2013 - 5-2015
Global Category Manager
ANZ
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Education
2007 - 2007
Strategic Price Management
CIPS Australia
2007 - 2007
Contracts Law Masterclass
CIPS Australia
Social presence
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Influence (I)

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