About

I started VendorPanel to make it fairer and easier to do business. Today our technology simplifies how organisations work, reduces risk, saves money and helps them to leverage procurement spend, where appropriate, for positive economic and social outcomes. Procurement is changing, and we want to be at the front of this journey.

Thank you for your interest in VendorPanel!

Whether you're a future customer, employee or investor, we're excited to share our story so far.

VendorPanel originally came to prominence for our innovative approach to addressing governance, probity and value for money in decentralised, below-tender procurement spend.

Today, we do that and more: we help over 1,200 corporate and government clients unlock the value of their spend by transforming procurement from a back office administrative function to being a centre of excellence and a recognised business enabler.

More recently, VendorPanel has itself been recognised for innovation in helping clients use procurement to drive positive social impact and local economic development, through our ProcureForGood and BuyRegional initiatives in which we partner with leading industry bodies.

In 2018 the company was named one of the Top 20 Westpac Businesses of Tomorrow, and received an award for Most Innovative Use of Technology from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.

VendorPanel is a growing business led by an experienced and committed team. You can meet our leadership group below.

Leadership Team

James Leathem

Founder & CEO

James drives strategy and growth, with a background in procurement consulting and leadership development.

Matt Clyne

Commercial Director

Matt manages our Growth team's activities in sales and account management, as well as holding key client relationships.

David Bubner

Chief Operating Officer

David's experience includes financial and operational management in the power and technology sectors.

Julianne Bambacas

Projects Director

With a background in change & project management, Julianne manages the product road map & major client implementations.

Frank Carron

Chief Marketing Officer

Frank has built corporate and growth marketing teams in in the B2B technology space in N America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Simon Parkinson-Bates

Head of Engineering

Simon leads our web and mobile engineering teams, developing and scaling the platform and delivering on our integration strategy.

Courtney Smyth

People & Culture Manager

Courtney's HR and organisational development experience is invaluable as we grow our team, skills, processes and culture.

Careers at VendorPanel

Our talented and passionate team works to help clients transform their businesses and to ensure VendorPanel's continued success. With employees in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, we support a national and international government and corporate client base.

We take pride in bringing our values and culture to life and we make sure they underpin everything we do. We provide a flexible work environment, personalised training and development plans, and plenty of opportunities to develop in areas that play to your strengths - as well as in some that take you out of your comfort zone.

Look for current openings on Seek or, if you're an exceptional candidate, tell us why you'd like to join us, here:

- James Leathem, CEO