Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
- Toronto, ON, Canada
This is a regular, full-time position with a salary range of $96,322 - $120,402 per annum. · Full-time
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- This is a regular, full-time position with a salary range of $96,322 - $120,402 per annum.
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Community College Diploma with 5-10 years of relevant experience.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing Is accountable to drive efficiency and savings in Corporate Services and IT spend categories (including software, hardware, travel, equipment and general Sales and Administrative expenses (SG&A)) across BGIS and related business units.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
People Leadership
Demonstrates strong, competent leadership for team members to guide them in reaching their full potential and meeting their objectives, which supports achievement of our corporate goals. Specifically, these responsibilities include but not limited to:
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing Is accountable to drive efficiency and savings in Corporate Services and IT spend categories (including software, hardware, travel, equipment and general Sales and Administrative expenses (SG&A)) across BGIS and related business units.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
People Leadership
Demonstrates strong, competent leadership for team members to guide them in reaching their full potential and meeting their objectives, which supports achievement of our corporate goals. Specifically, these responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Full involvement with recruiting talent.
- Provides mentoring, coaching and guidance to all team members.
- Objectively recommends compensation adjustments.
- Manages all aspects of performance.
- Engage concerned parties to understand business requirements.
- Develop, recommend and implement category plans.
- Ensure that major procurement initiatives are completed in accordance with corporate sourcing policies and procedures, and that the resulting contractual agreements liaise with Risk Management, Legal Counsel, and Finance as needed.
- Plan and execute initiatives to achieve BGIS’s strategic sourcing goals and objectives.
- Lead the review and measurement of the effectiveness of the strategy.
- Operate as the “project manager” to ensure initiatives are completed on schedule.
- Ensure that the financial terms of major supplier agreements are optimized by leveraging the buying power of the BGIS group of companies and parent organizations.
- Negotiate volume discount and rebate structures within major agreements, wherever possible.
- Escalate and resolve implementation issues as required.
- Perform sourcing opportunity assessment analyses to help prioritize the initiatives that will best support the corporate sourcing strategy and Customer Business Group objectives.
- Achieve improvements in operational efficiencies and cost savings as a result.
- Identify the required subject matter expertise and resources to effectively execute priority procurement initiatives. Then team with applicable BGIS Customer Business Groups, Lines of Business, and Central Support team members to execute each initiative. Identify and source 3rd party subject matter expertise and / or resources as needed.
- Manage end-to-end competitive bid process for assigned categories.
- Negotiate with suppliers to secure optimum cost and maximum value.
- Leads the negotiation, development, implementation, amendments and monitoring of supplier contractual agreements.
- Maintain in-depth and current category knowledge as well as knowledge of strategic sourcing best practices and industry trends.
- Provide category and strategic sourcing subject matter expertise.
- Develop procurement approaches that yield highest client and BGIS value; ability to develop and format compelling business cases; approaches and process impact BGIS cost of procurement, team effectiveness.
- Negotiate and interpret contracts on behalf of BGIS g: BGIS financial risk, adherence to Client contractual obligations, term of agreement and exit provisions, client service satisfaction, cost to client; with support available make decisions with respect to best approach toward contracts.
- Act as first escalation point for contract issues – decisions may affect BGIS legal standing, cost of and/or probability of legal costs.
- Special projects as assigned.
- Community College Diploma with 5-10 years of relevant experience.
- Knowledge of strategic sourcing requirements and practices. Maintains current knowledge.
- Has outsourcing knowledge.
- Leadership skills and ability to influence multiple concerned parties and engage their support and consensus.
- Considerable experience negotiating IT and Corporate Services Agreements to drive efficiency and savings.
- Exceptional conflict management / resolution skills.
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills – executive report writing.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to develop and execute supplier contract agreements.
- Ability to become engaged in issues outside of direct experience, quickly and effectively grasp key process elements and lead discussion with other concerned parties to determine root cause issues and make added-value policy and process recommendations and changes.
- Team facilitation, management, and leadership experience and demonstrated ability to lead teams.
- Highly advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Advanced competency in MS Office applications.
- Advanced influence, persuasion and negotiation skills.
- High degree of business ethics and accountability.
- High degree of client service orientation.
- Possesses a team spirit and strong collaboration.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Tenacity to overcome challenges to deliver on commitments.
- French proficiency is considered an asset.
- Supply Chain Management Professional Designation preferred.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead strategic sourcing across Corporate Services and IT categories, developing and executing category plans, competitive bids, and supplier agreements to improve efficiency and achieve savings. Manage and coach team members, coordinate stakeholders and procurement initiatives, negotiate favorable commercial terms, and oversee contract implementation and compliance.
Requirements
Requires a community college diploma and 5–10 years of relevant experience, including substantial experience negotiating IT and Corporate Services agreements. Candidates should bring strategic sourcing and outsourcing knowledge, strong leadership, analytical, communication, negotiation, and contract management skills; a Supply Chain Management Professional designation is preferred.
Skills
- Strategic Sourcing
- Category Management
- Supplier Contract Negotiation
- Competitive Bidding
- Cost Savings
- Procurement Strategy
- People Leadership
- Financial Analysis
- Business Case Development
- Project Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Stakeholder Management
- Contract Management
- Executive Report Writing
- Microsoft Office
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Logistics
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Strategic Sourcing
- Corporate Services
- Information Technology
- Category Management
- Procurement
- Outsourcing
- Supplier Agreements
- Contract Negotiation
- Competitive Bids
- Supplier Management
- Cost Savings
- Volume Discounts
- Rebate Structures
- Risk Management
- Legal Counsel
- Finance
- Sourcing Strategy
- Opportunity Assessment
- Business Cases
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Performance Management
- Microsoft Office
- Supply Chain Management Professional
- Facilities Services