Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Strategic Sourcing Specialist

📍 Location: Montreal, QC

🏢 Work model: Hybrid, with a combination of on-site and remote work (2 days onsite)

🌐 Languages: French and English

Position summary

Our client is looking for a Strategic Sourcing Specialist to manage the strategic and commercial performance of assigned commodities, supplier portfolios, or spend categories.

The successful candidates will develop and execute multi-year sourcing strategies, manage strategic supplier relationships, lead complex negotiations, improve supplier performance, reduce supply chain risks, and secure continuity of supply. The role will work closely with Buyers, Engineering, Operations, Planning, Supplier Quality, Finance, Legal, and Program teams.

Main responsibilities

• Develop and execute multi-year commodity or category strategies aligned with business, operational, and financial objectives.
• Lead RFQs, RFPs, sourcing events, supplier selections, and complex commercial negotiations.
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, supplier reviews, escalations, improvement plans, and performance commitments.
• Ensure contract coverage, including long-term agreements, pricing agreements, renewals, rebates, payment terms, and supplier obligations.
• Identify and manage supply chain risks through supplier rationalization, dual sourcing, contingency planning, qualification, transition, and exit activities.
• Present sourcing strategies, supplier risks, performance results, and recommendations to leadership while coaching Buyers and Lead Buyers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Finance, Operations Management, or a related discipline.
• 7 to 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, commodity management, category management, or supplier relationship management.
• Proven experience managing a complete commodity or category portfolio, including strategy development, sourcing, supplier performance, and commercial negotiations.
• Strong financial and business knowledge, including spend analysis, cost modeling, total cost of ownership, should-cost analysis, supplier pricing, and productivity commitments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, analytical, decision-making, coaching, and executive communication skills.
• Professional fluency in French and English, eligibility for site access, and the ability to obtain the required Control Goods Certificate.

Experience in aerospace, manufacturing, transportation, electronics, automotive, or another complex industrial or regulated environment is strongly preferred. Experience with CPSM, CSCP, CIPS, CPIM, or an equivalent certification is considered an asset.