Procurement Team Lead

3 weeks ago

Montréal, Canada Lightspeed Commerce Full time

Reporting to the Global Procurement Manager, you will be strategic, analytical and experienced in sourcing/procurement with management experience. You will have a key role on the procurement team, specializing in implementing the efficient and cost-effective purchase of goods and services by stakeholders across the company while managing the day-to-day workload, responsiveness and development of certain team members.

You should be a highly-organized and business-oriented individual with an operational mindset and proven analytical skills. You should be driven and dedicated to finding improvements and efficiencies while driving strategic results (including cost-efficiencies and completion-time).

**What you'll be responsible for**
- To directly manage purchase requests of high complexity from start to finish while working closely with the business owners, finance and legal (including working with and reporting to key members of senior leadership).
- To directly support the Global Procurement Manager in the overall operation, management and workflows of the team as well as negotiations with key vendors.
- To work closely with the Finance department in updating the status of expenditures by vendor, based on any observed changes spanning from growth, consumption, negotiations, etc.
- To formulate business strategies and to deliver cost savings based on the designated targets.
- To manage, monitor and support the continuous Purchase Order creation process in our existing system (Coupa), which is presently done by the Procurement Coordinator.
- To manage the process for staying proactive and cost-efficient regarding upcoming renewals.
- To seek and document approvals as per the procurement process, in order to ensure corporate compliance for auditing purposes. This includes:

- Business case & contract summaries.
- IT, Security & IS checklist approvals.
- Purchase Requisitions and Purchase Order support.
- To maintain and update the Procurement Dashboard and the procurement section of other department dashboards (i.e.: IT, Finances, etc).

**What you'll be bringing to the team**
- 5+ years direct experience in Procurement (ideally IT procurement)
- Proven expertise in negotiation, cost analysis, data analysis and custom reporting.
- Previous experience working within a fast-paced results driven environment on multiple projects concurrently.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present complex information to technical and nontechnical stakeholders and vendors.
- Management experience, or demonstrated capability to manage team members.
- A business-oriented and cost-focused mindset; with a passion for operational improvements and driving efficiencies.
- Strong team player with a willingness to collaborate and the ability to persuade, influence, motivate and train fellow team members.
- Strong knowledge of MS **Excel; Bonus for experience in Coupa and/or Jira**:

- Exposure working with Legal and/or IT department.
- Vendor management, RFI/Q/P, benchmarking, multi-scenario business cases.
- Organized and proven experience leading and managing governances and KPIs (e.g. keeping track of dashboards).
- Excellent communication & presentation skills in **English.**

**Even better if you have, but not necessary (optional)**
- Post-Graduate in Supply Chain or Business, or equivalent experience in Procurement within multinational companies.
- Project Management Experience / Dashboard and reporting.
- Experience in IT Procurement, licenses optimization and knowledge about the key vendors in the industry.
- French is optional.

**What's in it for you**
- Amazing benefits & perks, including equity for all Lightspeeders
- Opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-growth company
- Opportunity to learn, expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family, a true Canadian tech success story.
- Work with highly talented people who are as passionate about their craft as you are

**Where to from here?**
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you're proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal's gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

**Who we are**:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations,

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