Procurement and Operations Lead

4 months ago

Ottawa, Canada Bank of Canada Full time

**Procurement and Operations Lead**

**Take a central role**

The Bank of Canada has a vision to be a leading central bank—dynamic, engaged and trusted—committed to a better Canada. No other employer in the country offers you the unique opportunity to work at the very center of Canada’s economy, in an organization with significant impact on the economic and financial well-being of all Canadians. You will be challenged, energized and motivated to excel in our environment.

Building on the principles that have always guided us - excellence, integrity and respect - we strive to be forward-looking and innovative, to welcome people with diverse perspectives and talents, and to earn trust by living up to our commitments and by clearly explaining the intent of our policies and actions.

With our defined-benefit pension plan, benefits, and high flexibility for work life balance - find out more about why we are annually ranked as one of Canada's top employers: Working Here - Bank of Canada

Find out more about the next steps in our Recruitment process.

**What you will do**

In addition:
Strategic Procurements and Projects
- Develop and implement innovation projects related to policies, guidelines, and strategic initiatives such as ESG Procurement (Environtmental, Social and Governance) and P2P (Procure to Pay) system.
- Lead project plans, teams, resources, and deliverables for strategic initiatives.

Stakeholder Business Partner
- Initiate ongoing communication and dialogue to modernize procurement processes.
- Align and map integrated business requirements to solutions with Bank stakeholders.
- Support enterprise training, workshops, and presentations to promote awareness of procurement best practices.

Operations/Team Leadership
- Work closely with Procurement Services leadership to recommend and monitor workload, planning, and issue resolution.
- Provide guidance on day-to-day activities, including client requisitions, ERP functionality, procurement policies, corporate purchasing card program and processes.
- Lead planning and governance activities, including benchmarking best practices, tracking key metrics, and responding to audit requirements.

Risk Management
- Identify, evaluate, and manage business, vendor, and contract risks
- Support oversight, governance, and Third-Party Risk Management Policy compliance
- Oversee and manage complex risks related to digital and data operational systems.

**What you need to succeed**
- lead strategic procurements and manage multiple work priorities and demands
- lead projects and process improvement initiatives aligning objectives with multiple stakeholders
- develop policy, process and contracting instruments
- Innovate and develop new approaches to meet complex business objectives, including digital / data solutions
- Communicate efficiently (verbal and writing)

**Nice-to-have**
- Procurement professional certification (ex: Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP), or APICS certification, or equivalent);
- Project management certification or training (i.e. PMP or equivalent)
- Experience in Third Party Risk Management, Contract Management, and/or Corporate Planning
- Background in corporate purchasing (i.e. Professional services, consulting, )
- Experience with enterprise planning systems (i.e. SAP ERP, dashboards), digital processes and automation, data analytics

**Your education and experience**
- Minimum 7 years of recent, progressive and demonstrated procurement experience, including 2 years strategic and complex procurement and contracting, as well as 2 years leading strategic project initiatives involving multiple stakeholders
- Demonstrated and recent experience developing digital/data procurement solutions, risk management
- Recent experience with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) procurement initiatives/policy implementation
- Post secondary education in Business Administration or related program;
or
- an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

**What you need to know**
- Language requirement: English and French essential (bilingual) with a minimum starting level of functional (level 4) in second official language. Training may be provided to help reach the required level of fully functional (level 5) in second official language.
- Priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents
- Security level required: Be eligible to obtain Secret
- Relocation assistance may be provided, if required
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed, it will no longer be available.

**Hybrid Work Model **#LI-Hybrid**

The Bank offers work arrangements that provide employees with flexibility, enable high-performing teams, and support an excellent workplace culture. Most employees can telework from home for a substantial part of each month as part of the Bank's hybrid work model, and they are expected on site at the Bank location a minimum of eight days per month to help bu

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