Procurement Specialist

1 month ago


Edmonton, Canada Elantis Solutions Inc Full time

Are you looking to grow with a company that puts people first? Where you collaborate daily with colleagues to create real solutions?

Skyrocket your career with Elantis **Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Best Workplace for Today's Youth, and Best Workplace for Inclusion,** we're looking for a passionate and driven Business Analyst to support our customer projects.

**The Role**:
Our team is looking for a Procurement and Contracting specialist experienced in agile project management and managing complex Information Technology (IT) procurements.

The ideal job seeker will provide innovative solutions to complex challenges, will be responsible for creating solicitation documents and managing complex multi-staged solicitation processes from end-to-end.

**Responsibilities will include**:

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand their procurement needs and develop solutions that meet their requirements.
- Develop and implement sourcing strategies that align with the organization's overall goals and objectives.
- Lead strategic sourcing projects including conducting RFx and selecting vendors.
- Develop recommendations including providing details of resource requirements, dependencies, interdependencies, and policy implications pertaining to the procurement and contracting methodology to be applied.
- Prepare solicitation documentation, evaluation plan, and award recommendation.
- Recommend evaluation criteria, approaches and strategies that will obtain best value for the Province.
- Engage with legal, risk management and security teams to ensure terms are compliant with legal, regulatory, data security, and privacy requirements.
- Act as a liaison between the project team, vendors, and stakeholders throughout the procurement process.
- Plan and coordinate procurement activities including financial estimates, business technical requirements, contracting options, evaluation process and vendor debriefings.
- Negotiate contracts and manage vendor relationships to ensure the organization obtains the best possible terms and conditions.
- Complete project management responsibilities:

- Develop project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop and monitor work plans and take corrective action for completion of project tasks.
- Plan, coordinate, and prepare controlling documentation for procurement plans and processes.
- Develop and manage effective communications processes to ensure adequate project progress and issue reporting to all stakeholders.

**Qualifications**:

- A minimum of 5 years of experience in sourcing, contract management and procurement.
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes, policies, and best practices.
- Demonstrated experience in managing multiple types of procurements including Request for Proposals (RFP), Dialogue RFPs, pre-qualification process, and other souring tools.
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically and develop innovative solutions to complex procurement challenges. Provide specific examples and outcomes achieved.
- Knowledge and experience with Canadian contract law.
- Professional designation such as SCMP is considered an asset.
- Experience with Alberta Purchasing Connection, SAP Ariba or other procurement software is considered an asset.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
- Experience and understanding of SaaS, PaaS, software and hardware market, IT Services agreements, 3rd-party solutions providers and technology partners.

**Working Hours**:

- Standard Hours of work are 08:15 - 16:30 Alberta time



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