Senior Director – Procurement

Senior Director – Procurement (Cloud based) - ( 250000BP )

Description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works to support operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. Our Functional Services Teams (FSTs) include Corporate Development, Finance, Human Resources, HSSE, IT, Legal, Marketing/Communications, Practice Services and Real Estate and Procurement. Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is searching for a smart, creative, and inspired leader for a Senior Director of Procurement to guide our journey in transitioning our global procurement team in the continued development and implementation of a cloud-based procurement system. This role will execute the strategy to drive change and innovation across Stantec's global organization, moving the company to the next level of sourcing and procurement structure and best practice processes that align with Stantec's strategic vision.

Based in North America and reporting to the VP – Procurement & Real Estate, the Senior Director will be the global process owner responsible for managing the company-wide development, deployment and ongoing management of a new Oracle cloud-based procurement, vendor management and expense system. This role will lead a global team that drives the project deliverables, as well as the technical support for purchasing, invoicing and sourcing for all procurement activities at Stantec. The Senior Director will be critical in driving process transformation, stakeholder buy-in and leading the delivery team. This role will be responsible for developing consistent procurement practices across the professional services firm's practice.

The Senior Director needs to have a strong desire for being accountable for delivering a seamless global purchasing and invoicing process to Stantec. Collaboration with cross functional teams and stakeholders will be critical to driving these improvements, leading the change management to streamline operations and enhance the financial and business performance. We are looking for a leader who is a bold thinker willing to challenge assumptions, develop new solutions, influence outcomes and build consensus.

Your Key Responsibilities

- Define system requirements and functionalities needed to support Stantec procurement processes in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
- Lead the full project cycle implementation of Oracle cloud-based procurement, from planning and requirement gathering to deployment and post implementation support, including timelines, resource allocation, budget management and stakeholder communication.
- Ensure the successful integration of Oracle cloud procurement with the existing systems and processes to optimize and enhance system capabilities.
- Analyze data integrity and accuracy in test phase and during the migration of existing procurement data into new systems.
- Engage with global and cross functional teams to resolve issues, support enhancements and ensure seamless integration of cloud based procurement across the organization. This includes developing training materials and conducting training to educate team members on system functionalities and best practices.
- Manage, mentor and develop the global procurement team, fostering a culture of collaboration, best in class delivery and continuous dedication to improvement.
- Develop strategic plans and in turn provide direction to team to ensure high performance and alignment with business goals.
- Develop key team KPI's to track overall department deliverables.
- Develop and generate reports and insights to inform procurement strategies, track performance metrics and support decision making.
- Analyze procurement workflows and continuously identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements.
- Ensure that procurement processes comply with not only Stantec's sustainability commitments but as well comply with all relevant sustainability regulations and global legislated requirements.
- Have or become knowledgeable and actively participate in compliance with supply chain ESG disclosure requirements pertaining to the UK&I and Continental Europe (such as UK Modern Slavery, UK Social Value Act, UK Procurement Act, EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive).
- When needed, oversee due diligence activities associated with the supply chain ESG requirements, and facilitate any necessary corrective action.
- Lead the management of all required internal controls and approvals and documentation required by Stantec for the procurement of goods or services.
- Act as a key liaison between finance, IT, procurement and business lines to align new technology with business needs.
- Develop highly effective internal relationships with key stakeholders, clients, colleagues and key business partners to ensure cross-collaborative approach to procurement management.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

- Excellent knowledge of procurement and cloud-based procurement systems within a professional services firm with preference to engineering consulting firm experience.
- Firsthand experience in executing the implementation of a broad based procurement system to a large organization.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat and other business systems required.
- Aptitude to be a strong team leader and inspiring the procurement team to deliver best in class services to our Stantec businesses.
- Strategic thinker in developing overall procurement strategic plans for long term value and business advantage to Stantec.
- Understand how different factors, variables, and policies result in corresponding impacts and managing communication of those factors.
- Strong communication, both written and verbal.
- Commitment to customer service and relationship management skills to efficiently respond to inquiries and resolve any conflicts or problems that might arise.
- Willing to travel as needed including internationally (up to 15-20%).

Education and Experience

- Degree or certification in supply chain management, procurement or related fields is preferred. (eg. CSCP,CPSM or related designation)
- Minimum 15 years of experience in procurement with 3 years of experience leading systems implementation with preference to those with Oracle Procurement Cloud based software experience.
- Implementation experience on a roll out of a full cycle cloud based P2P project.
- Demonstrated ability to lead procurement and partner closely with finance and IT teams to work cohesively to deliver a procurement program.
- Strong knowledge of procurement processes and best practices in a professional services firm.
- Excellent project management skills, with experience in delivering on large multi-faceted cloud based projects.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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