Strategic Sourcing Leader

1 week ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Greater Toronto Airports Authority Full time

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Sourcing Leader to join our team at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. As a key member of our procurement team, you will be responsible for providing strategic sourcing support, mentoring, and leadership to our Sourcing group.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain client relationships with internal business partners to ensure simplified, efficient, and strategic sourcing outcomes.
  • Maintain the Resource Planning Tool (RMT) and identify areas of concern with clients to formulate strategies that meet client requirements.
  • Ensure that clients, including senior management, are educated and understand GTAA and procurement policies, including sourcing strategies, selection and definition of specifications, assessment of bids, financial management strategies associated with procurement, and management of bidders' conferences.
  • Coordinate, mentor, and coach Sourcing Specialists and Coordinators, including allocating work and priorities, training, and monitoring.
  • Ensure that procurement activity aligns with plans and strategies, authorizations, and follows industry and GTAA practices and policies.
  • Participate in or lead sourcing initiatives, ongoing and special projects, and meetings, analyzing data, writing, and presenting reports.
  • Deliver complex sourcing initiatives (RFx) primarily for the GTAA CapEx program with a construction and architecture/engineering focus, including chairing the evaluations process, negotiation of terms and conditions, and awarding of contracts.
  • Ensure GTAA Branches have been included in the sourcing initiative process and make decisions regarding draft contracts.
  • Maintain all records to meet industry and GTAA standards, working with auditors, and responding to questions and information needs.

Requirements:

  • A university degree plus relevant professional purchasing certification, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum 5 years of procurement work experience in an environment of similar scope and complexity, preferably in delivering capital procurement.
  • Experience managing varied and sophisticated sourcing initiatives.
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool experience in large enterprises, especially Oracle preferred.
  • Experience planning and partnering with clients.
  • Experience leading and coaching people, preferably in a unionized environment.
  • Experience in supervising, mentoring, and coaching others.
  • Demonstrated experience working in a customer-centric environment.
  • Able to obtain and retain a Transportation Security Clearance.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Expert knowledge of industry and GTAA procurement standards, policies, and practices to lead non-routine, high-profile, and other significant procurement activities.
  • Knowledge of GTAA client roles and mandates, immediate and long-range plans, financial planning processes, procurement approval and review processes to develop strategic quarterly, annual, and long-range procurement plans.
  • Ability to implement processes throughout the TAA to meet review and approval requirements and ensure that all appropriate parties have been included.
  • Knowledge of various GTAA and industry tools, including databases, standard contract clauses, contract standards, and other industry-related aids to lead the sourcing process and meet documentation requirements.
  • Knowledge of special project planning and delivery techniques and practices to lead and coordinate the conduct of special projects.
  • Skill in communication, leadership, management, and execution of large, significant sourcing assignments.
  • Ability to identify unique problems in the sourcing of goods and services and develop creative solutions to resolve the problem in the best interest of the client.
  • Ability to build consensus of terms and conditions for large contracts.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to chair bidders' conferences, respond to questions and challenges, resolve differences between clients and contractors, proponents, and others.

What We Offer:

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority is a federally regulated private sector. We are committed to Employment Equity and maintaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

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