Strategic Sourcing Leadership Position

1 week ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Greater Toronto Airports Authority Full time

**Job Summary:**

We are seeking an experienced Senior Sourcing Specialist to join our team at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. This is a unique opportunity for a skilled professional to leverage their expertise in strategic sourcing, mentoring, and leadership to drive business outcomes.

Salary: The estimated annual salary for this position is $123,456, based on a 37.5 hour work week.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain client relationships, stay informed about client business mandates and plans, and collaborate with clients to formulate quarterly, annual, and long-term sourcing strategies.
  • Maintain the Resource Planning Tool (RMT), identify areas of concern with clients, and develop strategies to ensure that resources, timelines, and other inputs meet client requirements.
  • Educate and inform clients, including senior management, about GTAA procurement policies, sourcing strategies, selection and definition of specifications, assessment of bids, financial management strategies associated with procurement, and management of bidders' conferences.
  • Lead and coach Sourcing Specialists and Coordinators, allocate work and priorities, provide training and monitoring, review key inputs, and recommend approval of leave.
  • Ensure that procurement activities align with plans and strategies, follow industry and GTAA practices and policies, and authorize and conduct procurement activity as required.
  • Provide teams with necessary tools (electronic and hardcopy) to perform work, identify new and improved tools and processes, and develop and implement tool and process changes.
  • Participate in or lead sourcing initiatives, ongoing and special projects, analyze data, write and present reports, and chair evaluations and negotiations for large contracts.
  • Ensure GTAA Branches are included in the sourcing initiative process and make decisions regarding draft contracts and legal reviews.
  • Maintain records to meet industry and GTAA standards, collaborate with auditors, and respond to questions and information needs.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • 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 delivering capital procurement.
  • Experience managing sophisticated sourcing initiatives.
  • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool experience in a large enterprise, especially Oracle preferred.
  • Experience planning and partnering with clients.
  • Experience leading and coaching people, preferably in a unionized environment.
  • 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 and implement plans, including consultation and consensus of strategies.
  • Ability to implement processes throughout the TAA to meet review and approval requirements and ensure 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.
  • Skills 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 required to chair bidders' conferences, respond to questions and challenges, resolve differences between clients and contractors, proponents, and others, including situations with a significant dollar value under dispute.

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