Procurement Manager

**Department**: Procurement & Real Estate Services (Major Projects Procurement)
**Employee Group**: Exempt
**Location**: 4515 Central Boulevard, Burnaby
**Salary Range/ Wage Rate**: Management / Leadership, Level M2 ($126,613.83 - $148,970.80 annually)

**Our Procurement & Real Estate Services Department is seeking a Procurement Manager (Major Projects) who will provide procurement expertise on major projects and work collaboratively with our internal clients and external partners to successfully deliver these projects.**

**You are: A procurement professional with extensive experience with major projects procurement. You take initiative and work well with mínimal direction and supervision; have a positive and enthusiastic attitude; enjoy being part of a lively and dynamic team; are organized, detail-oriented, dependable and reliable. You are a team builder with a collaborative approach to building relationships among internal clients and external partners in an effort to achieve organizational goals; are courteous and respectful and personally invested in supporting others while providing excellent customer service.**

**The Procurement Manager reports to the Director, Procurement.**

**This role**:

- Supports the Procurement function and manages all major projects procurement and associated performance measurement, reporting, change management and continuous improvement activities. Responsible for all major projects procurement related goods, services and construction, including major construction and infrastructure projects. Maintains best practices related to the management of major projects procurement to ensure overall best value for Metro Vancouver.
- Oversees an assigned portfolio of cross-functional projects/ categories, with multiple concurrent initiatives. Provides direction to buyers and other staff regarding the development of market intelligence specific to the assigned portfolio, sound competitive procurement strategies, and governance. Reviews and approves draft bidding documents and provides advice and recommendations to staff and clients to address anomalies and errors.
- Works closely with Director, Procurement and peers to ensure the efficient and effective management of the division. Examples includes, contributing to the development of the division's annual/multi-year work plans, budgets, and resource planning; responsible for monitoring and controlling spending ensuring the effective and efficient expenditure of allocated funds.
- Proactively identifies and establishes continuous improvement and total cost reduction opportunities in collaboration with Division’s staff and clients. Consolidates procurements across the organization to administrative and cost advantage. Facilitates the proper establishment of equipment and product standards across the organization.
- Supports continuous improvement within assigned portfolio. Delivers business improvements, creates a culture of continuous improvements and drive measurable results in the assigned portfolio. Provides expert advice on organizational development opportunities uncovered through the continuous improvement program; prioritizes initiatives and appropriately assigns resources to support all continuous improvement needs.
- Guides the evaluation and treatment of range of factors impacting procurement strategies such as the value and duration of work; diversity and sophistication of potential bidders; project schedule; industry practice; regulatory requirements; and potential obstacles such as outstanding property issues or inadequate funding.
- Provides information and advice to client departments to support understanding and compliance with corporate policies, legislation and Trade Agreements. Ensures work is conducted in accordance with all relevant guidelines and works to ensure requirements are integrated in procurement processes.
- Provides guidance in evaluating the compliance of submitted tenders considering a range of factors including legal risks, precedent and business reputation. Supports staff with addressing escalated issues, summarizing circumstances and making recommendations for the review and comment of the Director, Procurement and or Legal Counsel.
- Provides guidance in the best procurement mechanism for evaluating and responding to direct awards and sole source requests. Makes recommendations to sound the market; conduct research; probe rationale; and issue a Notification of Intent to Contract (NOIC) in some circumstances. Contributes to providing feedback or addressing the concerns of client departments as required. Conducts competitive selection processes, including the development of the procurement strategy and bid document, for more complex or higher profile projects.
- Interprets and implements relevant corporate policies such as the Procurement and Contracting Policy. Contributes to reviewing policies and processes, making improvements and changes in consultation with the Division Manager. Ensures busine