Procurement Officer

Job Posting Title

Procurement Officer

Job Category

Procurement

Language Requirements

Bilingual / Bilingue

Flexible Work Agreement Type

Hybrid / Hybride

Posting End Date

2025-03-06

Job Grade

PIPSC-2

Pay Range

$88,191 - $110,790

Job Summary

Job Description

What NAV CANADA offers you:
- Challenging, team-oriented work environment- Competitive compensation and benefits- Defined benefit pension plan- Opportunities for growth and development- Flexible work arrangements- Diverse and inclusive workforce

Key Accountabilities:
- Administer and finalize the purchase of products and/or services for NAV CANADA at optimal cost, terms and conditions, delivery, and quality from suppliers.- Provide assistance for changes to policy and procedures. Identify potential improvements through contact and consultation with colleagues and clients.- Ensure that requirements are adequately and clearly defined in a Statement of Work or a technical specification.- Analyze, evaluate, and recommend selection from alternate procurement strategies one that best fulfills the client’s requirements, while adhering to company purchasing policies and objectives. Contribute to the development of procurement plans.- Advise the client of risk mitigation techniques and possible solutions and exercising NAV CANADA’s rights under the terms of the contract to ensure appropriate corrective or preventative actions are taken.- Assist in Supplier Reviews for identified Key Suppliers.- Supports current industry best practices in contracting and procurement trends and other intelligence gathering exercises and initiate steps towards continuous improvement of our procurement tools, documents, form, policies, and processes.

Job Requirements

Education:
- Post-secondary studies in the field of Procurement _or an acceptable combination of education, experience, and training._

Experience:
- Experience working with ERP systems; particularly procurement modules.- Experience in procurement of the professional services category.- Contract Development techniques and basic Procurement Law.- RFP Development and Evaluation techniques.- Experience creating reports for management.- Experience negotiating the purchase of goods and services based on specific customer defined requirements.- Experience working with clients, including cross functional working groups.- Experience supporting the development, administration, negotiation, and monitoring of contractual service agreements.

Knowledge:
- Knowledge of contract law, standard contract terms and conditions, taxation, insurance, and risk management principles. Knowledge of contract management, procurement and materiel management theories, principles,- Knowledge of professional standards (ISO 9001) will be considered an asset.- General knowledge of trends, developments, evolving best practices and new Company priorities, directions, programs, initiatives (e.g. corporate social responsibility, e-commerce/e-procurement, spend management, supply chain management, commodity management, alternate form of delivery).- Knowledge of procurement, contracting and asset management innovations in the private sectors.

Abilities:
- Ability to understand client needs and proceedings to acquire all the related products and services in a competitive environment while keeping in compliance with NAV CANADA’s procurement policies.- Ability to communicate effectively including consultation, negotiation, representation, presentation, and dispute resolution methods and techniques are required.- Ability to communicate with management, recognize and identify areas of potential vulnerability and potential impacts.- Organization Skills to enable the ability to manage conflicting priorities.

Personal Suitability:
- Flexible and adaptable.- Excellent customer service skills (providing advisory, consultative, and training services to a stakeholder community).- Detailed orientated.- Work well under pressure and stress.- Team player.- Works well independently with minimum supervision.

Working conditions:
- This position is based at Ottawa Head Office and eligible for a flexible work arrangement.

NAV CANADA is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. If you do not believe that you match every job requirement listed on this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. NAV CANADA encourages a culture of learning and growth, and recognizes that although some technical skills are mandatory, many others can be taught.

Our Company strives to create an inclusive and barrier-free selection process and work environment. If you require accommodations during this competition process, please ensure that you inform the interview coordinator or hiring manager of any accommodation measures you may require. NAV CANADA will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities as required.

We thank all applicants for their interest; only those selected for a