Strategic Sourcing Manager

**Who We Are**

**We are looking to have a full-time bilingual (French/English) Strategic Sourcing Manager join our team**

**SUMMARY**

The **Strategic Sourcing Manager**is accountable for the development and delivery of strategic sourcing plans for assigned categories. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to category planning and delivery, strategy development and delivery; leading opportunities assessments, competitive bids, supplier performance measurement and management, supplier contract development and implementation. In addition, the individual in this role is also accountable for identifying and implementing leverage opportunities across all accounts and achieving greater efficiencies and cost savings for categories managed.

At this level, categories managed are typically of lower to medium complexity, value and/or risk.

**KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategic Category Management Planning & Delivery**
- Engages concerned parties to understand business requirements.Develops, recommends and implements category plans.

**Sourcing Strategy**
- Develops and implements sourcing strategies that maximize value and mitigate risks to BGIS and its clients.Leads the review and measurement of the effectiveness of the strategy.

**Opportunities Assessment & Implementation**
- Leads and performs opportunities assessment activities and drives leverage across all client accounts.Achieves improvements in operational efficiencies and cost savings as a result.

**Competitive Bids**
- Manages end-to-end competitive bid process for assigned categories.Negotiates with suppliers to secure optimum cost and maximum value.

**Supplier Performance Measurement & Management**
- Leads the identification and implementation of performance metrics to measure supplier performance.
- Leads supplier performance measurement and management.Accountable for supplier performance for assigned categories and reports on supplier sustainability.

**Supplier Relationship Management**

Develops and maintains effective relationships with suppliers.

**Supplier Contractual Agreements**

Leads the negotiation, development, implementation, amendments and monitoring of supplier contractual agreements.

**Strategic Sourcing Best Practices & Industry Trends**

**Vendor Qualification & Set-up Process**

Reviews and approves vendor set up and vendor information changes.

**Support**

Develops maintains standard templates for strategic sourcing documentations including but not limited to contract agreements, scopes of work, service level agreements, and letters of agreements.

**Special Projects**

Special projects as assigned.**KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS**
- In-depth strategic sourcing and supply chain management knowledge.
- University graduation or professional certification (e.g. P. Eng., CMA, CGA or equivalent courses).
- Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant job experience.
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategic intent into tactical action plans, implementation plans, delivery and measurable results.
- Team facilitation, management, and leadership experience and demonstrated ability to lead teams through influence.
- Experience developing and leading organizational change initiatives.
- Strategic thinking ability, tactical implementation ability.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
- Strong finance, business and procurement background.
- Goal & action oriented.
- Excellent communication - written, oral, presentation skills.
- Procurement and contract management experience.
- Corporate real estate experience.
- Team facilitation, management, leadership experience.
- Bilingual (desired).
- Advanced ability to build and manage relationships with various concerned parties.
- Highly advanced influence, persuasion and negotiation skills.
- High degree of business ethics and accountability.
- High degree of client service orientation.
- Possesses a team spirit and strong collaboration.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.Tenacity to overcome challenges to deliver on commitments.

**Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation**

Supply Chain Management Professional Designation.

At BGIS we believe that diversity and inclusion is a key business driver, such that we never lose sight of its importance as it is woven into the fabric of our organization. We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free recruitment process by providing equal employment opportunities through recruiting and retention of individuals of all backgrounds. We recognize that promoting diversity is an essential component of our continuing pursuit for organizational success

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