Manager, Procurement Operations

**Description**

**Being part of Air Canada is to become part of an iconic Canadian symbol, recently ranked the best Airline in North America. Let your career take flight by joining our diverse and vibrant team at the leading edge of passenger aviation.**

**Key Accountabilities**

Lead adoption for all Procurement Operations programs (Ariba Buying, Supplier Enablement, PCard)
- Implement strategies and wave plans to continuously grow spend and drive adoption of Ariba Buying, Ariba Invoicing, Ariba Network, Guided Buying, and the corporate P-Card program company-wide.
- Achieve paperless and touchless transactions with Suppliers in collaboration with Accounts Payable, Strategic Procurement Managers, Contract Owners, and Suppliers.
- Ensure compliance of Procure-to-Pay activities to the Procurement Policy and manage the Procure-to-Pay compliance program in collaboration with the Manager, Procurement Governance.
- Measure and communicate metrics, KPIs, baselines, targets and non-compliance to applicable teams and put in place remediation activities
- Ensure controls are in place to ensure Procure-to-Pay and PCard activities are performed in adherence to the Procurement Policy, Code of Conduct and Delegated Authorities. Always ensure segregation of duties is in place. Collaborate w/ Audit as required

Lead the optimization and digitalization of Procure-to-Pay processes
- Increase efficiency of procurement operations, with a focus on streamlining, simplifying, and automating processes across the entire procure-to-pay cycle
- Lead configuration of Ariba Buying to meet corporate needs and collaborate with Information Technology to manage new releases
- Promote the use of Ariba Buying for tactical sourcing and purchasing by implementing best practices with internal branches and stakeholders
- Channel tactical sourcing to the Procurement Desk. Build tactical sourcing and procurement knowledge libraries that includes tools and templates that can be leveraged by internal stakeholders
- Support the strategy to continuously improve user experience, increase efficiency and drive automation
- Stay abreast of Procure-to-Pay innovations
- Establish and execute the innovation roadmap in collaboration with the Manager, SP, Procurement Platform.

Support Supplier Enablement
- Establish supplier qualification and enablement strategies in collaboration with the Manager, Procurement Operations Supplier Enablement
- Promote purchase with preferred suppliers by leveraging Ariba technology

Continuously identify and implement process improvements to create value and simplify business processes while minimize risk in assigned area of responsibility:

- Identify and execute improvement opportunities from People/Process/Technology perspective
- Continuously improve stakeholders experience and increase technology and process adoption
- Identify satisfaction measurements to guide improvement prioritization

**Qualifications**
- Experience in Procurement operations and Strategic Sourcing would be an asset. As well as
- using procurement technology, specifically SAP Ariba.
- Due to the confidential nature of our work, a high degree of professionalism and discretion is required.
- Flexibility with work hours and occasional travel may also be necessary.

**Conditions of Employment**:
**Linguistic Requirements**

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees' unique contributions to our company's success.