Senior Category Manager, Procurement

Nous bâtissons une banque axée sur les relations pour un monde moderne. Nous recrutons des professionnels talentueux et passionnés qui ont à cœur de faire ce qu’il faut pour nos clients. 

À la Banque CIBC, nous misons sur vos forces et vos ambitions pour vous donner le pouvoir d’agir. Les membres de notre équipe disposent de ce dont ils ont besoin pour apporter une contribution significative et être valorisés, à la fois pour ce qu’ils sont et ce qu’ils font. 

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What You’ll Be Doing

As a Senior Category Manager, Procurement, you’ll work within the Corporate & PBB Sourcing team, and will focus primarily on indirect spend categories to support the Real Estate, Communications, Marketing, Finance and HR clients. You will manage end to end procurement and contracting activities of varied spend portfolios and will be responsible for procurement initiatives including identifying areas of opportunity through analyses of industries and supply markets; analyzing cost models for certain key products and services; and manage the performance of key suppliers. Limited guidance and oversight is required to be able to perform this job. You will also develop and present procurement strategy recommendations as part of advisory service to clients based on their business requirements and industry analysis as well as define and resolve problems/issues in a creative or innovative way when clients' needs / requests / projects are presented in a general or ambiguous manner. You develop, negotiate, execute and implement moderate to high complexity procurement initiatives (including developing requests for proposals and other selection and supplier evaluation tools), while ensuring that CIBC risks are mitigated, and regulatory requirements and CIBC policies are adhered to. Participate in the enhancement or recommendation of changes to the operating practices and processes within Procurement to improve requirements planning, procurement and supplier management processes. Execute and implement moderate to high complexity procurement initiatives within the relevant expenditure categories.

How You’ll Succeed

Client Engagement – Help clients meet their business goals by providing better service and value. Focus on each client experience and make every interaction meaningful.

Relationship Management – Establish and maintain healthy working relationships with business partners, suppliers, and peers. Develops trusted advisor relationships and provide leadership and valued consulting advice to facilitate the effective management and completion of procurement initiatives. Align procurement solutions with their business objectives

Risk Management - Ensure the appropriate Governance is followed and adhered to for all contract and work with Supplier Risk Stakeholders, Relationship Managers and Business Lead to ensure CIBC’s supplier management framework is implemented for medium to high risk or high spend supplier under the scope of responsibility. Develop contract content independently or in partnership with a legal resource.

Influencing and Negotiations – Be a strong influencer and negotiator with the ability to liaise with all levels of stakeholders. Manage contract drafting, negotiations and finalization, approval processes. Comply with CIBC’s Procurement and Supplier Governance policies and process. You Lead the negotiation strategy alignment and contract negotiations, as well as secure authorizations for agreement execution and Discuss and negotiate complex issues and requirements with senior management.

Problem Solving - Listen, ask questions, and put yourself in the client’s shoes. Act like an owner by taking accountability for client issues, and know when to collaborate with others to build a better solution together.

Manage Multiple Priorities - Use effective self-management practices to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups, or activities, making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.

Industry Knowledge : Keep abreast of the industry knowledge, innovations and advancements in business practices and technologies

Leadership and Stakeholder Management : You have strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the experience and ability to influence up, down and across the organization and be comfortable to present and interface with C-level executives. As a part of the role, you’ll partner with business client executives, directors, resources from the lines of business, legal, risk management, regulatory agencies, competitors, and supplier organizations to provide specialized procurement expertise for moderate to high complexity deals with major CIBC client and organizational impact; meet business objectives in a high profile, strategic, rapidly evolving and competitive environment.

Who You Are

You can demonstrate experience in procurement and/or supplier processes (5 years), practices, tools and templates and principles of formal sourcing processes, and ability to apply to various categories / circumstances. You have the experience in drafting various contract schedules (e.g., Scope of Work, SLA, etc.) and negotiate contractual terms and conditions and can maximize efficiencies, processes and systems across Corporate Services to meet CIBC business goals. You have the experience to develop strategy and convert it into an implementation plan to meet procurement objectives and have strong self-planning skills sufficient to plan own assignments according to general work plans; ability to multi-task, plan and meet timelines and understand that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to bring a shared vision to life and possess strong written and oral communication, influencing and negotiating skills sufficient to shape decision-making process on matters such as complex contract negotiations.

Values matter to you . You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability.

You put our clients first . You engage with purpose and the required level of urgency to find the right solutions. You go the extra mile, because it’s the right thing to do.

You understand that success is in the details . You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.

Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.

Ce que la Banque CIBC vous offre

À la Banque CIBC, vos objectifs sont une priorité. En fonction de vos forces et de vos ambitions, nous nous efforçons de créer des occasions qui vous permettront d’exploiter votre potentiel.

 Nous nous efforçons de vous récompenser de façon personnalisée et pertinente, notamment en vous offrant une rémunération concurrentielle, des avantages bancaires*, du soutien pour votre bien-être et d’autres offres, comme des programmes d’aide aux employés et à leur famille et Créateur de moments, notre programme social de reconnaissance basé sur des points.

Grâce à nos espaces et à nos outils technologiques, il devient facile de réunir les grands esprits pour créer des solutions novatrices qui améliorent les choses pour nos clients.

*Sous réserve des modalités du programme

Ce que vous devez savoir

La Banque CIBC s’est engagée à créer un milieu de travail intégrateur où tous les membres de l’équipe et les clients se sentent à leur place. Nous recherchons des candidats dotés d’un large éventail de compétences et offrons une expérience accessible aux candidats. Si vous avez besoin d’une solution d’adaptation, écrivez à .

Vous devez être légalement admissible à travailler au Canada dans les lieux précisés ci-dessus et, s’il y a lieu, détenir un permis de travail ou d’études valide.

Nous pourrions vous demander de remplir une évaluation fondée sur les attributs et d’autres tests de compétences (comme la simulation, la programmation, la maîtrise du français, MS Office). Notre objectif pour le processus de demande est d’en apprendre davantage sur vous et sur tout ce que vous avez à offrir, et de vous donner l’occasion d’en apprendre davantage sur nous.

Date de fin prévue

2026-01-31

Lieu de travail

Toronto-81 Bay, 14th Floor

Ces renseignements peuvent changer en fonction des besoins de l’entreprise.

Type d’emploi

Temporaire (Durée déterminée)

Heures de travail hebdomadaires

37.5

Compétences

Approvisionnement, Contrats, Contrats de vente, Entreprises, Gestion du risque, Impartition et approvisionnement, Négociations de contrats, Relations avec les fournisseurs

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