Senior Procurement Manager

This position reports to the Senior Manager, Corporate Procurement. This position will support the Information Technology (IT) & Commercial pillar under Corporate Procurement. The category of spend managed within this pillar includes software, hardware, consulting and professional services, and contingent workforce globally for our client.

The Advisor role will be engaged to develop and execute plans for procuring services in line with Procurement’s targets, and provide strategic partnerships to buyers and internal stakeholders.

This position is located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, or Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and is available for hybrid work (two (2) days in-office, three (3) days remotely).

What you will do :

• Negotiate with suppliers and develop contracts with favourable terms and conditions
• Assess industry & supplier landscape by performing market research and supplier due diligence
• Gathering scopes of work, specifications, volumes, etc., to guide internal customer needs by developing RFx packages
• Coordination of internal stakeholders’ discussion on RFx package and evaluation
• Analyze RFx supplier proposals and bid evaluation results to make supplier selection recommendations
• Writing contract executive summaries & securing contract signatures
• Administration of contracts & amendments in the appropriate our clients contract management and sourcing systems (Ariba and Icertis)
• Resolving invoicing / payment issues with corporate buyers and suppliers
• Monitoring and tracking of contract & spend compliance & savings
• Assist in developing and executing the Corporate spend strategy in line with our clients Procurement’s objectives,
• Support the Corporate Procurement Management team with the development, planning, and implementation of Procurement initiatives impacting the Business Unit through indirect spend data subject matter expertise
• Act as a subject matter expert on indirect spend data (goods and services) and S2C / P2P Procurement process
• Understanding of Supplier Portal and SAP Ariba tools, systems, and processes and how they are integrated with all Systems (SAP / Oracle)
• Extracting, analyzing, and managing spend data from both SAP ECC & Oracle
• Work closely with peers (Corporate Procurement leads and advisors, Management Leads, Management Analysts, Governance & Enablement team) and Leadership Team to ensure the procurement S2P tool kit addresses customer needs

What you will bring :

Advanced MS Excel skills, PowerBI, and dashboarding experience would also be an asset