Sustainable Procurement Director

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Department : Sustainability, Relationships & Impact (SRI)

Job Number : REQ7513

Location : Calgary or Edmonton (This is a hybrid opportunity, working approx. 1 day / week from either ATB Place in Edmonton, or ATB Campus in Calgary) #LI-Hybrid

Apply by : May 8, 2024

Paygrade : N-OTH

System Job Title : Strategic Analyst 9

Leader : VP, Third Party Relationships

As ATB’s Sustainable Procurement Director, you play a vital role in integrating sustainability and diversity practices into ATB’s procurement and supply chain.

This newly-created, individual contributor role will collaborate with various stakeholders to design and deliver a comprehensive sustainable procurement program that supports ATB’s Environmental, Social, & Governance (ESG) objectives.

The Sustainable Procurement Director will also be responsible for managing, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of these initiatives and making data-driven recommendations for improvement.

This role will engage internally with key stakeholders and externally with community organizations, industry groups, diverse vendors, and peer organizations.

Strategy

• Steer the vision, prioritize efforts, set short and long term plans for the Third Party Relationships sustainable procurement strategy in line with the overall long-term enterprise strategy
• Develop and implement sustainable procurement strategies and policies aligned with ATB’s ESG commitments including social impact, Indigenous Relations, vendor diversity, environmental initiatives and compliance with relevant legislation
• Develop and implement a vendor engagement and communication program to raise awareness, build capacity and foster collaboration on ESG issues and best practices
• Create and implement a vendor diversity action plan and program, including Indigenous community engagement plans with calendar and tactics outlining key topics for engagement

Operational Excellence

• Evolve and integrate ESG criteria and standards in sourcing, procurement and vendor management procedures and provide guidance and training to internal teams
• Manage vendor diversity engagement program program including :
• engaging with Indigenous vendors and organizations, and other diverse vendors,
• program for knowledge / skills transfer to the diverse communities
• documenting feedback and lessons learned to integrate into sustainable procurement strategy
• Leading information sessions on procurement to increase awareness and understanding of procurement processes for potential Indigenous vendors
• Support internal and external sustainability reporting and disclosure requirements, including the requirements for the CCAB PAR program
• Identify Indigenous businesses, including an Indigenous business declaration & verification process, and maintain an Indigenous vendor database for the organization
• Establish baseline metrics and plan future metrics strategy on how we will advance sustainable procurement in support of ATB’s strategy
• Identification of diverse vendors for ongoing sourcing and procurement processes
• Manage vendor engagement and communication programs to raise awareness, build capabilities and foster collaboration on sustainability issues and best practices with incumbent vendors
• In conjunction with the ESG team, develop and implement reporting requirements from incumbent vendors
• Maintain a real-time view of sustainable procurement program, serve as a core information and resource conduit for sustainable procurement within and outside of business unit, and work with partners across the enterprise to execute, validate, review and ensure we are advancing the sustainable procurement roadmap

Research and Insights

• Identify, monitor and evaluate sustainability trends, risk, and opportunities in the supply chain to embed learning into the sustainable procurement program, provide recommendations and insights to enhance sustainability performance and innovation
• Measure and provide data driven insights on sustainable procurement metrics including diverse representation in procurement processes and spend and utilize them to track against our strategic sustainable procurement goals

Relationship Management

• Partner, collaborate, and build strong relationships across the organization to build awareness and to integrate sustainable procurement strategies with broader organizational objectives
• Provide strategic advice and guidance on sustainable procurement practices to leadership and stakeholders
• Actively seek advice and feedback from cross functional leadership on the effectiveness and the opportunities with ATB’s sustainable procurement program

Requirements

• University Degree preferably in the business, financial, economic, supply chain or sustainability field. An MBA or relevant professional designation is considered an asset
• 7+ years of relevant experience within end-to-end third party relationship lifecycle and experience developing and executing supply chain sustainability strategy and programs is considered an asset
• Understanding of Indigenous procurement, diversity and inclusion, environmental stewardship and ESG legislative requirements
• Understanding of procurement, strategic sourcing, vendor management and third party risk management practices
• Strong business acumen including knowledge of trends in ESG and how they relate to ATB’s business environment and strategies
• Ability to effectively create, interpret and act on data visualizations and analytics
• Strong project management skills including project risk and issue management, strategic planning, change management and systems thinking

At ATB, we know that as you develop in your career, you gain many transferable skills. If you believe your experience and qualities are what we are looking for, please consider applying.

Interested? If you know one of our team members, reach out to them BEFORE applying and ask them for a referral link to help your application stand out.

Online applications are preferred. Please reach out if you require any accommodations.

Benefits

Be great. Be you. Believe.

We are dedicated to building a workforce reflective of the diversity within our communities and creating an environment where every team member has what they need to reach their potential.

We encourage candidates from all equity-seeking groups to apply.

What happens next ?

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