Senior Sourcing Manager

About the job
Reporting to the Senior Sourcing Manager, the Sourcing Manager’s key accountabilities are:

• Proactively engage business stakeholders to understand their business strategies and objectives in order to align initiative work to help achieve them

• Proactively manage the 3rd-party expenditure assigned and associated key suppliers to create P&L impacting value that is recognized by the business and organization

• Develop procurement sourcing strategies across a variety of categories that drive sustainable competitive advantage and concentrate spend with suppliers that matter to and value

• Drive value in supply chain/total cost of ownership sourcing initiatives through early engagement, commercial acumen and market knowledge. Activities also include requirements gathering, solution/supplier evaluations and supplier selection activities

• Ensure effective delivery of Strategic Sourcing Group (SSG) procurement services to business partners and ensure prompt and thorough resolution of all client issues

• Proactively conduct market intelligence activities including industry, supply market and supply chain research/analytics, category sourcing and outsourcing trends and best practices and share knowledge, insight and advice with business in a way that contributes to their long-term business strategies.

• Provide guidance and insight on outsourcing governance best practices and provide counsel to business to ensure supplier arrangements meet all policy and regulatory requirements

• Foster strong collaborative relationships with partners in SSG, the business and vendor management community.

Other Qualifications/Skills/Experience

• Relevant work experience in a Procurement role, Relationship Management, Project Management, Vendor Management, or Analysis would be an asset

• Advance Negotiation Skills: Proficient in negotiating complex contracts and terms for IT solutions, Business Operations and Professional Services

• Strategic Sourcing: Developing and implementing sourcing strategies aligned with business goals

• Supplier Development: Working closely with suppliers to improve quality, costs, and delivery performance

• Strong commercial acumen and business judgment

• Drive and determined attitude to flawless execution

• Demonstrated influencing, communication, negotiation and presentation skills

• Proven experience in business planning and delivery of objectives

• Demonstrated stakeholder/relationship management and networking skills

• Experience in project management and strong analytical skills