Senior Manager Supply Chain

Opportunity: Senior Manager Supply Chain
🕒 Status: Regular Full Time Perm Employee
🏢 Working Conditions: On-site
📍 Base Location: Oshawa, ON
🔁 Temporary Work Location: Pickering, ON
✈️ Travel: 20%
⏰ Deadline to Apply: Wednesday September 3, 2025

Recruiter: Lana Newman, CHRP
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JOB OVERVIEW

Our client is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team as Senior Manager, Supply Chain.
Reporting to the Director Category Management & Strategic Sourcing, this role provides strategic direction, executes commercial contracting, and implements a robust supplier relationship management program. The Senior Manager will support Category Management across nuclear, thermal, hydro, and corporate functions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Guide and mentor a team of category leads, fostering a high-performance culture and driving professional growth.
Provide leadership for developing and executing category management strategies aligned with corporate objectives to drive cost efficiency, value creation, supplier reliability, and risk mitigation.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders including engineering, operations, and project teams to align procurement initiatives with corporate needs.
Lead the execution of a supplier relationship management program, ensuring processes for evaluation, performance monitoring, and strategic engagement to drive operational excellence and financial integrity.
Ensure all procurement activities comply with industry regulations, environmental standards, public sector governance, and corporate policies.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Materials Management, Law, Finance, or a related field is required.
Minimum six (6) years of progressive management experience in supply chain, category management, procurement, strategic sourcing, or commercial contract management.
Minimum three (3) years of leadership experience with a similar scope (approximately ten (10) staff at multiple sites). Demonstrated ability to lead, influence, and motivate a team.
Proven success in building and leading supply chain operations, with emphasis on category management strategy in a complex organization with a billion+ spend.
Comprehensive understanding of current practices, issues, and trends in strategic sourcing, inventory management, forecasting, and supplier relationships.
In-depth experience managing indirect procurement, such as transportation, real estate, IT, or HR.
Must promote a service-oriented culture for strong supplier relationship management while providing exceptional support as a true business partner.
Strong sense of urgency and excellent business judgement. Proven ability to make decisions under pressure that significantly impact budgets and business operations.

To apply please send your resume to careers@cpus.ca or through the following link: https://lnkd.in/eBydCEr3