Category Manager, Transformation (Contract)

Teck Resources Limited; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Teck Resources Limited is seeking a Category Manager, Transformation in Vancouver, BC, on a contract basis. This role involves working collaboratively with local sites to capture operational knowledge for the ERP implementation. You will act as a liaison, provide insights on local business processes, and support developing category strategies.

The ideal candidate should have proven expertise in supply management and negotiation skills, along with experience using SAP and Ariba. This is a hybrid position with an initial one-year contract.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in site- or region-specific operations.
• Strong knowledge of supply management and process improvement.
• Experience in global sourcing and category management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between the ERP Program and local partners.
• Provide detailed input to Process Leads on local business processes.
• Participate in requirements gathering and process mapping activities.
• Support development of category strategies and contract negotiations.
• Monitor and report on financial performance against targets.

Skills

Supply management

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

Category Manager, Transformation (Contract)

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Employment Type: Contractor
Workplace Type: Hybrid

Role Overview

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are operational or functional team representatives involved in the Transformation program to ensure local knowledge is captured. Their representation primarily benefits their home entities or regions as they represent site interests during different phases of the program.

They provide input and insights into the current state processes and systems in order to support the design and delivery of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that aligns with local operational requirements, business processes, and compliance standards.

This is an initial one-year contract.

Responsibilities

• Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
• Act as a liaison between the ERP Program and local site/region partners.
• Provide detailed input to Process Leads and GPOs on current-state local business processes, problems, and improvement opportunities
• Validate future-state process designs to ensure they meet local operational needs
• Participate in requirements gathering, process mapping, and gap analysis activities.
• Support data migration efforts by identifying and validating key data sources.
• Assist in testing activities, including user acceptance testing (UAT), by validating functionality against local requirements.
• Support development and delivery of training materials tailored to their respective location/teams.
• Identify and advance risks or issues related to local adoption and transition processes.
• Collaborate with teams dedicated to organizational transitions to support communication and engagement efforts.
• Perform post deployment sustainment activities required to facilitate the business process.

Category Management

• Support the development of category strategies, arguments, and plans that ensure supply security. Develop supplier partnerships to promote value and innovation. Compile and implement sourcing events and contract negotiations through the contract management system.
• Actively support progress on identified categories, value creation plans, and arguments by providing relevant tools, data, analysis, and assessments.
• Participate and support special negotiations with supplier partners for specific categories.
• Collaborate with selected suppliers in setting up supplier electronic catalogues in SAP to support strategic contracts.
• Review and improve supply management capabilities within planning, sourcing, and managing processes at the various operating sites while simultaneously bringing value through delivery of group supply contracts.
• Provide ongoing, overall, contract performance management against the performance-reporting mechanisms, and develop, as needed, critical metrics.
• Monitor and report on actual financial performance (savings), and variances against the original projected savings targets.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in site- or region-specific operations, systems, and workflows.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of supply management ideally with a balance of experience in planning, sourcing, managing, and improving and sustaining processes.
• Extensive experience in global sourcing, category management, RFx and contract drafting, along with broad technical knowledge of key categories in the mining sector.
• Well-developed contract drafting and communication skills, good interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Experience in SAP or Ariba implementations or process improvement initiatives is an asset.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-functional, project-based environment.
• Thorough with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Requisition ID: 54126

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