Indigenous Procurement Strategy Lead

Trans Mountain Corporation; Calgary; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Trans Mountain Corporation seeks a Senior Indigenous Procurement Advisor (Contract) to lead Indigenous procurement strategies and participation plans across projects, collaborating with internal teams, Indigenous partners, and suppliers to identify opportunities and align with project objectives.

The role requires extensive Indigenous relations, procurement expertise, and advisory leadership, with strong communication and change-management skills to advance inclusion and economic reconciliation.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of progressively responsible experience in Indigenous procurement or related fields.
• Experience working with Indigenous communities, businesses, and partnerships.
• Experience supporting procurement or contracting activities in energy, infrastructure, pipeline, facilities, or major-project environments.
• Knowledge of supplier qualification, procurement strategy, competitive sourcing, proposal evaluation, negotiation, contract formation, administration, change management, and closeout.
• Experience developing Indigenous procurement strategies, participation plans, supplier-development initiatives, partnerships, joint ventures, or consortium arrangements.
• Strong relationship-building, negotiation, facilitation, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong commercial judgment balancing participation objectives with supplier capability, cost, schedule, risk, and overall value.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, procurement systems, supplier databases, and reporting tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Indigenous procurement strategies, participation plans, and related initiatives aligned with Partnership Programs, Indigenous Relations, Supply Chain Management, and project objectives.
• Identify upcoming procurement opportunities suitable for Indigenous business participation and assess scope, timing, supplier readiness, capacity, qualifications, and potential delivery models.
• Build and maintain respectful, effective relationships with Indigenous communities, businesses, economic development organizations, and affiliated enterprises.
• Serve as a key point of contact for Indigenous businesses seeking information on procurement opportunities, qualification requirements, sourcing processes, proposal expectations, timelines, evaluation criteria, and award decisions.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, supplier information sessions, and other engagement activities that improve opportunity awareness and procurement readiness.
• Lead or support supplier outreach, prequalification, sourcing strategies, requests for proposals and quotations, bidder clarifications, evaluations, negotiations, contract development, amendments, change orders, and closeout activities.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain Management and project teams to balance Indigenous participation objectives with supplier capability, overall value, commercial requirements, project risk, and execution certainty.
• Support Indigenous businesses in understanding procurement practices and developing approaches that align with project contracting strategies and execution requirements.
• Work with contractors and proponents to communicate Indigenous procurement requirements, assess proposed participation approaches, monitor commitments, and address gaps or emerging concerns.
• Support capacity building and business development with Indigenous communities and businesses to strengthen procurement readiness, expand access to project opportunities, and support long-term economic participation.
• Coordinate Indigenous procurement activities across Partnership Programs, Indigenous Relations, Supply Chain Management, Community Relations, Construction, and Project Management.
• Maintain accurate Indigenous supplier information, approved vendor records, opportunity lists, procurement commitments, participation data, and supporting documentation.
• Monitor procurement commitments, supplier participation, performance, risks, and emerging issues, and provide timely reporting, recommendations, and escalation to accountable leaders.
• Ensure procurement activities, engagement records, and communications align with approved commitments, organizational policies, sourcing practices, and records-management requirements.

Skills

Relationship-building

Negotiation

Facilitation

Conflict-resolution

Stakeholder management

Commercial judgment

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Travel willingness

Education

Business Administration / Indigenous Studies / Supply Chain Management / Project Management – degree

Indigenous Studies

Supply Chain Management

Project Management

Socioeconomic development

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Procurement systems

Supplier databases

Reporting tools

Job description

Trans Mountain Corporation seeks a Senior Indigenous Procurement Advisor (Contract) to lead Indigenous procurement strategies and participation plans across projects, collaborating with internal teams, Indigenous partners, and suppliers to identify opportunities and align with project objectives.

The role requires extensive Indigenous relations, procurement expertise, and advisory leadership, with strong communication and change-management skills to advance inclusion and economic reconciliation.