Procurement Manager

Dexian; Montreal; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing and IT solutions provider in Montreal is seeking an experienced Project Procurement Manager. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in strategic sourcing and excellent negotiation skills. Responsibilities include leading procurement initiatives and managing supplier relationships. This onsite role offers a unique opportunity to shape sustainable procurement in the energy sector.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing/commodity management.
• Experience working in a complex, global organizational environment.
• Familiarity with component Manufacturing processes and Quality.

Responsibilities

• Plan negotiations and define awarding strategy.
• Negotiate contracts in conjunction with procurement managers.
• Analyze local and regional market trends for commodity strategy.

Skills

Negotiating multimillion-pound contracts

Developing commodity strategy

Outstanding Excel skills

Outstanding communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree

Job description

Job Title: Project Procurement Management

Location Address: Montreal, QC

Work Mode : Onsite

Duration: 11 months

Description :

Job Description

Discover a great opportunity within our Clients Procurement team, where they champion productivity, quality, and digital innovation to redefine clean energy solutions. As a seasoned Procurement professional, you'll lead critical initiatives and orchestrate negotiations to secure optimal contracts. Your role involves cultivating robust supplier relationships, analysing market dynamics, and driving cost-saving measures. Collaborating closely with customers, you'll ensure alignment with evolving needs while spearheading performance enhancements. Join our diverse team and shape the future of sustainable procurement in the energy sector.

Role

- Plan negotiations, define awarding strategy and prepare sourcing board approvals, respecting the suppliers defined by the commodity strategy, to enable pooling potential

- Negotiate local, regional, or multi-site contracts in conjunction with relevant procurement managers, or independently. This includes negotiating prices, delivery schedules, and payment terms, among other specifics.

- Contribute to Ecosystem commodity strategy, and develop a business listing of preferred suppliers

- Manage the relationship with assigned suppliers (in alignment with CM/GCM when applicable)

- Support and maintain supplier segmentation of the relevant supply base via actively representing the Customer view in Commodity Circles

- Analyze local and regional market trends and their utilization in commodity strategy

- Identify customer requirements and supports the execution process, providing input into the sourcing process.

- Monitor supplier performance and inform relevant customers about this performance

- Generates, documents and implement savings measures; monitor and reports relevant KPIs.

- Drive early procurement / supplier involvement and cost-out activities.

- Identify procurement risks and opportunities and implement respective measures

- Identify potential contractual items and liaises (if relevant) with the strategic commodity management to ensure such items are added to existing contracts or appropriate contracts are established

- Implement Commodity Strategies and define local/regional material field strategy for non-pooled commodities

WHAT YOU BRING

- Experience working in a complex, constantly evolving global organizational environment.

- 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing/commodity management.

- Outstanding Excel skills.

- Outstanding communication, presentation, and customer management skills.

- Excellent commercial, contractual, and project management competence.

- Familiarity with component Manufacturing processes and Quality

- Knowledge of working with a global supplier base, in a matrix environment.

- Bachelor’s' degree or Master’s Degree desirable but not essential

Skills:

You must have experience negotiating multimillion pounds contracts; experience developing (not only implementing) commodity strategy; strong in excel.

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian's platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

Dexian's brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more. Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status