Procurement Specialist

Arcadis; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Procurement Specialist in Toronto to oversee key sourcing processes and support procurement functions in North America. This role offers the chance to engage with suppliers, manage contracts, and implement continuous improvements, contributing significantly to project success within an innovative engineering environment.

Benefits

Empowered career path

Commitment to equality, diversity, inclusion & belonging

Qualifications

• 7 years of Procurement experience in the engineering construction industry.
• Experience with ERP systems and change management techniques.
• Proficiency in business computer applications including Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage Source to Invoice processes, ensuring adherence to procurement policies.
• Identify suppliers and negotiate contracts while managing supplier relationships.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive procurement strategies and continuous improvement.

Skills

Purchasing

Sourcing

Procurement

Negotiation

Supplier Management

Contract Management

SAP

Supply Chain Experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, finance or similar field

Tools

Oracle Cloud

Job description

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is looking to hire Canada Procurement Specialist who will function as a key member of the l SourcetoInvoice with strong support to the Direct and Indirect procurement teams in North America. The Procurement Specialist will focus on supporting the region working through complex and / or language dependent issues and supporting Oracle procuretopay implementation continuous improvement and ancillary ProcuretoPay programs. Additionally the Procurement Specialist will identify suppliers as appropriate for projects or categories managing competitive bids negotiating and awarding contracts resolving supplier and contract issues ensuring adherence to Procurement Policy creating and driving savings and other incentives and any other procurement activity required to support the four Global Business Areas (Places Mobility Resilience Intelligence) and Enabling Functions. The Procurement Specialist will have a thorough knowledge and understanding of procurement concepts principles and practices to be applied in the engineering and construction industry with experience in program management and project types including consulting environmental engineering and designbuild.

• Manage Canada Source to Invoice processes including :

Lead change management (communications planning support) within ANA Canada for internal users and suppliers to drive adoption of the Oracle PR / PO process and other approved buying channels.

• Builds relationships through multiple stakeholder channels to gain support for preferred approaches and strategies.
• Ensure adherence to and support Procurement policies procedures and systems to implement a uniform method of work approaches that delivers exceptional performance values for Arcadis and its clients.
• Working with equivalents in Accounts Payable for activities including firm handshakes / handoff of taxonomy that is shared
• Working with equivalents in DtR team to support handshakes / handoff of taxonomy that overlaps with role
• Support Direct and Indirect Procurement to maintain purchasing documents (controls)
• Support Direct and Indirect Procurement by identifying business needs and :

Understand supply base capabilities and market drivers.

• Implement agreed sourcing strategies.
• Manage supplier selection and development
• Identify principal risks and opportunities and support the project teams to mitigate them.
• Ensure suppliers demonstrate capability to consistently supply goods & services to required quality and delivery performance standards.
• Lead sourcing events negotiations and contract awards
• Managing the Supply Chain & relationships through regular reviews of KPI in conjunction with business stakeholders.
• Proactively work crossfunctionally both within ANA and Global Procurement and other stakeholders to share knowledge and leverage best practices.

Constantly seek ways to improve and enhance processes for internal Procurement users project teams and suppliers.

• Establish program users and lifecycle process in compliance with global Procurement policies and in alignment with the strategies of Global procurement leaders.
• Support Arcadis Sustainability and cost savings goals

Key shared accountabilities :

• Collaborate with crossfunctional partners and peers to leverage knowledges resources and to ensure consistency and share best practices.
• Working with equivalents in Accounts Payable for activities including firm handshakes / handoff of taxonomy that is shared
• Working with equivalents in DtR team to support handshakes / handoff of taxonomy that overlaps with role
• Support Direct and Indirect Procurement to maintain purchasing documents (controls)
• Managing the Supply Chain & relationships through regular reviews of KPI in conjunction with project teams.
• Collaborate with pursuit leaders to develop procurement strategies for high value and highrisk pursuits.

Qualifications & Experience :

• 7 years of Procurement experience in an engineering construction infrastructure or similar industry.
• Bachelors degree in business supply chain finance or similar field
• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle Cloud preferred) and implementations is a must
• Experience navigating change and implementing change management techniques / processes with stakeholders
• Selfstarter with proven performance with strong communication presentation and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate capability and the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams around a common purpose
• Good level of proficiency in business computer applications including Excel skills
• Possesses a strong client focus as demonstrated by a flexible and enthusiastic approach to work assignments and new learning opportunities
• Ability to clearly articulate point of view orally and in writing ability to quickly grasp business objectives and strategies and how service offerings support the attainment of those objectives.
• Work independently and consistently in a fastpaced environment with a demonstrated ability to meet goals and deadlines
• Thorough understanding of market and industry issues.
• Understanding of contracts specification / statement of work creation and supplier performance management
• A flexible dynamic selfdemanding and proactive individual; able to motivate themselves

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skillsbased approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

The salary range for this position is CAD. The base salary represents Arcadis hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors such as location skills experience and qualification for the role.

Required Experience :

Unclear Seniority

Key Skills

Purchasing,Sourcing,Procurement,Employee Evaluation,HR Sourcing,SAP,Supply Chain Experience,Federal Aviation Regulations,Contract Management,Supplier Management,negotiation,Contracts

Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Procurement

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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