Strategic Sourcing: Continuous Improvement Advisor

AIR CANADA; Dorval; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Canada is seeking an Advisor - Continuous Improvement in Strategic Sourcing to drive procurement transformation from strategy through governance. The role focuses on simplifying processes, building analytics, and delivering standardized, scalable improvements across the source-to-contract lifecycle in a Montreal-based office.

The ideal candidate will lead cross-functional initiatives, design and maintain dashboards (Power BI), and partner with Legal, Finance, and business units to promote

Qualifications

• University degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or a related field.
• At least five years of experience in procurement, operations, or process improvement.
• Strong knowledge of procurement processes, systems, and performance metrics.
• Experience in implementing continuous improvement methods.
• Knowledge of AI tools, automation platforms, and data analytics technologies.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and successfully drive change within a matrix structure.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Mastery of the Microsoft suite and process mapping tools (e.g., Visio, Miro).
• Experience with Power BI tools, an asset.
• Lean Six Sigma certification or equivalent, an asset.
• Experience in procurement transformation or digital deployment, an asset.
• Proven punctuality and reliability to foster overall team success in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives for the entire Procurement team based on process analysis, user feedback, and performance data to drive simplification, standardization, and optimization of supplier selection, contract signature, and governance processes.
• Design, create, and maintain dashboards and reports to track performance, identify inefficiencies, and support data-driven process improvements: understand data and leverage insights to determine and implement scalable processes and improvements that reduce complexity, improve turnaround times, and promote the adoption of standardized processes.
• Leverage structured methodologies, automation, artificial intelligence, and analytics to identify inefficiencies, predict trends, and implement practical improvements.
• Develop reference documents, such as process maps, frameworks, standards, and baseline performance criteria, to support procurement transformation.
• Build strong relationships with Procurement, Legal, and Finance teams, as well as with various business units, to foster collaboration and coordination, and encourage stakeholders to adopt new practices.
• Evolve the procurement contract ecosystem, including contract templates, guides, review processes, and exemption procedures across various departments; regularly conduct evaluations, workshops, diagnostics, and assessments to gather feedback, identify areas for improvement, and refine strategies.
• Support the deployment and improvement of procurement tools, ensuring process alignment, documentation, and user readiness.
• Standardize supplier selection toolkits (templates, evaluation models, decision summaries) so that category management teams spend less time on redesign and more on implementation.
• Design contract procurement management processes (receipt -> evaluation -> award -> contract signature) that reduce friction and discrepancies across different categories.
• Develop analysis standards (e.g., bid comparison models, cost breakdown logic) to improve the quality and consistency of supplier evaluations.
• Communicate improvement objectives, progress made, and their impact to the management team and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Process improvement

Analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Project management

Education

University degree in business, supply chain, engineering, or related field

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Visio

Job description

Air Canada is seeking an Advisor - Continuous Improvement in Strategic Sourcing to drive procurement transformation from strategy through governance. The role focuses on simplifying processes, building analytics, and delivering standardized, scalable improvements across the source-to-contract lifecycle in a Montreal-based office.

The ideal candidate will lead cross-functional initiatives, design and maintain dashboards (Power BI), and partner with Legal, Finance, and business units to promote