Strategic Sourcing Manager

Winchesters; Markham; Hybrid; CAD 111,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

A large financial services firm in Markham is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to oversee IT procurement, including software agreements and cloud contracts. The role involves collaboration with key stakeholders and ensuring effective procurement services. Ideal candidates should have over 5 years of relevant experience, excellent communication, and a desire for a dynamic work environment. This is a hybrid position offering flexibility in work arrangements, contrasting with more rigid financial institutions.

Benefits

Bonus

Benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT procurement experience.
• Experience with Software agreements (Enterprise, SaaS, Cloud).
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with IT stakeholders, Vendors, and Legal for procurement.
• Ensure favorable terms and mitigate risk on agreements.
• Provide professional procurement service with quick turnaround.

Skills

IT procurement experience

Communication skills

Problem-solving attitude

Job description

Strategic Sourcing Manager - IT

Markham, Ontario – Hybrid (3 days in the office)

$120,000 + bonus + benefits

Our large Financial Services client is seeking a strong Sourcing Manager role work on a varied IT spending including, Enterprise licenses, SaaS agreements, Cloud, Network and AI contracts. Your role will be to work with key IT stakeholders, Vendors and Legal to ensure a smooth, professional procurement service with a quick turnaround on agreements, ensuring favorable terms and mitigating risk.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work with a dynamic team, under strong leadership, to work on a varied, strategic, IT Category in a really flexible environment. This is a refreshing change from the rigid environment of some other FI’s where you only deal with one small area of IT and you have to come into the office 4 or 5 days a week.

If you are a IT Sourcing Manager with strong soft-skills and an advisory Procurement approach. If you are stuck in a rigid environment and you crave more variety and flexibility, this could be the role for you.

As the ideal candidate you will have:

• 5+ years IT procurement experience
• Experience of Software agreements (Enterprise, SaaS, Cloud, some AI would be beneficial)
• Excellent communication skills
• A can-do, problem solving attitude