Strategic Sourcing Manager

BGIS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

BGIS seeks a Strategic Sourcing Manager to lead category planning, sourcing strategy, and supplier management for assigned accounts. The role focuses on delivering cost savings and efficiencies across client portfolios and cross-functional collaboration with internal stakeholders.

The position requires extensive experience in strategic sourcing, negotiation, and change management, with a strong emphasis on financial acumen and supplier relationship leadership.

Qualifications

• Fully bilingual (required).
• In-depth strategic sourcing and supply chain knowledge.
• University graduation or professional certification (e.g. P.Eng., CMA, CGA or equivalent).
• Minimum of 5–10 years of relevant job experience.
• Ability to translate strategic intent into tactical action plans and measurable results.
• Team facilitation, management, and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Engages parties to understand business requirements.
• Develops, recommends and implements category plans.
• Develops and implements sourcing strategies to maximize value and mitigate risks.
• Leads opportunities assessment activities and leverages across client accounts.
• Manages end-to-end competitive bid process and negotiates with suppliers.
• Leads supplier performance measurement and management.

Skills

Bilingual

Strategic sourcing

Supply chain management

Change management

Leadership

Negotiation

Financial acumen

Communication

Analytical thinking

Relationship management

Education

University degree or professional certification

Job description

SUMMARY

The Strategic Sourcing Manager is accountable for the development and delivery of strategic sourcing plans for assigned categories and client account. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to category planning and delivery, strategy development and delivery; leading opportunities assessments, competitive bids, supplier performance measurement and management, supplier contract development and implementation. In addition, the individual in this role is also accountable for identifying and implementing leverage opportunities across all accounts and achieving greater efficiencies and cost savings for categories and client managed.

The position is an account dedicated role and at this level, categories managed are typically of lower to medium complexity, value and/or risk. Any previous experience in Facility Management and/or Financial Institutions will be preferred.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Category Management Planning & Delivery

• Engages concerned parties to understand business requirements.
• Develops, recommends and implements category plans.

Sourcing Strategy

• Develops and implements sourcing strategies that maximize value and mitigate risks to BGIS and its clients.
• Leads the review and measurement of the effectiveness of the strategy.

Opportunities Assessment & Implementation

• Leads and performs opportunities assessment activities and drives leverage across all client accounts.
• Achieves improvements in operational efficiencies and cost savings as a result.

Competitive Bids

• Manages end-to-end competitive bid process for assigned categories.
• Negotiates with suppliers to secure optimum cost and maximum value.

Supplier Performance Measurement & Management

• Leads the identification and implementation of performance metrics to measure supplier performance.
• Leads supplier performance measurement and management.
• Accountable for supplier performance for assigned categories and reports on supplier sustainability.

Supplier Relationship Management

• Develops and maintains effective relationships with suppliers.

Supplier Contractual Agreements

• Leads the negotiation, development, implementation, amendments and monitoring of supplier contractual agreements.

Strategic Sourcing Best Practices & Industry Trends

• Maintains in-depth and current category knowledge as well as knowledge of strategic sourcing best practices and industry trends.
• Provides category and strategic sourcing subject matter expertise.

Vendor Qualification & Set-up Process

• Reviews and approves vendor set up and vendor information changes.

Support

• Develops maintains standard templates for strategic sourcing documentations including but not limited to contract agreements, scopes of work, service level agreements, and letters of agreements.

Special Projects

• Special projects as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Fully bilingual (required).
• In-depth strategic sourcing and supply chain management knowledge.
• University graduation or professional certification (e.g. P. Eng., CMA, CGA or equivalent courses).
• Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant job experience.
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategic intent into tactical action plans, implementation plans, delivery and measurable results.
• Team facilitation, management, and leadership experience and demonstrated ability to lead teams through influence.
• Experience developing and leading organizational change initiatives.
• Strategic thinking ability, tactical implementation ability.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
• Strong finance, business and procurement background.
• Goal & action oriented.
• Excellent communication – written, oral, presentation skills.
• Procurement and contract management experience.
• Corporate real estate experience.
• Team facilitation, management, leadership experience.
• Computer proficiency in MS Office applications. Ability to quickly learn proprietary databases.
• Advanced ability to build and manage relationships with various concerned parties.
• Highly advanced influence, persuasion and negotiation skills.
• High degree of business ethics and accountability.
• High degree of client service orientation.
• Possesses a team spirit and strong collaboration.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Tenacity to overcome challenges to deliver on commitments.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• Supply Chain Management Professional Designation.
• SIG (Sourcing Industry Group) University.

This is a regular, full-time position with a salary range of $75,440 - $94,300 per annum. The starting salary will be based on the successful candidate’s competencies, including but not limited to experience, education and performance related to this role.

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