Manager, Procurement Services - Saskatoon, Canada - University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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Saskatoon, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

Manager, Procurement Services:

The University of Saskatchewan has some of the most innovative people doing groundbreaking research and pedagogy.

The Procurement Officer is a key member of the Enterprise Procurement team that provides strategic analysis and support to colleges and units in order to procure the goods and services they need to achieve their goals, while balancing value, timeliness, risk, and cost.

The university offers flexible work arrangements; access to the university's recreation services; ongoing professional development and mentorship and a comprehensive benefits and pension program.

Primary Purpose:

The Manager, as a leader within the procurement office, is expected to provide mentoring and guidance to other members of the procurement team across the organization and to act as an ambassador for procurement with our partners.

The Manager works closely with a variety of team members and stakeholders to ensure that USask's procurement services are efficient, effective, and meet the expectations of a publicly funded Canadian university.

Nature of Work:

Working in a team environment, the Manager is responsible for overseeing the university's procurement services functions.

The Manager will lead the organization to adopt best practices to enhance procurement service delivery, while maximizing the value of the university's spend and minimizing risk.

This position oversees a team of Procurement Officer's that deliver a variety of

procurement services including but not limited to full scale sourcing and contracting activities, transactional activities, and relationship management.

The Manager develops and updates procurement processes and guidelines, exercises contract signing authority, and coaches, mentors, and trains members on the procurement team.

The Manager functions in a highly demanding environment that requires constant scanning for issues and challenges against multiple priorities and demands on limited resources.

Decisions ranging from the mundane to the critical are required on a routine basis. The work requires the ability to delegate and prioritize large volumes of procurement activity.

Having a keen sense of team capacity and workload demands is essential in order to create and follow service delivery levels.

The Manager is expected to cultivate relationships across campus and with all levels of the organization to champion the function and its continuous evolution.

The Manager is expected to maintain a balance of collaboration and expectation setting with internal and external stakeholders, to support procurement service delivery and provides expert advice and guidance where required to advance service delivery goals and objectives.

They are expected to stay current with trends in industry, identify opportunities for improvements in university practices and support the implementation of procurement enhancement activities.

Accountabilities

Decision Making

Responsible for budget, people resources, and strategic decisions in line with operational and strategic plans for their area.
Directs and implements policies, processes and procedures for their area, and related technical decisions and recommendations.
Monitors department workload to prioritize procurement projects and ensures the workload is distributed and managed to meet deadlines.
Enters into contractual relationships on behalf of the university.

Stakeholder Service Delivery

Builds effective relationships with external suppliers/agencies and internal business partners to drive results and influence business decisions.
Collaborates with all areas of the university to ensure effective service delivery, while promoting procurement best practices to ensure best value outcomes.
Supports and optimizes an extensive domestic and international supplier base
Liaises with various government departments and regulatory agencies to confirm compliance with policies, procedures, regulatory, and legislative requirements.

Problem Solving

Proactively oversees and supports collaborative and crossfunctional solutions to issues identified, tending to matters with a varying degree of risk and potential organization wide impact.
Uses critical management analysis skills to identify issues and collaborative opportunities to enable the unit and the university to meet its goals.
Makes critical recommendations on new ideas and approaches to issues and opportunities in area of responsibility.

Leadership & Development

Leads a growing team involving hiring, onboarding, training, and performance and development activities.
Provides all aspects of leadership to the Procurement Services department.
Provides expert advice and recommendations to campus on procurement and supply management strategies, incorporating legal, legislative regulatory, and industry issues and trends.
Identifies key opportunities to develop individuals that will enhance and align their skills and abilit