Commodity and Vendor Manager - Saint-Laurent, Canada - CAE Inc.

CAE Inc.

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Saint-Laurent, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Role and Responsibilities
By joining our Global Strategic Sourcing team, you will make meaningful contributions in the design and deployment of category strategies including Electronics, Computers & other electrical systems for our aviation and healthcare simulators

The Category Vendor Manager:

Identifies and conducts crossfunctional cost reduction initiatives on sourced products and services.
Organizes and lead a global category network.
Manages all aspects of the vendor relationship, including operational performance, commercial matters, vendor development (capacity, technology, etc.)
Conducts market intelligence to identify risks and opportunities and channel innovation.
Provides expert recommendations to internal stakeholders.
Liaise with other procurement teams as required.
Devises and oversees plans to assure supply to internal and external stakeholders, preventing and/or managing shortages
Manages contractual and pricing aspects, including preparation of agreements & supplier negotiation.
Meets project deliverables, in terms of both cost and schedules, and statuses on these dimensions to internal customers and stakeholders
Manages contract execution (claims/warranties/payment terms).
Proactively seeks total cost reduction opportunities, such as through vendor consolidation, commodity management, technology leverage and demand management
Devises commodity / vendor CSR roadmap and leads associated initiatives
A University undergraduate degree (such as Bachelor's and B.Sc.) in an Engineering discipline, Applied Sciences, Business administration or a related field of study.
610 years of relevant experience.
Knowledge of supply management in a technical projectdriven environment.
Knowledge of product lifecycle, category Management and/or project management.
Negotiation skills and business acumen.
Excellent task and project management skills.
Excellent oral and written communication skills and good presentation skills in English.
Experience in writing specific summaries, reports, business letters and business plans.
Bilingual (French and English).

Good assets:

Knowledge of the aviation and/or healthcare markets.

CAE offers:

- an environment where your initiatives will be acknowledged and valued.
- the opportunity to travel internationally.
- the opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team.
- the opportunity to represent the organization at external conventions and conferences.
- the opportunity to be involved on boards of directors.
- flex time.
- attractive employee benefits.

With over 10,000 employees located in 35 countries, CAE is a global leader in training for the civil aviation, defence and security, and healthcare markets.

Position Type
Regular

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.

As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we're proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.

At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.

The masculine form may be used in this job description solely for ease of reading, but refers to men, women and the gender diverse.