Manager, Strategic Sourcing Professional and - Mississauga, Canada - Sobeys

Sobeys

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Mississauga, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Requisition ID:181210

Career Group:
Corporate Office Careers

Job Category:
Strategic Sourcing Marketing&Shared Serv

Travel Requirements:0 - 10%

Job Type:
Full-Time

Country:
Canada (CA)

Province:
Ontario; Alberta; British Columbia; Nova Scotia

City:
Missisauga, Calgary, Stellarton, Victoria, Vancouver

Location:
Tahoe Office, Calgary Office, Dartmouth Office, Foord St. Office, King St. Office, Vancouver Office, Victoria Office

Postal Code:
Multiple

Our family of 131,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers.

Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better - great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country.

With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?:

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team We currently have an opportunity for
Manager, Strategic Sourcing of Professional and Corporate Services to develop national sourcing strategies against various business objectives for internal clients.

You will be an expert in indirect procurement with superior communication and negotiation skills.

As a valued manager working in a hybrid environment you will be required to be on site either in office a minimum of three (3) days per week.

NOTE:
We are currently recruiting for two open positions.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

The Manager, Strategic Sourcing of Professional and Corporate Services is a member of our leadership team with responsibility for developing National sourcing strategies to deliver against business objectives for internal clients.

You will work in a highly collaborative environment, developing relationships and partnering with Managers and Directors across the company in a fast-paced environment.

Manage the following spend categories: Professional/Corporate Services such as Travel & Entertainment, Consulting, Financial Services, HR, Merchandising, Insurance; and beyond as needed
Evaluate supplier core competencies and competitive positioning using industry cost models and benchmarking analysis; leveraging keyinsights to inform and support the category strategy development process
Manage the fundamentals of sourcing and supplier engagement activities including RFx, spend pattern analysis, contract analysis, bid evaluation, negotiations, and supplier consolidation
Prepare and hold business reviews with stakeholders to review vendor performance, future opportunities, and/or challenges
Lead supplier engagement requests from business units, understanding their business needs, strategies and objectives in order to align our deliverables to meet Sobeys procurement policy and processes
Manage multiple deals simultaneously, often to tight deadlines, while maintaining compliance and reporting requirements
Drive value in supply chain/total cost of ownership sourcing initiatives through early engagement, commercial acumen, market knowledge, and contract negotiation. Activities also include supplier engagement, contract negotiation, solution/supplier evaluations (including due diligence) and supplier selection activities
Awareness and management of initiativebased business unit spend as it relates to third party engagements, in order to create P&L and cost avoidance recognized by the business and organization
Develop trustbased relationships with department stakeholders by leveraging third party spend and the expertise of our key suppliers to meet our needs, reduce total cost, and mitigate supplyrelated risks
Work with engagementbased key partners to provide Sr. Management and Sourcing Executives with contract overview, identifying commercial terms, risks, mitigations and spend policy approvals for review, feedback and approvals prior to completion of agreement

LI-Hybrid

What you have to offer:

Minimum of 5+ years of relevant strategic sourcing experience; indirect procurement function preferred
5+ years of experience practicing bestinclass procurement processes (category management, benchmarking, shouldcost models, RFX, reverse auction, contracting, etc.)
Demonstrate a minimum of 3+ years of experience in sourcing large categories of spend, such as Tax, Professional Services, Corporate Services, Financial Services, Consulting, HR, Insurance, as well as other major categories of spend
Knowledge and understanding of Strategic Sourcing practices and standards is an asset
Commercial acumen and business judgment
Drive and determination to flawlessly execute a