Indigenous Procurement - Burnaby, Canada - BC Hydro

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Providing clean electricity to 4 million customers takes a diverse workforce and that's where you come
in. We need your talent to help us build major projects to meet growing demand. To help our
customers find clean energy solutions for their homes and businesses and to be ready to respond
during storms and outages to keep our system reliable.

Working for BC Hydro is meaningful. And now, the stakes have been raised as we work towards a
solution to climate change while safely providing clean, affordable electricity to our customers.

We offer a healthy work life balance, training opportunities and career progression. We're proud to be
ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Join us as we
build an even cleaner B.C.


JOB DESCRIPTION

Duties:


  • Role Description Summary:
  • Leads, directs and oversees a diverse range of Indigenous Procurement functions within the
  • Infrastructure Projects & Purchasing Department (IP&P) and other areas in Supply Chain
- impacting various business groups. As an active member of the IP&P Leadership Team,
- contributes to the ongoing design, development and implementation of the overall Indigenous
- procurement strategy and develops a long-term vision and business plan for BC Hydro, with the
- goal of building relationships with First Nations and ensuring that Nations benefit from BC Hydro
- activity in their territory. Through a team of managers and professionals, directs and leads the
- development and implementation of BC Hydro-wide Indigenous procurement strategic goals,- reporting tools. Directs the provision of Indigenous business development programs to support

  • First Nations in which BC Hydro has long term relationships and commitments. Proactively
- establishes and manages strategic relationships with First Nations and their designated
- businesses related to Indigenous procurement. Actively pursues business process improvement
- initiatives with an organization wide impact.

  • Role Accountabilities:
  • Service Delivery
  • Provides direction and leadership in the development and implementation of Indigenous
procurement strategic goals, approaches, and practices for the organization.- Manages procurement commitment portfolio exceeding $200M.

  • Contributes to the development and sustainment of longterm positive relationships with First
Nations and Indigenous groups.

  • Develops and manages strategic corporatewide plans and programs in conjunction with First
Nations for business development to develop capacity to participate in BC Hydro procurement
- opportunities.
  • Directs and leads the design and implementation of internal corporatewide standards, policies
and procedures to ensure consistency, and that opportunities are identified and realized, and risks
- mitigated related to Indigenous procurement. Role models standards and oversees that
- subordinates are ensuring compliance by staff.consistent and meaningful measurement corporate-wide data related to Indigenous procurement,

  • First Nations business development planning and implementation, and contractor fulfilment of

- indigenous participation obligations.
  • Provides strategic advice to project Procurement Leads and Indigenous Relation leads on the
approach and negotiation of high value, high risk and/or high complexity direct award contracts to

  • First Nations and major contract setasides, balancing adherence to policy and standards with
- creative problem solving to advance reconciliation.
  • Advises on strategic, high risk, high value contract issues and resolutions.
  • Maintains current knowledge of best practices, policies, legal requirements affecting Indigenous
procurement through regular networking with professional associations and industry contacts, as
- well as relevant court cases.

  • Planning
  • Recommends long term strategic plans for Indigenous procurement and business development
to Directors of Indigenous Relations and Procurement. This involves significant consultation with
- other procurement, Indigenous Relations, and business leads across the organization to ensure
- alignment to corporate objectives and principles.
  • Ensures recommended plans and programs support BC Hydro's Statement of Indigenous
Principles, UNDRIP and TRC, BC Hydro contractual obligations, commitments and
- representations, and any other regulatory requirements.
  • Leads planning meetings with Indigenous Relations and Procurement to identify, discuss and
agree on the First Nations involvement in Supply Chain strategies.- Financially accountable for managing department budget.

  • Tracks team performance and measures progress to Indigenous procurement strategic goals.
Identifies and implements changes to ensure success in meeting goals.

  • Relationship Management
  • Leads the development of effective relationships with key internal stakeholders at the executive
and senior management level to ensure alignment with business objectives an
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