Manager, Global Procurement - Toronto, Canada - KPMG-Canada

KPMG-Canada

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Toronto, Canada

5 days ago

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Overview
KPMG is a global organization of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 145 countries, have more than 236,000 people working in member firms around the world. KPMG International acts as a coordinating entity, carrying out business activities for the benefit of KPMG firms.

More than 2,500 talented colleagues make up the KPMG International team, with a focus on ensuring global consistency and providing expertise to support member firms in the achievement of KPMG's Trust and Growth ambition.

KPMG International is comprised of a number of high-performing global teams, including: Global Advisory, Global Audit, Global Clients & Markets, Global Corporate Affairs, Global People, Global Quality and Risk Management, Global Tax & Legal, Global Technology and Knowledge, the International Office of General Counsel, and the Office of Chief Administrative Officer.

Working together, our global team is changing the way our business operates, delivering value to our member firms and driving positive change in the communities we serve.

Global Procurement (GP) provides procurement services to both KPMG International (KPMGI) and to member firms in situations where goods and/or services are being procured for multiple member firms.

Global Procurement focuses on driving a competitive commercial edge in contractual arrangements with KPMG's suppliers while simultaneously managing reputational, commercial and contractual risk including:

Leading the KPMG Procurement Leadership Forum, consisting of the US, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Italy, Spain, France, India, Canada, Brazil and KPMG International, in collectively defining and deploying best practices in procurement policies, processes, frameworks and toolkits.
Aggregating the demand of planned purchases of goods and services across the network (KPMGI and member firms) and leveraging this scale to negotiate competitive contracts with third parties.
Providing strategic sourcing services to key functional groups in KPMGI (e.g., Global IT Services, Global L&D, Global Collaboration & Knowledge, Global PPC, Global Marketing & Communications), in partnership with the International Office of the General Counsel (IOGC), Information Protection Group, Independence, Information Security & Risk, to enter into contractual relationships with third parties.

Global Procurement endeavors to drive a relentless focus on quality and excellent service, aligning its efforts on KPMG's strategic priorities, and building a culture, wherein, working shoulder-to-shoulder in true partnership with our stakeholders is the norm not the exception.

The Manager, Global Procurement is responsible for supporting the development and execution of the category plans for the assigned high value/high complexity and high risk category/categories ( Application Development and Application Maintenance (ADAM), Professional Services and Business Process Outsourcing, and Contingent Labor).

This role also leads the contractual and commercial negotiations with third parties on medium complexity/medium risk transactions and supports the negotiations on high value/high complexity/high risk transactions for the assigned category/categories.

**What you will do

Develop and/or refreshes the category strategy and annual plans for assigned categories ensuring alignment with the goals, strategies and value proposition of Global Procurement
Define the strategies and plans for assigned categories, including buying channel determination, vendor segmentation recommendations, preferred supplier list identification, vendor selection, vendor negotiations and vendor management.
Engage key stakeholders to understand, identify their business priorities and needs
Collaborate with member firms to assess and determine common gotomarket strategies, needed to deliver required results
Implement contracts and leads the daytoday management of contracts
Maintain ongoing productive relationships with the Heads of Procurement in key member firms to promote and provide education on Global Procurement's category strategy, key initiatives and value proposition for assigned category

**What you bring to the role

Post Secondary Education
Strategic sourcing experience with expertise in sourcing Application Development, Maintenance and Support Services
Proven track record of negotiating large enterprise services agreements
Strong understanding of supplier management (managing technical, schedule, commercial, and terms and conditions compliance)
Have knowledge of sourcing and procurement principles and best practices
Have sound commercial and contractual acumen
Be able to draft and negotiate strong contracts

Our Values, The KPMG Way

Integrity , we do what is right |

Excellence , we never stop learning and improving |

Courage , we think and act boldly |

Together , we respect each other and draw strength from our differences |