Manager, Corporate Procurement - Oakville, Canada - BDO

BDO

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Oakville, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Putting people first, every day
BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust.

In turn, we offer an award-winning environment that fosters a people-first culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth.

Your Opportunity
BDO Canada is looking for a
Manager, Corporate Procurement to join our Innovation & Change team to own the following responsibilities:

Acts as a trusted advisor to assigned business/group.
Assist in the design and develop largescale complex procurement strategies, RFX documents, evaluation frameworks
Participate in business development initiatives
Manage and develop Requests for Proposal (RFP) for multiple vendor categories
Adherence to policy and processes, including collaboration with Legal, Risk Management, and other BDO support functions
Researches and consolidates procurement activities in BDO and member firms and identifies potential opportunities and risks
Identify emerging issues and trends to inform decisionmaking
Supports management and implementation of documentation/process controls/knowledge assets required for internal business partners and stakeholders
Effectively communicate with clients and team members regarding project progress updates and issues
Provides specialized support to investigate and resolve complex issues as escalated by endusers or assigned by management.
Drive an inclusive and sustainable sourcing mindset to build a better working world
Educates and crosstrain other team members as required
Provide specialized consulting, analytical and technical support
Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed
Work collaboratively with key businesses to facilitate and enhance procedures, processes, and systems.
Establish a governance model and provide ongoing oversight of varying endtoend procurement, ensuring key performance outcomes are established and regularly met.
Liaison with stakeholder groups to develop regular reporting, the receipt and/or creation of analytics, and synthesizing feedback across the varying endtoend processes to ensure an outstanding client experience.
Monitor effectiveness and drive leadership in decisionmaking and investments.
Monitor patterns and work to establish strategic contractual agreements with suppliers to ensure optimization.
Lead projects focused on improving processes and costeffectiveness. These include creating guidelines and approval thresholds and developing detective control tools to monitor and enforce policy compliance.

How do we define success for your role?

You demonstrate BDO's core values through all aspects of your work: Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration
You understand our client's industry, challenges, and opportunities; clients describe you as positive, professional, and delivering highquality work
You identify, recommend, and are focused on effective service delivery to our clients
You share in an inclusive and engaging work environment that develops, retains, and attracts talent
You actively participate in the adoption of digital tools and strategies to drive an innovative workplace
You grow your expertise through learning and professional development.

Education and Professional Skills/Knowledge

5+ years of procurement experience, preferably in the professional services industry
You have a completed undergraduate degree in a relevant field with some strategic procurement or supply chain experience
Strong problemsolving and analytical skills, preparing procurement analysis and developing and implementing policy enforcement processes, and monitoring internal service provider KPIs
You have strong problemsolving, analytical, and communication skills, both written and oral.
You value teamwork, client service, and quality in detailed work.
The proven ability to balance multiple priorities, adapt to a constantly changing business environment, work independently, drive projects to completion, and meet deadlines in a fastpaced environment
Project management skills, and will take a supporting and/or leading role for regional project sourcing and work with stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation
Process improvement mindset that is continuously striving to evolve our ways of working and improve the enduser experience
Experience in virtual leadership and cultivating crossfunctional team collaboration
Ability to work in an agile environment
High level of cultural awareness to build relationships
Bilingual (English/French)

Why BDO?
Our people-first approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canada's Top 100 Employers for 2023.

This recognition is a milestone we're thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences.

Our firm is committed to providing an environm