Category Manager - Toronto, Canada - TELUS

TELUS

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Location:
Toronto, ON, CA- Req ID: Jobs by Category: People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs- Job Function: Procurement, Supply Chain & Real Estate- Status: Full Time- Schedule: Regular
Description:

Join our team and what we'll accomplish together

As a Category Manager (CM) in the Mobile Technologies portfolio within our corporate Procurement team, you will be responsible for end to end procurement of goods and services including project management, negotiating & drafting contract terms, running sourcing events and associated analytics within the Mobile Technologies category.

You have excellent communication skills & work collaboratively with others. You can solve problems creatively, have a high degree of business ethics and lead through influence.

You will also play an integral role in ongoing supplier governance and relationship management, ensuring that appropriate total value of ownership is achieved through the life of contractual agreements.

You will report into one of our fabulous Procurement Directors.

What you'll do:

Support strategic sourcing efforts from start to end (determine spend baseline and sourcing opportunities, market research, identification of suppliers, creation of RFx, analysis of proposals, recommendation on solution, contract negotiation and execution, performance management)
Conduct supplier performance reviews in partnership with the business
Provide spend category intelligence and analytics using both extensive internal & external data sources
Analyze operational activity & interface with internal stakeholders to support changes in business strategy
Have knowledge or eager to learn about mobile technologies, accessories and finance
Contract creation and execution skills
Manage vendor contracts, including compliance of terms
Responsible for reporting savings on a monthly basis
Excellent quantitative and analytical skills; statistical knowledge and experience is highly sought

Qualifications:

What you bring

Business and financial acumen including proven experience to lead supplier negotiations and structuring deals (i.e. pricing, performance management and SLA development), drafting legal agreements, risk mitigation and skilled negotiations
Proven experience developing and managing successful relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders at both working and senior level
Crossfunctional team management and facilitation skills, with both internal and external stakeholders, with the ability to lead crossfunctional teams towards desired outcomes
Ability to create unique solutions to manage and/or analyze data to support decision making
Good project management, presentation, organizational, time management skills
Excellent working knowledge of MS Office Suite & Google Suite
Team player and "can do" attitude
Bachelor's Degree
Minimum 57 years of experience in a fastpaced, complex environment
SCMP/MBA designations are definite assets