Senior Procurement Specialist to lead the sourcing, procuring for a wide range of goods and services, including high value, high complexity, and/or high financial or political risk impacts. - 20267, 20266, 20249
S.i. Systems
- Canada
- Contract
- Full-time
- 6+ years procurement and sourcing experience within large corporate enterprise environment
- Strong experience in managing moderate to complex contracting and negotiations work.
- Experience with government/public procurement, IT procurement, and the various Canadian free trade agreements
- Bachelor's degree in a business-related field such as Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, or equivalent
- Advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Advanced English skills for professional environment, written and spoken
- Certificate or additional education in Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Change Management, Facilitation or Communication, an asset
- Provide leadership, guidance, and advice to client groups within the line of business in sourcing, procuring, and managing a wide range of goods and services, particularly those with high value, high complexity, and/or high financial or political risk impacts.
- Lead cross-functional evaluation teams through the sourcing, vendor negotiation, and contract transitioning stages.
- Monitor processes with end-users to ensure services and materials are purchased effectively and in accordance with policies and directives across BC Hydro.
- Develop relationships with key contacts at all levels within the organization and external to BC Hydro.
- Accountable for determining appropriate sourcing methods, including the preparation and evaluation of contracting documents such as project procurement strategies, contracting plan, RFP's, RFEI's, RFSQ's, and RFQ's.
- Accountable for maintaining integrity of Hydro's procurement practices.
- May be required to manage the subsequent contracts.
- May provide work direction to a team of procurement analysts and administrative support staff.
- As a member of the Business Group's professional sourcing, procurement and contract management team, participates in the identification and development of business process improvements to enhance operational efficiency within the Business Group's procurement and sourcing function.