Director, Information Technology (IT) Procurement
Industrial Alliance Insurance
- Quebec City, QC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Steers the strategy of the sectors for which they are responsible and develops strategies for portfolio consolidation and optimization in order to maximize value for iA and partners
- Reconciles priorities and manages their team’s resource capacity in collaboration with stakeholders in order to meet expectations and objectives
- Provides leadership to partners, ensuring that the Directive is understood and applied, and that suppliers are adequately managed, especially for major agreements
- Offers support tailored to the needs and expectations of each sector
- Manages issues, disputes and negotiations with suppliers
- Establishes good relationships with process stakeholders and partners, and stays up to date in order to maintain their knowledge of the sectors for which they are responsible (challenges, issues, priorities)
- Collaborates with colleagues to manage inter-team capacities, information exchange and best practice sharing
- Identifies improvement and optimization needs in order to fuel the evolution of procurement and supplier management practices
- Mobilizes their team and develops their resources’ skills according to industry best practices
- 10 years of procurement experience in the Information Technology sector
- Bachelor’s degree in administration or a related field
- Solid contract negotiation experience
- Concrete experience in:
- Drafting contractual service levels
- Resolving complex problems
- Producing results and achieving objectives
- Management and personnel development
- Recognized results- and client-oriented leadership
- Excellent planning, organization and execution skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to influence and network effectively with stakeholders
- Proven leadership and governance skills in a context of large-scale transformation
- Strategic presence and ease in interacting with senior internal and distributor executives
- Experience and knowledge of the financial, banking and insurance sectors (a significant asset)