SENIOR LEAD, PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS:

On behalf of our Finance client, Procom is searching for a Senior Lead, Procurement Operations for a 15-month role. This position is a hybrid position with 4 days onsite at our client’s Victoria, BC office.

SENIOR LEAD, PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS - JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Senior Lead, Procurement Operations will oversee daily procurement activities, ensuring alignment with strategic sourcing and vendor management teams. This role involves coordinating workloads, supporting administrative tasks, and engaging stakeholders to capture sourcing needs, primarily in Technology and Professional Services.

SENIOR LEAD, PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS - MANDATORY SKILLS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, or a related field or combination of education and expertise in contracts and procurement.
• Over 4 years of progressive experience in category management, strategic sourcing, and contract management in IT/Technology or Professional Services categories.
• Direct procurement experience with public sector sourcing strategies and conducting complex sourcing events such as RFXs, RFQ, etc.
• Experience with contract management and sourcing for strategic vendors, including consulting firms and technology providers.
• Experience with the Source-to-Pay including Procure-to-Pay process and various procurement process workflows.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, verbal and written communication skills, and a clients-first approach.
• Strong proficiency with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

SENIOR LEAD, PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS – NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS:

• Experience in Workday Strategic Sourcing (WSS) and Workday FINS Procure to pay system or other current ERP system (Procurement).
• Professional certifications such as Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP).

• Lead daily procurement operations activities, ensuring alignment with strategic sourcing and vendor and contracts management teams.
• Coordinate and balance workloads within the Operations team.
• Support administrative tasks for Contracting and Sourcing teams.
• Engage stakeholders to capture sourcing needs, primarily in Technology and Professional Services.
• Develop sourcing strategies for staff augmentation, managed services, and business process delivery.
• Coordinate multi-department stakeholder input for market solicitation development and evaluation.
• Support and conduct low- to medium-risk sourcing and contracting.
• Analyze and improve workflow processes as directed.
• Contribute to developing and maintaining sourcing, vendor, and contract management processes and tools.
• Identify risks, propose mitigation strategies, and execute contracting activities.
• Track and report contract management benefits such as cost savings and avoidance.
• Maintain vendor profiles throughout contract lifecycles and collaborate on vendor performance.
• Prepare briefs and presentations for various organizational levels.
• Administer contracts in accordance with vendor management procedures.
• Handle special projects and recommend process improvements as needed.
• Assist with contract worker onboarding/offboarding.
• Provide administrative support for RFXs and sourcing processes, including document preparation and scheduling.
• Develop with manager, document control for Procurement.
• Support source-contract-procure-to-pay activities and other related duties as required.