Procurement Manager (Contract)

What you will do

• Procurement Management: Manage the intake, assessment, and prioritization of procurement requests, partnering with business stakeholders to define requirements, determine appropriate sourcing approaches, and coordinate procurement activities through contract execution. 

• Strategic Sourcing: Partner with business stakeholders to coordinate RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs, as appropriate, including requirements gathering, vendor evaluation, selection, and contracting. 

• Contract Lifecycle Management: Manage contract renewals, including planning, business reviews, commercial negotiations, amendments, extensions, and terminations, ensuring alignment with business needs and organizational objectives. 

• Contract Review and Legal Support: Support in-house Legal Counsel by conducting initial reviews of commercial agreements and other contracts, including Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), and amendments. Identify commercial considerations, potential risks, and matters requiring legal review or escalation. 

• Commercial Negotiations: Lead or support supplier negotiations in collaboration with key stakeholders to achieve competitive pricing, favorable contractual terms, appropriate service levels, and overall value for the organization. 

• Supplier Relationship Management: Develop and maintain effective supplier relationships, monitor vendor performance, and coordinate business reviews to support service quality, accountability, and continuous improvement. 

• Spend Analysis and Optimization: Analyze organizational spend and supplier activity to identify opportunities for cost savings, vendor consolidation, process efficiencies, and improved commercial outcomes. 

• Procurement Governance and Risk Management: Develop, maintain, and support adherence to procurement policies, procedures, standards, and governance frameworks. Coordinate with Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and other stakeholders to support compliance and mitigate procurement and supplier-related risks. 

• Procurement Advisory: Provide procurement guidance and recommendations to business stakeholders on sourcing approaches, supplier selection, contract management, and procurement best practices to support informed decision-making. 

• Procurement Operations and Reporting: Maintain procurement systems, workflows, contract repositories, templates, and documentation. Prepare procurement metrics, spend analyses, and management reporting to support visibility, informed decision-making, and organizational accountability. 

• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements to procurement processes, workflows, and practices to enhance operational efficiency, strengthen governance, and improve the overall effectiveness of the procurement function. 

• Special Projects: leads the assessment, selection, and implementation of a procurement management system, partnering with key stakeholders to establish requirements, optimize workflows, and enhance procurement efficiency, visibility, and reporting capabilities.

What you have

Education: Undergraduate Degree in a similar field 

Certification: Professional procurement certification (SCMP, CPSM, CIPS, or equivalent) is considered a strong asset. 

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in contract negotiations and working with cross-functional teams 

• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, procurement operations, and contract management principles. 

• Knowledge of supplier relationship management and vendor performance management practices. 

• Understanding commercial contracting, including MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, licensing agreements, and service agreements. 

• Knowledge of procurement governance, policies, controls, and approval frameworks. 

• Understanding risk management principles, including vendor risk, cybersecurity, privacy, legal, and regulatory considerations. 

• Knowledge of competitive sourcing methodologies, including RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs. 

• Understanding of spend analysis, budgeting, cost management, and savings measurement. 

• Familiarity with procurement technologies, contract management systems, ERP platforms, and Microsoft 365 applications. 

• Knowledge of applicable procurement legislation, ethical procurement practices, and regulatory requirements. 
   

Skills 

• Advanced negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to achieve favorable commercial and contractual outcomes. 

• Strong vendor and stakeholder relationship management skills. 

• Strong financial acumen, including experience with pricing analysis, total cost of ownership assessments, and business case development. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive-level presentation and reporting capabilities. 

• Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. 

• Ability to facilitate cross-functional collaboration among Finance, Legal, Privacy, Security, Technology, and business stakeholders. 

• Strong contract review and commercial assessment capabilities. 

• Legal experience an asset; i.e paralegal, legal clerk, legal assistant background