Who We Are
BGIS is a leading provider of customized facility management and real estate services. With our combined team of over 6, 500 globally, we relentlessly focus on enabling innovation through the services we deliver, while actively looking for new opportunities that will enable innovation for our clients’ businesses. Globally, we manage over 320 million square feet of client portfolios across 30,000+ locations in North America, Europe, Middle East, Australia and Asia. Further information is available at www.bgis.com
SUMMARY
The Procurement Specialist is responsible for collaborating with Procurement Managers on a multitude of Procurement projects ranging from RFXs, contract management reviews and other supply chain management initiatives.
KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Planning & Delivery
- Engages stakeholders to understand business requirements
- Develops and recommends strategic plans for Manager review
- Implements strategic plans
Sourcing Strategy
- Assist in the development and recommendation of sourcing strategies that maximize value and mitigate risks to the company and its clients.
- Assist with the implementation of the sourcing strategy
Opportunities Assessment & Implementation
- Identify cost improvement opportunities for assessment.
- Achieves improvements in operational efficiencies and cost savings as a result
Competitive Bids
- Support the execution of end-to-end competitive bid process for strategic plans
Supplier Relationship Management
- Develops and maintains effective relationships with suppliers
Supplier Contractual Agreements
- Develops, implements, amends and monitors supplier contractual agreements
Strategic Sourcing Best Practices & Industry Trends
- Maintains in-depth and current category knowledge as well as knowledge of strategic sourcing best practices and industry trends
- Provides category and strategic sourcing subject matter expertise
Vendor Qualification & Set-Up Process
- Reviews and approves vendor set up requests and vendor information changes
- Perform Anti-Bribery and Corruption due diligence
Purchase Order Administration
- Reviews requests and process purchase orders
- Prepare, send and file Purchase Orders on a daily basis meeting established quality standards.
- Responsible for daily maintenance of existing Purchase Orders.
Support
- Utilize standard templates for all strategic sourcing activity including but not limited to RFx templates, contract agreements, scopes of work, service level agreements, and letters of agreements
- Ensure adherence to Company Policies, Processes and Work Instructions
- Support Procurement team members as required
Other
- Other duties and special projects as assigned
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- 5-10 years of relevant work experience
- Knowledge of strategic sourcing requirements and practices. Maintains current knowledge
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to assist in the development and execution of supplier contract agreements
- Advanced analytical and problem solving skills
- Computer proficiency in MS Office applications. Ability to quickly learn proprietary databases
- Ability to build and manage relationships with various stakeholders
- Has working knowledge and experience in own discipline
- Continues to build knowledge of the organization, processes and customers
- Uses prescribed guidelines or policies to analyze and resolve problems
- Receives a moderate level of guidance and direction
- High degree of business ethics and accountability
- High degree of client service orientation
- Possesses a team spirit and strong collaboration
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Tenacity to overcome challenges to deliver on commitments
- Good English communication skills both verbal and written
- Facilities Management/ Property Management experience, an asset
Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation
- Partial or full completion of Supply Chain Management Professional Designation from Purchasing Management Association of Canada, or equivalent, an asset
This is a regular, full-time position with a salary range of $63,397 - $79,246 per annum. The starting salary will be based on the successful candidate’s competencies, including but not limited to experience, education and performance related to this role.
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Skills Required
- 5-10 years of relevant work experience
- Knowledge of strategic sourcing requirements and practices
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to assist in developing and executing supplier contract agreements
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to learn proprietary databases quickly
- Ability to build and manage stakeholder relationships
- Strong business ethics and accountability
- Strong client service orientation and collaboration skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Good written and verbal English communication skills
- Facilities management or property management experience
- Partial or full completion of a Supply Chain Management Professional designation from the Purchasing Management Association of Canada, or equivalent
What We Do
BGIS is a global leader in integrated facility management services. With a combined team of over 10,000 globally, BGIS relentlessly focuses on delivering innovative service solutions that create value for its clients. Globally, BGIS manages over 50,000 facilities totaling more than 600 million square feet across several markets including government, higher education, utilities, telecommunications, financial services, oil & gas, healthcare and cloud enterprise. In addition to managing a diverse portfolio of corporate offices, retail, colleges, hospitals and industrial assets, BGIS is a world leader in the management of data centers and other critical environments. - BGIS is a global leader in integrated facilities management services. More than 600 million square feet of client portfolios spanning multiple markets including government, higher education, utilities, telecommunications, financial services, oil and gas, healthcare and information in the clouds. In addition to managing a diverse portfolio of office, retail, college, hospital and industrial assets, BGIS is a global leader in the management of data centers and other critical environments
