SUMMARY
The Strategic Sourcing Manager is accountable for the development and delivery of strategic sourcing plans for assigned categories and client account. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to category planning and delivery, strategy development and delivery; leading opportunities assessments, competitive bids, supplier performance measurement and management, supplier contract development and implementation. In addition, the individual in this role is also accountable for identifying and implementing leverage opportunities across all accounts and achieving greater efficiencies and cost savings for categories and client managed.
The position is an account dedicated role and at this level, categories managed are typically of lower to medium complexity, value and/or risk. Any previous experience in Facility Management and/or Financial Institutions will be preferred.
KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Category Management Planning & Delivery
- Engages concerned parties to understand business requirements.
- Develops, recommends and implements category plans.
Sourcing Strategy
- Develops and implements sourcing strategies that maximize value and mitigate risks to BGIS and its clients.
- Leads the review and measurement of the effectiveness of the strategy.
Opportunities Assessment & Implementation
- Leads and performs opportunities assessment activities and drives leverage across all client accounts.
- Achieves improvements in operational efficiencies and cost savings as a result.
Competitive Bids
- Manages end-to-end competitive bid process for assigned categories.
- Negotiates with suppliers to secure optimum cost and maximum value.
Supplier Performance Measurement & Management
- Leads the identification and implementation of performance metrics to measure supplier performance.
- Leads supplier performance measurement and management.
- Accountable for supplier performance for assigned categories and reports on supplier sustainability.
Supplier Relationship Management
- Develops and maintains effective relationships with suppliers.
Supplier Contractual Agreements
- Leads the negotiation, development, implementation, amendments and monitoring of 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 and vendor information changes.
Support
- Develops maintains standard templates for strategic sourcing documentations including but not limited to contract agreements, scopes of work, service level agreements, and letters of agreements.
Special Projects
- Special projects as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
- Fully bilingual (required).
- In-depth strategic sourcing and supply chain management knowledge.
- University graduation or professional certification (e.g. P. Eng., CMA, CGA or equivalent courses).
- Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant job experience.
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategic intent into tactical action plans, implementation plans, delivery and measurable results.
- Team facilitation, management, and leadership experience and demonstrated ability to lead teams through influence.
- Experience developing and leading organizational change initiatives.
- Strategic thinking ability, tactical implementation ability.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong negotiating and influencing skills.
- Strong finance, business and procurement background.
- Goal & action oriented.
- Excellent communication – written, oral, presentation skills.
- Procurement and contract management experience.
- Corporate real estate experience.
- Team facilitation, management, leadership experience.
- Computer proficiency in MS Office applications. Ability to quickly learn proprietary databases.
- Advanced ability to build and manage relationships with various concerned parties.
- Highly advanced influence, persuasion and negotiation skills.
- 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.
Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation
- Supply Chain Management Professional Designation.
- SIG (Sourcing Industry Group) University.
This is a regular, full-time position with a salary range of $75,440 - $94,300 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
- Fully bilingual
- University graduation or professional certification, such as P. Eng., CMA, CGA, or equivalent courses
- Five to ten years of relevant experience
- Strategic sourcing and supply chain management knowledge
- Ability to translate strategic intent into tactical action and measurable results
- Team facilitation, management, and leadership experience
- Experience leading organizational change initiatives
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Negotiation and influencing skills
- Finance, business, and procurement background
- Procurement and contract management experience
- Corporate real estate experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and ability to learn proprietary databases
- Advanced relationship management, communication, presentation, and collaboration skills
- Supply Chain Management Professional Designation
- SIG University certification or completion
- Facility management experience
- Financial institution experience
BGIS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about BGIS and has not been reviewed or approved by BGIS.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is often considered decent to competitive, with comprehensive medical and dental plans available in several markets. Some roles highlight strong health benefits as a standout component of the total package.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are viewed as solid, including employer 401(k) contributions in some U.S. positions and RRSP matching in Canada. Financial planning assistance adds to the perceived robustness of the offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off and parental leave are presented as meaningful parts of the package, with PTO that can increase with tenure and paid holidays in certain postings. Flex days and vacation entitlements are also advertised in some regions.
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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
