Senior Procurement Lead to lead daily procurement operations activities, ensuring alignment with strategic sourcing and vendor and contracts management tea

Our Financial Services client is seeking a Senior Procurement Lead to lead daily procurement operations activities, ensuring alignment with strategic sourcing and vendor and contracts management teams.

15 month contract to start, preference is for candidates local to Victoria that can come onsite 4 days a week but open to remote in the PST time zone. 7 hours per day, 35 hours per week.

Must Have 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 of supply
• Direct procurement experience with assessing and developing public sector sourcing strategies, categories and conducting complex sourcing events such as RFXs, RFQ, etc. for key services including staff augmentation, managed services, and vendor business process management.
• 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.
• Knowledge of contracting and vendor management for on-premises, cloud, subscriptions, licensing and services

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) is an asset.