Associate Sourcing Manager

The Associate Sourcing Manager will be responsible for the Sourcing, Negotiation, and Contract Management functions that make up a wide range of categories (Professional Services, Marketing, HR, IT, Industrial Operations, and other ancillary categories) specifically for our French speaking client needs. These responsibilities include the following:

Leads sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, market research, requirements gathering, due diligence, supplier evaluations/RFx, supplier negotiations, award recommendations, and supplier contract execution.

Works with senior level stakeholders & works with global teams.

Communicates frequently and professionally with customer stakeholders regarding the status of the procurement aspect of the project.

Participates in initiatives aimed at improving productivity and efficiency to support company and account growth.

Develops and mentors people; works collaboratively.

Keeps up to date with new processes/technologies; looks for ways to be more innovative.

Provides timely, accurate, and useful project status and issues reports.

Works with team members to enhance their business and category knowledge.

Offers creative solutions to deliver on sourcing projects/negotiations and achieve desired results.

Ensures consistent delivery of sourcing/negotiation services that meet and exceed savings targets, as well as minimize client risks.

Establishes and cultivates key client stakeholder relationships across organizations, building trust and support for sourcing/negotiation projects

Here’s What You Need

Fluent French Speaking.

Bachelor s Degree.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in consulting, sourcing procurement function.

Preferred Skills

Bachelor s degree.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications especially including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook and Teams.

Professional Skills

Demonstrated ability to effectively lead formal strategic sourcing efforts.

Solution oriented communication skills.

Ability to act independently and can interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills.

Ability to build, manage and foster a team oriented environment.

Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem solving environment.

Ability to drive transformational change.

Strong project and time management skills.

Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers.

Experience utilizing Rfx tools and developing and presenting outputs.

English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with English-speaking stakeholders across Canada. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.