Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing, IT

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At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re‑entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

The Senior Manager, Sourcing, Non‑Trade IT will join a team of others reporting to the Director, Sourcing, IT & Healthcare within the Non‑Trade Enterprise Sourcing Team. The successful candidate will be accountable for managing strategy and projects spanning the end‑to‑end sourcing process for the Loblaw Technology & Analytics (LTA) department. Accountabilities will include sourcing strategy development, business stakeholder engagement and cross‑functional collaboration, contract administration and negotiation (with contract manager and legal counsel support), supplier performance and relationship management, cost management and savings target realization, business process optimization, and administration as needed.

What You’ll Do:

Develop, implement, and manage sourcing strategies for the IT category that are consistent with department and overall enterprise sourcing objectives.

Engage and influence internal stakeholders and suppliers to identify opportunities, drive value, leverage market insights, improve processes, implement efficiencies, improve overall TCO, and address supplier performance.

Deliver financial and commercial business cases by managing sophisticated financial analyses, data compilation, and business case development, taking into consideration currency fluctuations, payment terms, and alternative financial cost scenarios.

Appropriately involve support functions (LTA, Contracts, Legal, Privacy, Risk, Security, etc.) and executive sponsors to drive initiatives forward and deliver on category objectives.

Support strategic sourcing initiatives via spend analysis, demand consolidation, RFXs, supplier negotiations, and strong cross‑category / cross‑functional collaboration.

Manage supplier partnerships and performance by collaboratively setting and reviewing success metrics with internal stakeholders and ensuring appropriate review cadence and attendance of business review meetings.

Identify and leverage opportunities across various business functions of Loblaws, Shoppers Drug Mart and other Loblaw affiliates.

Forecast, plan, execute, and report savings and value improvements to ensure annual savings targets are met or exceeded.

Support internal stakeholders and suppliers for timely issue resolution and information inquiries.

Guide internal stakeholders to ensure full compliance with relevant Loblaw policies.

What You’ll Bring :

Category management, sourcing, and supplier negotiations/management, experience.

Strongly demonstrated strategic and analytical skills.

Strongly demonstrated supplier and contract negotiation skills.

Proven project management, and problem‑solving skills.

Ability to create/collect, manage and analyze sizable datasets and research information.

Experience in procurement processes and supplier management.

Excellent written/verbal communication skills.

Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate and work with cross‑functional teams.

Ability to prioritize and deliver on many projects simultaneously.

Previous experience with SAP, Ariba, Fieldglass or other procurement tools an asset.

Experience working in IT an asset.

Financial / business knowledge an asset.

Skilled in using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Qualifications:

5‑7 years strategic category management, sourcing and procurement, analytical work, supplier management and negotiation.

Experience with best practices for strategic and tactical Goods Not For Resale requirements.

Experience in procurement systems such as SAP, Ariba, Fieldglass preferred.

IT related…