Director, Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management

Note: This is for 1 Regular Full-Time vacancy. This is a Hybrid position requiring in-person work based in London, Ontario.
This position is deemed a critical replacement vacancy.

At Fanshawe College, procurement is more than purchasing. It is a strategic function that supports financial sustainability, institutional resilience, and the successful delivery of enterprise priorities. The Corporate Services and Infrastructure portfolio works across the College to enable responsible stewardship of resources, advance major strategic initiatives, and ensure students and employees have access to the services, technology, infrastructure, and partnerships needed to succeed.

The Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management team plays a vital role in achieving these outcomes by strengthening supplier relationships, enhancing procurement governance, managing institutional risk, and driving value from the College's investments. This leadership position offers the opportunity to influence College-wide decisions, shape procurement strategy, and contribute to the future success of one of Ontario's leading colleges.

Reporting to the Vice-President, Corporate Services and Infrastructure, the Director, Strategic Sourcing and Vendor Management provides enterprise leadership for the College's strategic sourcing, vendor management, procurement governance, contract lifecycle management, and supplier risk functions. The Director establishes College-wide sourcing strategy, vendor performance standards, procurement compliance controls, and contract governance practices that support financial stewardship, operational continuity, accountable public-sector procurement, and institutional risk mitigation.

The incumbent is the College's senior functional authority on strategic procurement, public-sector procurement obligations, vendor relationship governance, contract administration, and supplier performance. The Director leads a team of Senior Buyers and Junior Buyers, advises senior leadership on sourcing options and vendor risk, and liaises with Fanshawe Legal Counsel to support appropriate review, negotiation, interpretation, escalation, and lifecycle management of vendor contracts.

• Leads the College-wide strategic sourcing roadmap; defines category strategies for high-value goods, services, construction and infrastructure-related procurements
• Assess market conditions and supplier capacity; leading the sourcing strategy for major institutional initiatives
• Establishes procurement plans that balance value, risk, compliance, operational needs and total cost of ownership

• Owns the vendor management framework, including supplier onboarding, performance scorecards, risk reviews, issue escalation, renewal planning and vendor relationship governance
• Liaises with Fanshawe Legal Counsel on vendor contract templates, contract interpretation, negotiated terms, service-level commitments, dispute resolution, amendments, renewals, terminations and risk mitigation

• Directs procurement policy, internal controls and compliance monitoring under applicable public-sector procurement obligations, College policies and trade agreement requirements
• Leads procurement audits, corrective action plans, reporting, delegated authority controls, conflict-of-interest safeguards, documentation standards and transparent, defensible award processes

• Lead, coach and develop the Procurement Office team, including 3 Senior Buyers and 2 Junior Buyers
• Sets service standards, workload priorities, performance expectations, succession plans, professional development plans and operating protocols
  
  Ensures timely, responsive and consistent procurement service delivery to college departments
• Motivates and guides staff to foster a collaborative, high-productivity team culture focused on excellent customer service

• Prepares executive-level procurement, sourcing, vendor performance and compliance reporting for senior leadership, committees, and governance bodies
• Provides advice to leaders on sourcing approaches, procurement risks, contract strategy, supplier issues and market trends
• Represents the College in sector-wide procurement initiatives, collaborative purchasing groups, OECM activities, and professional procurement associations, and leads collaborative procurement opportunities on behalf of participating institutions

• Post-secondary 4-year degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Commerce, Public Administration, Law, Finance, or a related discipline
• Master's Degree in Business, Public Administration, Law, Supply Chain or a related field is preferred
• Minimum 9 years of progressively responsible strategic sourcing, procurement, vendor management or…