Director, Strategic Sourcing

Job Description

Director, Strategic Sourcing (Operations) is accountable for providing procurement leadership and direction of new client business pursuits and client transitions, vendor setup and compliance, Oracle purchase order administration, central contract repository, procurement procedures and work instructions, and supplier contract execution. The role is also responsible for procurement governance and reporting on risk/quality, glidepath savings, and supplier performance.

• New Client RFP Pursuits and Transitions (Client Engagements and Client Disengagement)
  • Leading role in new business pursuits for procurement support, developing bid content to support marketing and new business pursuits
  • Leading role with new client transition strategy discussions to provide outsourcing and supplier risk management subject matter expertise to client and BGIS pursuit team, including leading commercial outsourcing practices, related regulatory and policy knowledge, and supplier risk determination and controls design
  • Oversees and directs procurement activity (communications, vendors, contracts) for client transitions
  • Leads the development of the procurement plan in collaboration with the client and internal BGIS team members
  • Oversees the end‑to‑end procurement activities in a client transition
• Compliance and Vendor Set‑Up and Monitor
  • Lead discussions and provide advice/guidance to BGIS for third‑party compliance contracting
  • Accountable for all supplier qualification, resolving issues in collaboration with concerned parties
  • Reviews and approves vendor setup and vendor information changes
  • Accountable for the periodic review and action for high bribery risk vendors
  • Accountable for the Master Vendor List review, analyze and action supplier appropriateness
  • Responsible for procurement records in accordance with applicable document retention policy
  • Accountable for the deactivation of vendors in collaboration with client operations team members
  • Accountable for purchasing card administration and related issues
  • Ensure organization is measured and maintains compliance to sourcing policies, procedures, and processes
  • Review policies and processes and ensure they are up‑to‑date and relevant, which involves ongoing learning and training
• Procurement Systems and Tools
  • Accountable for the establishment, maintenance and improvement of a contract management database
  • Accountable for the Oracle Purchase Order Administration supporting BGIS client groups (except where the client accounts have assigned resources)
  • Lead the development of all regular management reports for the Enterprise Risk Management Program, including establishing appropriate templates and securing input/content from all affected areas
  • Quality assurance – develop and maintain a quality assurance program for governance to the sourcing policies and procedures in line with the Enterprise Risk Management Program
  • Accountable for detailed understanding of, and providing advice/guidance and reporting on, tools used to manage sourcing activities:
    • HUB and Pipeline and Contract Execution
    • Vendor Qualification
    • PCard Dashboard
    • Sourcing Dashboard
    • Glidepath unique to each client account
• Governance and Risk
  • Accountable to ensure that the quality management systems documentation framework for Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions is followed
  • Risk and policy oversight – maintain and provide regular monitoring of compliance by sourcing to BGIS risk management program and policy
  • Lead and refine risk approaches within the function/process or related functions/processes by ensuring required policies, processes and controls are implemented and adhered to
  • Verify adherence to policies and procedures by all team members
  • Accountable for the maintenance of accurate and complete records for audit in accordance with policies and procedures
  • Lead the review of audit documentation
  • Accountable for supplier financial due diligence as it applies within the organization and ongoing supplier management
• Environment and Sustainability
  • Monitor and report on the performance of sustainable procurement initiatives and major services agreements
  • Accountable to enhance and advance supplier sustainability and…