Sr Procurement Advisor

Job Title: Sr Procurement Advisor

Estimated Duration: 12 Months

Our client is a leading energy utility that generates, purchases, distributes and sells electricity. They are currently looking for a Sr Procurement Specialist for their Burnaby location.
Overview:

Provide leadership, guidance, and advice to client groups within the line of business in sourcing, procuring, and managing a wide range of goods and services, particularly those with high value, high complexity, and/or high financial or political risk impacts.

Responsibilities:
 

• Regularly manages consultation with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders.
• Writes and presents infrastructure project supply chain strategies, contracting plans, briefs, and other documents to management and key internal and external stakeholders.
• Drafts RFP/RFT/RFSQ documents starting with standard templates and tailoring as required to execute the approved strategies and contracting plans.
• Develop and/or undertakes vendor evaluation criteria, evaluation weightings, and performance indicators to ensure the most suitable vendor is selected. Leads cross-functional evaluation teams.
• Negotiates with sophisticated, multinational and global companies, ensuring that compliance, policies, procedures and governance follow client guidelines. Negotiation process may include concession agreements, complex contract terms and multifaceted approaches. Leads debriefing sessions with unsuccessful respondents to maintain ongoing relationships.
• Anticipates and assesses supply chain risks, project impact and develops and recommends solutions.
• Leads research and analysis of external market conditions and vendor supply issues to ensure in-depth expertise. Provides insight and advice to the business and senior management and other Supply Chain team members.

Experience:
 

• A minimum of ten (10) years progressive Supply Chain Management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field such as Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business, Supply Chain or in a related field
• Experience in developing alternative infrastructure project delivery methodologies and contracting strategies.
• Experience working in a business environment that is complex, with multiple stakeholders and strategic considerations.
• Ability to write complex RFP/RFT/RFSQ documents.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex negotiations, managing supplier relationships, and resolving supplier and contractual issues while preserving relationships.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multi-task and simultaneously manage multiple complex/large projects with deadlines and deliverables.
• Demonstrated knowledge of infrastructure project procurement processes alternative to the traditional Design Bid Build approach (e.g. early contractor involvement, Design Build, Construction Management at Risk, PPP, etc) as well as knowledge and experience of Program and Contract Management.