Manager, Procurement in Mississauga

Position Summary: The Manager, Procurement - IF supports the execution of strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives across a variety of indirect spend categories. Working closely with Senior Managers, Directors, and key business stakeholders, this role is responsible for managing sourcing projects, conducting market and commercial analyses, supporting supplier negotiations, and facilitating contract discussions that deliver value to the organization. The successful candidate will initially support a defined portfolio of indirect procurement categories and business partners, with opportunities to expand their scope and support additional categories as business priorities evolve. This role serves as a key partner to Senior Procurement leaders, providing analytical, project management, and sourcing expertise to support the successful execution of procurement initiatives.

What You'll Do: This role demonstrates strong influencing, analytical, and relationship management skills to support stakeholders and business partners in following strategic sourcing processes, procurement policies, and best practices. The incumbent works collaboratively with Senior Managers, Directors, and cross-functional stakeholders to understand business requirements, identify sourcing opportunities, and execute procurement initiatives that drive value, mitigate risk, and improve supplier outcomes.

• The role is responsible for leading and supporting the end-to-end sourcing process for assigned projects, including project identification, requirements gathering, development of sourcing strategies, supplier engagement, RFx events, proposal evaluation, commercial analysis, negotiations, supplier selection, and contract execution support.
• Acting as a key support resource for Senior Managers, the incumbent coordinates sourcing activities, manages project timelines, and helps ensure initiatives remain aligned with business objectives and governance requirements.
• Conducting market research, supplier benchmarking, category analyses, and competitive assessments is a critical responsibility of this role.
• The Manager, Procurement continuously monitors market conditions, industry trends, supplier capabilities, and emerging opportunities to provide insights and recommendations that support sourcing decisions and business objectives.
• The role collaborates with procurement leadership and business teams to identify cost savings, operational efficiencies, supplier innovation opportunities, and other sources of value.
• The incumbent supports supplier negotiations and contract discussions by developing commercial analyses, evaluating supplier proposals, assessing total cost of ownership, and preparing negotiation strategies and supporting materials.
• Working closely with Senior Managers and business stakeholders, the role helps facilitate negotiations that balance commercial value and supplier performance expectations.