Do you have sourcing experience? Are you eager to gain some experience in the financial services industry? Do you have strong negotiation and contracting skills? If so, we have the role you are looking for!
We are currently looking for individuals to join our client, one of Canada’s largest insurance and financial services companies, as a Procurement Consultant.
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100% remote role - team is in Toronto, however the HM is in Waterloo. So there is flexibility to Atria and Waterloo, Hybrid etc
Potential for contract extension and conversion.
Advantages
- Work for one of Canada's largest insurance and financial services companies
- Work with a friendly and easy-going team
- Pay Rate: $48/hr
- 6-month contract
- Potential for extension or full time hire
- Working days: Monday – Friday, 9am -5pm or 8:30am -4:30pm
- 100% remote role
- Start ASAP
Workers placed through Randstad are eligible for preferred rates on health, dental, and life insurance. This Value-add program will provide a wide range of options to suit your needs.
Responsibilities
As a Procurement Consultant, your duties will include but not be limited to:
•Leading procurement contracting activities within the Business Services spend category.
•Leading and managing the sourcing process for high visibility, high risk, high spend initiatives
•Leading and supporting project teams through the sourcing process
•Assessing, defining and tactfully resolve procurement issues including contractual terms and conditions and escalations by internal stakeholders and suppliers
•Applying project management to the planning and execution of the sourcing process
•Driving and promote compliance for best-in-class procurement practices for specific spend categories
•Performing market analysis, benchmarking and spend analysis leveraging all available data sources - accounting, purchasing, payment systems, suppliers, market trends etc. to provide valued insight into opportunities for savings and efficiencies
•Ensuring all related governance processes/policies are adhered to and completed prior to final approval to ensure the acquisition is done in the best interest of the company
Qualifications
•5+ years sourcing experience
•Proven and extensive expertise leading sourcing initiatives, processes and developing strategies (i.e. deal management, contract review and negotiations, RFX, etc.)
•Candidate must be able to lead internal clients in sourcing projects as well as support company's internal business needs.
•Must be able to work collaboratively within the procurement team as well as customers, stakeholders, suppliers, and senior management.
•Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with employees, client departments, outside suppliers.
•This role requires that the candidate draft RFPs, project plans, draft Statements of Work, draft contract summary emails to senior management, communicate deal approach, both in email and verbally. Project Management Skills
•Contracting Knowledge - strong negotiation and contracting skills (for various complex business acquisitions); Strong working knowledge of and ability to negotiate contract terms and conditions; Experience writing and evaluating Services Agreements, Statements of Work, etc. Communication Skills - candidate must be an excellent communicator - both written and oral communication.
•The successful candidate also must have excellent listening skills.
•Comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty
•Financial analysis skills (Advanced Excel)
•Familiarity with purchasing systems, eprocurement systems
•Understanding of general procurement challenges and solutions
•Proven ability to work and align with internal legal counsel and other governance stakeholders such as IT security, compliance, etc.
•Role will require both independent contribution as well as team involvement and collaboration
•Initiative - The successful candidate will need to be able to work independently
•General - Detail oriented; College or university degree; creative thinking; ability to deal with ambiguity; ability to balance digging into details with the ability to comprehend larger more strategic issues related to a transaction.
Summary
Interested in the Procurement Consultant role in Toronto? Apply online today!
Candidates moving towards the next step of the recruitment process will be contacted.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Do you have sourcing experience? Are you eager to gain some experience in the financial services industry? Do you have strong negotiation and contracting skills? If so, we have the role you are looking for!
We are currently looking for individuals to join our client, one of Canada’s largest insurance and financial services companies, as a Procurement Consultant.
100% remote role - team is in Toronto, however the HM is in Waterloo. So there is flexibility to Atria and Waterloo, Hybrid etc
Potential for contract extension and conversion.
Advantages
- Work for one of Canada's largest insurance and financial services companies
- Work with a friendly and easy-going team
- Pay Rate: $48/hr
- 6-month contract
- Potential for extension or full time hire
- Working days: Monday – Friday, 9am -5pm or 8:30am -4:30pm
- 100% remote role
- Start ASAP
Workers placed through Randstad are eligible for preferred rates on health, dental, and life insurance. This Value-add program will provide a wide range of options to suit your needs.
Responsibilities
As a Procurement Consultant, your duties will include but not be limited to:
...
•Leading procurement contracting activities within the Business Services spend category.
•Leading and managing the sourcing process for high visibility, high risk, high spend initiatives
•Leading and supporting project teams through the sourcing process
•Assessing, defining and tactfully resolve procurement issues including contractual terms and conditions and escalations by internal stakeholders and suppliers
•Applying project management to the planning and execution of the sourcing process
•Driving and promote compliance for best-in-class procurement practices for specific spend categories
•Performing market analysis, benchmarking and spend analysis leveraging all available data sources - accounting, purchasing, payment systems, suppliers, market trends etc. to provide valued insight into opportunities for savings and efficiencies
•Ensuring all related governance processes/policies are adhered to and completed prior to final approval to ensure the acquisition is done in the best interest of the company
Qualifications
•5+ years sourcing experience
•Proven and extensive expertise leading sourcing initiatives, processes and developing strategies (i.e. deal management, contract review and negotiations, RFX, etc.)
•Candidate must be able to lead internal clients in sourcing projects as well as support company's internal business needs.
•Must be able to work collaboratively within the procurement team as well as customers, stakeholders, suppliers, and senior management.
•Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with employees, client departments, outside suppliers.
•This role requires that the candidate draft RFPs, project plans, draft Statements of Work, draft contract summary emails to senior management, communicate deal approach, both in email and verbally. Project Management Skills
•Contracting Knowledge - strong negotiation and contracting skills (for various complex business acquisitions); Strong working knowledge of and ability to negotiate contract terms and conditions; Experience writing and evaluating Services Agreements, Statements of Work, etc. Communication Skills - candidate must be an excellent communicator - both written and oral communication.
•The successful candidate also must have excellent listening skills.
•Comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty
•Financial analysis skills (Advanced Excel)
•Familiarity with purchasing systems, eprocurement systems
•Understanding of general procurement challenges and solutions
•Proven ability to work and align with internal legal counsel and other governance stakeholders such as IT security, compliance, etc.
•Role will require both independent contribution as well as team involvement and collaboration
•Initiative - The successful candidate will need to be able to work independently
•General - Detail oriented; College or university degree; creative thinking; ability to deal with ambiguity; ability to balance digging into details with the ability to comprehend larger more strategic issues related to a transaction.
Summary
Interested in the Procurement Consultant role in Toronto? Apply online today!
Candidates moving towards the next step of the recruitment process will be contacted.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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