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About the Role
Develop and implement the Procurement strategy to ensure optimal cost productivity by working closely with teams across the business, including Engineering, Project, Bid, and Technical Managers. You will collect and formalize Return of Experience on projects, challenge commodity buyers and managers to increase competitiveness, and ensure convergence of commodity strategies with tenders.
Responsibilities
- Manage procurement activities during the tender phase, ensuring adherence to Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People (QCDP) commitments.
- Lead supplier engagement and negotiation of pre-bid agreements when they create a competitive advantage for the project.
- Collaborate with Engineering teams to support “Design-to-Cost” initiatives.
- Compile, validate, and update procurement cost commitments for tender submissions, including supplier quotation analysis, firming, and risk assessment.
- Prepare accurate, competitive, and timely tender cost packages, ensuring alignment with internal procurement strategies and market conditions.
- Ensure compliance with company procurement policies, ethical sourcing practices, and contractual requirements during tender activities.
- Coordinate with Quality and Project Teams to confirm supplier readiness.
- Set up the full supplier selection process, create supplier contracts, and manage contract execution.
- Prepare and launch Requests for Quotation with suppliers.
- Lead project negotiations.
- Monitor Procurement project QCDT & legal project evolution (FAI, Business Award, Product development).
- Ensure work package sheet commitment respect.
- Prepare Business Awards.
- Promote the Alstom Code of Ethics and adhere to the highest standards of ethical conduct.
- Manage contracting activities and supplier contract execution while coordinating projects with all métiers.
- Ensure on-time delivery and quality, especially during the ramp-up phase of the project.
- Support commodity strategy and consolidate commodity needs and inputs.
- Participate actively in commodity strategy and panel elaboration.
- Provide inputs to build differentiation.
- Support the Commodity Manager during the tender phase.
- Represent the commodities towards projects, platforms, and solutions.
- Ensure effective teamwork with internal customers and stakeholders in problem-solving.
- Apply the Alstom Procurement process and provide Return of Experience.
Requirements
- Proven experience and understanding of procurement processes.
- Previous Alstom experience will be considered an asset.
- Familiarity with Excel.
- A second language is preferred.
Skills
- Procurement expertise
- Analytical skills
- Collaboration skills
- Strong knowledge of electronics and N&T materials and equipment, SCADA, metallic parts, and electro-mechanical systems.
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in Purchasing or a related field.
Salary/Compensations
- $90,000 – $118,000 CAD per year
Benefits
- Eligibility for an annual performance bonus
- Comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
About the Company
- Alstom understands transport networks and what moves people.
- We offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry, including high-speed trains, metros, monorails, trams, turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility.
- Every day, more than 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Equal Opportunity
- As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in.
- We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.