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About the Role
The Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist assists Strategic Sourcing Managers by managing vendor category management, overseeing third-party risk management, and contributing to internal communication. This role involves sourcing, evaluation, negotiation, contract management, and risk assessment, while providing excellent customer service, mentorship, and guidance to internal teams and vendors.
Responsibilities
- Adheres to and supports existing Strategic Sourcing processes.
- Builds and maintains excellent relationships with internal stakeholders, colleagues, and external vendors.
- Promotes and completes continual service improvement activities for Strategic Sourcing.
- Executes vendor sourcing, evaluation, selection, contract reviews, and negotiation activities.
- Stays current on market research, industry trends, and supply chain disruptions.
- Manages assigned vendor categories, including negotiations, contract development, and execution.
- Contributes to the definition and development of strategy for supplier programs.
- Contributes to the operation and continuous improvement of the Strategic Sourcing Center of Excellence.
- Provides training and mentorship for junior team members.
- Manages sourcing records and contract entry in the enterprise third-party management platform.
- Manages applicable intake process and queue assignments.
- Produces sourcing activity and category spend reports.
- Develops and delivers training material for the enterprise on the third-party management platform.
- Adheres to and supports the Wawanesa Procurement policy.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Post-secondary education and a minimum of 7 years of experience in a procurement, vendor management, or sourcing related role.
- Proven contract management experience with various agreements (resource, technical, professional service, master services agreements).
- Strong customer service and communication skills for effective interaction with stakeholders and vendors.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage large amounts of complex information in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent attention to detail and capability for comprehensive information reviews.
- SCMP or related procurement, vendor management, or sourcing education or certification is considered an asset.
- Knowledge of the P&C insurance industry is considered an asset.
- Knowledge of IT terminology and concepts is considered an asset.
- Experience with Wawanesa's specific methodologies and technologies is considered an asset.
- Experience with Microsoft PowerBI is considered an asset.
- Strong demonstrated skills with MS Office (Excel and Word).
Skills
- Strategic Sourcing
- Vendor Management
- Contract Management
- Third-Party Risk Management
- Sourcing
- Evaluation
- Negotiation
- Customer Service
- Mentorship
- Guidance
- Communication
- Organization
- Attention to Detail
- MS Office (Excel, Word)
- Microsoft PowerBI
Location
- Winnipeg, MB
- Calgary, AB
- Toronto (North York), ON
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Permanent
Experience Level
- Senior
- Minimum 7 years experience
Education Level
- Post-secondary education
Salary/Compensations
- $95,000 - $115,000
Benefits
- Annual bonus plan
- Leave of absence top-up programs
- Generous vacation time
- Personal days
- Premium free benefits
- Pension plan
About the Company
- Founded in 1896, The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, fully owned by its more than 1.8 million members.
- Headquartered in Winnipeg, Wawanesa is the parent company of WSI™, Wawanesa Life, and Western Financial Group.
- Wawanesa is committed to helping communities thrive and invests more than $4 million annually in charitable initiatives.
Equal Opportunity
- Wawanesa is committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB).
- We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals.
- We aim to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all candidates. If you require accommodations during any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out in confidence to jobs@wawanesa.com.
- All Wawanesa job applicants are subject to Wawanesa's Privacy Policy.
- The recruitment process for this position may involve the use of AI tools to screen, assess, or select applicants. All final decisions are taken or reviewed by human recruiters and human hiring leaders.