About this Procurement Manager (Contract) role at Numeris
What you will do
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Procurement Management: Manage the intake, assessment, and prioritization of procurement requests, partnering with business stakeholders to define requirements, determine appropriate sourcing approaches, and coordinate procurement activities through contract execution.
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Strategic Sourcing: Partner with business stakeholders to coordinate RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs, as appropriate, including requirements gathering, vendor evaluation, selection, and contracting.
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Contract Lifecycle Management: Manage contract renewals, including planning, business reviews, commercial negotiations, amendments, extensions, and terminations, ensuring alignment with business needs and organizational objectives.
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Contract Review and Legal Support: Support in-house Legal Counsel by conducting initial reviews of commercial agreements and other contracts, including Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), and amendments. Identify commercial considerations, potential risks, and matters requiring legal review or escalation.
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Commercial Negotiations: Lead or support supplier negotiations in collaboration with key stakeholders to achieve competitive pricing, favorable contractual terms, appropriate service levels, and overall value for the organization.
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Supplier Relationship Management: Develop and maintain effective supplier relationships, monitor vendor performance, and coordinate business reviews to support service quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.
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Spend Analysis and Optimization: Analyze organizational spend and supplier activity to identify opportunities for cost savings, vendor consolidation, process efficiencies, and improved commercial outcomes.
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Procurement Governance and Risk Management: Develop, maintain, and support adherence to procurement policies, procedures, standards, and governance frameworks. Coordinate with Legal, Privacy, Information Security, and other stakeholders to support compliance and mitigate procurement and supplier-related risks.
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Procurement Advisory: Provide procurement guidance and recommendations to business stakeholders on sourcing approaches, supplier selection, contract management, and procurement best practices to support informed decision-making.
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Procurement Operations and Reporting: Maintain procurement systems, workflows, contract repositories, templates, and documentation. Prepare procurement metrics, spend analyses, and management reporting to support visibility, informed decision-making, and organizational accountability.
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Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements to procurement processes, workflows, and practices to enhance operational efficiency, strengthen governance, and improve the overall effectiveness of the procurement function.
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Special Projects: leads the assessment, selection, and implementation of a procurement management system, partnering with key stakeholders to establish requirements, optimize workflows, and enhance procurement efficiency, visibility, and reporting capabilities.
What you have
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5-7 years of relevant experience in contract negotiations and working with cross-functional teams
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Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, procurement operations, and contract management principles.
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Knowledge of supplier relationship management and vendor performance management practices.
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Understanding commercial contracting, including MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, licensing agreements, and service agreements.
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Knowledge of procurement governance, policies, controls, and approval frameworks.
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Understanding risk management principles, including vendor risk, cybersecurity, privacy, legal, and regulatory considerations.
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Knowledge of competitive sourcing methodologies, including RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs.
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Understanding of spend analysis, budgeting, cost management, and savings measurement.
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Familiarity with procurement technologies, contract management systems, ERP platforms, and Microsoft 365 applications.
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Knowledge of applicable procurement legislation, ethical procurement practices, and regulatory requirements.
Skills
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Advanced negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to achieve favorable commercial and contractual outcomes.
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Strong vendor and stakeholder relationship management skills.
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Strong financial acumen, including experience with pricing analysis, total cost of ownership assessments, and business case development.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including executive-level presentation and reporting capabilities.
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Strong project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
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Ability to facilitate cross-functional collaboration among Finance, Legal, Privacy, Security, Technology, and business stakeholders.
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Strong contract review and commercial assessment capabilities.
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Legal experience an asset; i.e paralegal, legal clerk, legal assistant background
