Strategic Sourcing Manager
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Air Inuit
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Air Inuit has been providing essential scheduled, chartered, cargo and emergency air transport services to Nunavik and beyond- 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - for over 45 years. Collectively owned by the Inuit of Nunavik, through Makivik Corporation, the airline operates a fleet of 36 aircraft and employs more than 1,100 employees in one of the world’s most challenging flight environments.
Air Inuit Management and its team of dedicated employees are committed to pursuing their tradition of providing safe, punctual and courteous air service for the growing number of people living and doing business in this enchanting region of Nunavik in Northern Québec.
Duties And Responsibilities
Reporting to the VP Finance and CFO, the Strategic Sourcing Manager will be responsible for implementing and overseeing the sourcing strategy for the entire organization. Thanks to his leadership and expertise, he will collaborate with the various internal parties to develop medium and long-term procurement strategies, and will become the reference in terms of developing procurement-related processes, tools and solutions. Ultimately, the manager will have two main responsibilities, the procurement center of excellence responsible for strategies, and the management of a team responsible for centralized purchasing.
- Develop procurement strategies by carrying out supplier selection, profile category development, supplier portfolio generation, market research, tendering and evaluation of supplier proposals for the entire organization.
- Facilitate access to information, improving the availability of tools and systems, and providing technical and non-technical training.
- Define and deploy financial performance management and strategic costing methods to optimize the organization's cost structure.
- Implement the necessary quality controls to produce consistent, high-quality and thorough deliverables.
- Define and deploy reports for all stakeholders.
- Define and deploy performance measures and identify cost reduction opportunities.
- Assume responsibility for procurement-related processes, tools, technologies and knowledge management for the organization.
- Maintain an innovative outlook and ensure continuous improvement of existing tools and processes;
- Ultimately, manage team performance, provide coaching and mentoring.
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations and logistics management, business administration, purchasing, administration/commerce, and/or similar field;
- At least 10 years' experience in a similar position, including 5 years in a management position;
- Experience in aviation (an asset);
- Experience with Inuit communities (an asset);
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint);
- Excellent writing and communication skills (French-English);
- Ability to work as part of a team, manage priorities with autonomy and resourcefulness;
- Rigor, professionalism and ethics in the performance of duties.
- Recognized as an inspiring leader who is motivated by the achievement of ambitious goals;
- Able to define a procurement vision and inspire your colleagues to rally around it;
- Recognized for your strategic thinking and ability to bring it to life to support the organization's growth;
- Strong negotiation and analytical skills
- Strong data analysis skills.
Salary is determined in accordance with our compensation policy
Employee Benefits
Air Inuit contributes to an employee Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), a group insurance plan (life, medical, dental, short and long term disability), 6% vacation, a telemedicine and EAP program for the employee and family members, a retirement allowance program and various innovative recognition programs.
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Seniority level
Director -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Purchasing and Supply Chain -
Industries
Airlines and Aviation
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