Worker Sub-Type: Regular

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As a Senior Manager - Procurement, you will work closely with the Sourcing team, Procurement Operations team, Functional Leadership team, and Key Stakeholders on competitive cost sourcing initiatives support key business areas supporting multiple spend categories. This role requires strong analytical skills and the ability to generate insights which will minimize the total cost of ownership in the assigned categories and deliver value to the organization.

Role

• Lead and develop a diverse team coaching and developing competencies required for current and future needs
• Provide leadership and expertise in a variety of areas including category strategy support and development, RFX development and oversight, market analysis and supplier negotiations
• Coach the development and execution of source plans for key spend categories
• Support and advise on contract negotiations, development and execution with key supply partners
• Champion cross-functional project teams to enabling sourcing strategies
• Mentor team to develop constructive supplier relationships for a variety of categories
• Accountable to deliver annual key performance indicators including cost reduction targets in assigned categories
• Provide coaching and advise on bids, analysis and negotiations for goods and services
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of all purchase orders according to BlackBerry standard process
• Oversee the business relationship with key supplier activities including ordering, communication of demand/volume/ delivery time changes, issue resolution, sharing end-user feedback, follow up on backorders, quality claims etc.
• Develop a strong understanding and knowledge of incumbent and disruptor suppliers and their capabilities
• Manage supplier relationships to ensure continuity of good and services that meet the quality, service and price performance standards of the company
• Identify, prioritize, initiate and impact key business opportunities
• Work with stakeholders and leadership teams to implement and enforce polices that increase spend visibility and compliance

What You’ll Bring:

• Post secondary education, preferably in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain or Food Science
• +10 years of experience in Strategic Sourcing / Procurement or related discipline
• Experience in implementing complex cost reduction strategies for Tech/Software company
• Regular demonstration of emotional intelligence and empathy; leveraging diverse team member skills perspectives and experiences to drive engagement and results
• Superior analytical skills – able to draw insights and form clear recommendations for team and stakeholders
• High level of energy and enthusiasm with ability to shape strategy with influential leadership
• Effective and clear communication skills
• Well organized; able to balance multiple competing priorities to move the procurement endeavours forward
• Model sound decision making and a proven ability to navigate, adapt and respond quickly to volatile, ambiguous, uncertain and complex situations
• Demonstrated resilience in the face of setbacks and pressure
• Regularly seeks out, learns and adapts best practices for self and others
• Demonstrates sound business ethics and models BlackBerry Leadership Values on a day-to-day basis
• Demonstrates the ability to adapt to market changes to deliver incremental value to BlackBerry
• Actively links team work to organizational strategy
• Reinvents business practices to drive out waste and rapidly seize on value
• Seeks out and regularly shares relevant industry knowledge to enable business strategy
• Solves ambiguous business problems in a methodical approach under pressure and in a timely fashion.
• Sets aggressive team goals and delivers on their outcomes
• Applies best practices to broader functional organizations support broader strategies
• Proficient user of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Experience working in a NetSuite/OneTrust environment is an asset  

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Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

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