Senior Procurement Advisor
Winnipeg, MB
Manitoba Hydro is consistently recognized as one of Manitoba's Top Employers! We are a leader among energy companies in
North America, recognized for providing highly reliable service and exceptional customer satisfaction. Join our team of Manitoba's
best as we continue to build a company that champions safety, supports innovation, and delivers on our commitment to customer
service - while actively fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace reflective of the communities we serve.
Great Benefits
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Defined-benefit pension plan for long-term financial security.
- Nine-day work cycle, typically resulting in every other Monday off to support a balanced approach to work, family life and
community.
Position Overview:
Under the general direction of the Procurement Supervisor and the guidance of the Procurement Team Lead, the Senior
Procurement Advisor has a pivotal role in shaping and executing Manitoba Hydro procurement strategy, while collaborating and
building relationships as a liaison between stakeholders for the targeted customer group. The Senior Procurement Advisor is
responsible to provide subject matter expertise to drive value, mitigate risks and align procurement with broader business goals,
while exhibiting professionalism, leadership, and meaningful insight ensuring the best overall value for the Corporation in
accordance with the corporate policies, Trade Agreements, NERC CIP-013 Cyber Security compliance, Supply Chain Risk
Management, Procurement Law, and best practices.
Responsibilities:
- Develops and implements procurement strategies that support organizational goals.
- Builds strong relationships across departments to understand the needs and deliver tailored procurement solutions.
- Oversees the full lifecycle of contracts - from drafting and negotiation to compliance and renewal.
- Identifies and mitigates financial, legal and reputational risks in procurement activities.
- Oversee and provide procurement direction through to the end-to-end evaluation process of tenders with internal business
partners and manage the evaluation process with stakeholders for corporate contracts.
- Responsible to work in a tactical and strategic manner considering multiple stakeholders, while maintaining a deliverable
schedule to ensure time management to gather and analyze complex information.
- Responsible to organize and lead subject matter expert(s) and project leaders to review required information and approve
complex technical requirements while ensuring the deliverable meets the desired outcome and deadline.
- Responsible to host the project kick off meetings, collaborate with the customer to draft, edit, execute, and gain consensus on
the final tender document, then post and close the tender documents (including but not limited to Request for Quotation
(RFQ), Request for Proposals (RFP), Request for Pre-Qualifications (RFPQ)).
- Responsible to upload and close the RFx to MERX, document the confidential bid information and send the proponents bids
to the customer while ensuring the evaluation process is transparent, fair and within the Trade Agreement guidelines.
- Demonstrate expert knowledge and ability to communicate corporate Polices, Trade Agreements and Contract Law to identify
multiple procurement and evaluation strategies required to meet the project objective and timeline.
- Responsible to provide Executive Recommendations relating to procurement of goods and/or services of high value,
complexity, and risk, ensuring the best overall value for the corporation in accordance with the corporate policies, and Trade
Agreements.
- Ability to execute all applicable transactions in SAP.
- Lead and guide the process in supplier relationship management activities and update performance files as required.
- Provide training and mentoring in assistance with the development of new team members within the department and to
internal customers.
- Ability to conduct market assessments through research, preparation of reports and spreadsheets and provide overall
analysis.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties in this job classification.
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