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Director, Procurement (Bilingual) – Toronto, ON

Posted Jan 6th, 2017 in careers, Careers > Ontario, Careers > Support Centre, 2017

dentalcorp, Canada's largest network of dental practices, is accepting applications for a Director, Procurement (Bilingual).


Director, Procurement (Bilingual)

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PRIMARY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  1. Category Management and Sourcing for the consumables category. Building catalogue content as applicable for the Procure to Pay (P2P) software.
  2. Negotiating contracts for the consumables category.
  3. Accountable for providing forecasts and guidance on price changes for consumables.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Sourcing assigned categories and development of contracts and catalogues to enable the negotiated content to be available to practices.
  • Managing the change management with our 200+ dental practices across Canada.
  • Act as an advisory resource on procurement initiatives, contract negotiations and management strategies, and procurement interpretation.
  • Becoming the category expert and building relationships with key vendors.
  • Building out a 3 year sourcing plan for improvement in assigned categories.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Completion of a post-secondary degree.
  • Bilingual (English/French) is strongly preferred.
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of relevant work experience in a sourcing capacity, ideally working with complex categories.
  • Experience in managing projects, contracts and vendors.
  • Excellent interpersonal and client relationship skills.
  • Strong leadership and change management skills.
  • Proficient in the use of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
  • Strong communication skills.

We thank all applicants, but only suitable applicants will be contacted. Job applicants with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact our Talent Team at 416-558-8338. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis and your request will be responded to as soon as possible.

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