Procurement

Strategic Sourcing Manager (3 Vacancies)
$100,000 to $120,000 (plus bonus, benefits)
Toronto/Waterloo/Remote

Posted on September 24, 2021.

Our client is a global financial service company with offices across Canada. Their procurement team is looking for experienced Strategic Sourcing Managers to join their growing team. The Strategic Sourcing Managers will lead project teams, handling categories and processes related to IT, marketing, professional services, group benefits, market data, or investment services. 

What They Offer

If you’re looking for a dynamic career change in the financial service industry, look no further! The company offers a progressive work environment that will support your professional career within the procurement department. As a Strategic Sourcing Manager, you’ll enjoy working with a collaborative team culture with a healthy work-life balance, in addition to competitive compensation and great benefits’ packages.

As An Ideal Candidate, You Will Have:

• Strong indirect procurement background (with a broad category background)
• Strong IT Procurement background
• Strong Sourcing experience
• Great communication skills 
• Strong negotiation skills

How to Apply

If you would like to find out more about the role, please email Neil Drew (neil@winchesters.ca) with your resume and cover letter. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applicants, only those individuals chosen for an interview will be contacted. To receive updates on new job postings regularly, follow us on LinkedIn. For more career opportunities in procurement, please visit Winchesters.ca.

Senior Procurement Manager (Permanent, Full-Time)
$110,000 – $120,000 (with very strong benefits, pension, and 25% bonus)
Downtown Toronto, ON
Work Remotely: Yes

Posted on June 2, 2021.

Our client is a leading financial corporation in Canada. They are seeking a Senior Procurement Manager to cover all indirect procurement operations. They also need someone who is confident in their abilities to manage a team, while developing sourcing, vendor management and P2P processes from scratch. 

The Senior Procurement Manager will work on a permanent, full-time basis. This is a new, lucrative career opportunity with limitless career growth, while providing long-term job stability, generous benefits, exemplary pension, and a 25% bonus. 

If you are seeking a unique role with unprecedented career growth, we want to hear from you!

Roles and Responsibilities

Acting as the second department head, the Senior Procurement Manager’s duties include:

• Consultative, client-focused procurement services
• Development of the vendor management process
• Implementation of the P2P process
• Development of the strategic sourcing process
• Hiring and development of the category management team

Qualifications

• Minimum university degree, with strong preference for further education (i.e. MBA) and/or CSCMP designation
• Minimum 5 years of procurement experience
• Strong indirect category experience, including experience in professional services, IT, facilities, and marketing
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills
• Superb communication skills
• Extensive people management experience would be a great asset

How to Apply

If you would like to find out more about the role, please email Neil Drew (neil@winchesters.ca) with your resume and cover letter. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applicants, only those individuals chosen for an interview will be contacted. To receive updates on new job postings regularly, follow us on LinkedIn. For more career opportunities in procurement, please visit Winchesters.ca.

Strategic Sourcing Manager – IT
Toronto or GTA West, ON
$90,000 – $115,000

Posted on May 6, 2021

This is an IT Sourcing role for a dynamic Financial Services company.  Our client is seeking a collaborative Strategic Sourcing Manager to work on Software, Hardware and Licensing contracts.  This is a growing procurement team, who values professional, consultative, services based Procurement.

This is a full-time, permanent role. As the ideal background you will have an IT Procurement background and have demonstrated experience of negotiating Software and Hardware contracts.  You will have exceptional communication skills and a positive “can-do” attitude.

This is a chance to join a high-performing dynamic team.  As they are growing there are strong career growth opportunities.

You as the ideal candidate you will have:

• 5 – 10 years’ IT Procurement experience
• Experience of Software, Hardware and SAAS contracts
• A consultative, stakeholder relationship management approach
• Exceptional communication skills

If you are interested in this role, please forward your resume securely and confidentially to neil@winchesters.ca or for more information call 416 560 0434. 

Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist (IT)
Toronto, ON
$80,000 – $100,000

Posted on March 19, 2021.

An IT Sourcing role for one of our favourite clients.  This massive Financial Services company is seeking a dynamic, motivated Sourcing Specialist to work on Software, Hardware and Licensing contracts.  This is a growing Procurement team, who values professional, consultative, services based Procurement.

This is a Full-time, permanent role.  As the ideal background you will have an IT Procurement background and have demonstrated experience of negotiating Software and Hardware contracts.  You will have exceptional communication skills and a positive “can-do” attitude.

This is a chance to join a high-performing dynamic team.  As they are growing there are strong career growth opportunities.

You as the ideal candidate you will have:

• 3 – 10 years’ IT Procurement experience
• Experience of Software, Hardware and SAAS contracts
• A consultative, stakeholder relationship management approach
• Exceptional communication skills

If you are interested in this role, please forward your resume securely and confidentially to neil@winchesters.ca or for more information call 416 560 0434.

Vendor Manager – Up to $80 per hour – GTA/Remote

Posted on September 15, 2021.

We’re looking for an experienced Vendor Manager to fill a 3-month contract for our client in the public sector, located in the Greater Toronto Area. The Vendor Manager will mainly focus on resolving issues and ensuring satisfcatory resolutions for the organisation. This is a new Vendor Management team and so there is a great opportunity to support this team whilst they seek to recruit permanent employees.

This role is 100% remote, with possibility of a contract extension. The ideal candidate will reside in the Greater Toronto Area and have experience of Public Sector Procurement/Vendor Management.

You will need public sector experience for this position and ideally, we’re looking for candidates with vendor management experience, however, experience in public procurement is good too. You will need superb communication skills and an understanding of how to escalate and resolve contract issues.

We’re looking to fill this role quickly, so interested candidates should apply ASAP.

How to Apply

Category Lead (3-4 Month Contract)
$35 – $45 per hour
Toronto/Remote

Posted on October 12, 2021.

Our client is an extremely well-known Canadian brand in large-scale manufacturing looking to hire a Category Lead on a 3-4 month contract. This is a hybrid role with a mix of working from home and in the company’s downtown Toronto office.

The Category Lead will provide resources to support our client’s procurement team. We’re looking to hire someone ASAP. 

As the Category Lead, you will:

• Develop RFQs
• Interact with suppliers
• Troubleshoot day-to-day issues
• Ensuring punctual supply of goods and services for manufacturing
• Calculate and analyze costs

As the ideal candidate you will have:

• 3 years of procurement experience, ideally in manufacturing
• Good attention to detail
• Experience in a fast-paced environment

Interested applicants should contact Paul Young (paul@winchesters.ca) ASAP with their cover letter and resume. For more contract roles in procurement, follow us on winchesters.ca and LinkedIn.

IT Category Manager – Remote – Salary up to $130,000

Posted on September 15, 2021.

Our client—a well-known Canadian brand—is looking to hire an IT Category Manager for a 3 month contract in the Greater Toronto Area. The IT Category Manager will help deliver specific projects during their critical phases.

This role will require you to go into their office 2/3 days per week (Covid regulations permitting) and they are based in Mississauga. It is a salaried position up to $130,000 per annum.

The candidate will have at least 8 years of solid IT procurement experience from large-scale businesses. It’s critical that the IT Category Manager is a fast learner with an ability to swiftly build internal relationships.

We’re looking to fill this role quickly, so interested candidates should apply ASAP.

How to Apply

Senior Procurement Manager
Toronto, ON
$100,000 – $115, 000

Unfortunately, this position is no longer available.

An extremely niche role with fantastic growth potential; our Financial Services client based in Downtown Toronto are seeking a Senior Manager with experience of procuring Data Services from vendors including: Bloomberg, Reuters, Morningstar etc.

This is a full-time permanent position.  The role will start as an individual contributor role, however this is a growth area for this organization, so there are plans to build a team under this Manager position.  The focus of this role is to manage the relationships with these key vendors and to advise key stakeholders of the complicated terms and SLAs of Data Services contracts.
If you have experience of purchasing services from these vendors and you are interested in building a first-class procurement team, this could well be the job for you.

You as the ideal candidate you will have:

• A strong indirect Procurement background
• Experience of Data Services/Investment Services Procurement
• Vendor experience with organizations such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Morningstar
• Strong vendor management and stakeholder management skills
• Leadership potential

If you are interested in this role, please forward your resume securely and confidentially to neil@winchesters.ca or for more information call 416 560 0434.

Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager
Downtown Toronto, ON/Remote
$120,000 to $135,000 (plus benefits)

Posted on September 24, 2021.

Our client is an extremely well-known Canadian brand involved in large-scale manufacturing. They are looking to hire a full-time Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager for their team. As a Senior Strategic Sourcing Manager, you will:

• Manage a small team of category managers between various goods and services, primarily plastics, injection molding, resins, and corrugates
• Develop co-manufacturing agreements
• Manage day-to-day operations 
• Transform vendor base to local vendors to reduce supply chain issues

What They Offer

This is a chance to work for a company that is well-known across the country. As a Strategic Sourcing Manager, you will also enjoy: 

• An integral leadership role for a small team
• Competitive salary
• Amazing benefits 

As An Ideal Candidate, You Will Have:

• Minimum 6 years of purchasing experience in the manufacturing industry with ideal experience in plastics, resins, corrugates
• Experience with organizing co-manufacturing agreements in North America and/or South America
• Strong leadership skills

How to Apply

If you would like to find out more about the role, please email Neil Drew (neil@winchesters.ca) with your resume and cover letter. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applicants, only those individuals chosen for an interview will be contacted. To receive updates on new job postings regularly, follow us on LinkedIn. For more career opportunities in procurement, please visit Winchesters.ca.

Senior and Junior Buyers (2 Vacancies Available)
$60, 000 – $95,000 (plus benefits, bonus)
North GTA, ON

Posted on July 6, 2021.

Our client is a large tier one automotive company in  North GTA and is looking for 2 Buyers to join their team – one Senior Buyer and one Junior Buyer. The Buyers will work closely with vendors and develop relationships purchasing raw materials for tooling, stamping, and dies. 

Ideally, as a Buyer you will have an automotive background and be able to read engineering drawings. The ideal candidates must be comfortable handling multiple projects in a fast-paced work environment. Ideally, the Senior Buyer will also have work experience in cost estimation. These are permanent, full-time roles with flexibility to work remotely, moving to a hybrid situation in the Fall.  

These are ideal opportunities for Automotive professionals with an engineering background and experience in the automotive industry. The company offers a competitive compensation package, great benefits, and bonuses. If you are looking for an exciting career opportunity to work for a large tier one automotive company, we would love to hear from you.

As the ideal candidate, you will possess:

• An automotive purchasing background
• Ideally an Engineering background
• Supply chain management diploma is not required, but a strong asset
• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to work at a fast-pace and handle multiple projects

How to Apply

If you would like to find out more about the role, please email Neil Drew (neil@winchesters.ca) with your resume and cover letter. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applicants, only those individuals chosen for an interview will be contacted. To receive updates on new job postings regularly, follow us on LinkedIn. For more career opportunities in procurement, please visit Winchesters.ca.