Here's How You Will Make an Impact
- Contract Negotiation: Prepare, manage, and review contract redlines, establishing both commercial elements and legal terms and conditions. Develop and draft the business elements and legal framework documentation for products and services procured for TELUS.
- Deal Making & Negotiation: Lead contract negotiations, strategic sourcing activities, and cross-functional projects. Establish robust contract terms for pricing, performance management, and SLA development. Contribute to risk mitigation best practices.
- Unified Sourcing & Contract Execution: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to determine product and service requirements, utilizing best practices to source and procure efficiently.
- Process Optimization & Innovation: Drive process analysis to ensure the optimization of the sourcing process. Utilize tools and advocate for innovative approaches (like automation or GenAI) to improve efficiency, streamline activities, and enhance risk management.
- Supplier Governance: Support supplier compliance to TELUS Procurement programs, including ESG, Supplier Sustainability, and Diversity requirements.
- Data Analytics & Reporting: Track and report on savings data. Utilize spend category intelligence and analytics to inform sourcing strategies and track Total Value of Ownership.
What you Brin
- gCommunication: Effective communicator and negotiator, building partnerships internally and externally with all stakeholders
- .Procurement Expertise: Procurement knowledge and experience preferably with IT contracts (On-prem Software, SaaS, Cloud, Hardware, and Professional Services)
- .Contracting Expertise: Experience with contract redlines and familiarity with standard legal terminology. Ability to support structuring, writing, and editing legal contracts
- .Comfort with data: Experience analyzing spend data and presenting it in clear, actionable formats
- .Negotiation & Business Acumen: Foundational understanding of negotiation principles and commercial practices. Developing business and financial acumen. Experience supporting supplier negotiations and contract execution. Ability to balance competing priorities, meet tight deadlines, and maintain professional communication while managing stakeholder expectations
- .Adaptability and Initiative: Proactive problem-solver who seeks solutions by optimizing existing workflows. Supportive of driving change and open to learning new innovation tools
- .Collaborative Mindset: Demonstrates excellent teamwork abilities and fosters a positive work environment. Thrives in a global shared-services environment, showing deep capability in collaborating with cross-functional primes and business leaders in Canada. Demonstrates proficiency in both delivering and receiving constructive feedbac
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Experience Requiremen
- tsBachelor's degree in a related field (business, supply chain, finance, etc
- .)Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a fast-paced, complex corporate environmen
- t.Competency with Google and Microsoft office suite of tools. SAP and Ariba skills are an asse
- t.Supply Chain Management, APICS or MCIPS certification is an asse
- t.Paralegal certification, Contract Management certification, or equivalent practical legal background is a strong ass
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