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Working Business Language: English. This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal and external stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language for this role is English.As such, the successful candidate must be fully proficient in English.
Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan.
The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $90,000 - $115,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.
About Us
At Wawanesa, we're proud to offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto, ON; Kitchener, ON; Thunder Bay, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Moncton, NB; Dartmouth; NS
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company ("Wawanesa Mutual"), founded in 1896, is one of Canada's largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,600 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. To learn more visit wawanesa.com.
We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
Job Overview
Working under limited supervision, the Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for assisting Strategic Sourcing Managers by helping to manage vendor category management, independently managing assigned vendor categories, and overseeing day to day operational third-party risk management within their team. This includes sourcing, evaluation, negotiation, contract management, and third-party risk assessment activities as well as contributing to internal communication mediums and material. This role contributes to the Strategic Sourcing team success by collaborating and providing a high level of customer service mentorship, and guidance to the internal team, internal stakeholders, and vendors. They are a team player and skilled multi-tasker who is detail oriented, organized, and comfortable with managing a large volume of work and tight deadlines.
Job Responsibilities
- Adheres to and supports existing Strategic Sourcing processes while working with relevant stakeholders
- Builds and maintains excellent relationships with internal stakeholders, colleagues, and external vendors
- Provides input to and independently promotes and completes to continual service improvement activities for Strategic Sourcing
- Independently executes or contributes to vendor sourcing, evaluation, selection, contract reviews and negotiation activities in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
- Keep current on market research, industry trends and practices, and supply chain disruption
- Manages assigned vendor categories including negotiations, and contract development and execution as well as overall category management
- Contributes to the definition and development of strategy for supplier programs based on business need
- Contributes to the operation and continuous improvement of the Strategic Sourcing Center of Excellence
- Provides training, mentorship for junior team members
- Manages applicable sourcing record and contract entry in enterprise third party management platform
- Manages applicable intake process and queue assignments
- Produces sourcing activity and category spend reports
- Develops and delivers training material and training for the enterprise on the third-party management platform where applicable
- Adhere to and support the Wawanesa Procurement policy
- Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Post-secondary education and a minimum of 7 years experience in a procurement, vendor management or sourcing related role. A combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Proven contract management experience related to a variety of agreements including but not limited to resource, technical, professional service, and master services agreements
- Strong customer service and communication skills with the ability to effectively deal with both internal stakeholders and external vendors verbally and in writing, in a persuasive and business friendly manner
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage large amounts of complex information in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent attention to detail and capable of conducting comprehensive information reviews
- SCMP or related procurement, vendor management, or sourcing education or certification is considered an asset.
- Knowledge of the P&C insurance industry is considered an asset including any related certifications
- Knowledge of IT terminology and concepts is considered an asset
- Experience with Wawanesa s specific methodologies and technologies is considered an asset
- Experience with Microsoft Power BI is considered an asset
- Strong demonstrated skills with MS Office (Excel and Word)
Wawanesa is proud to be one of Manitoba's Top Employers, a Kincentric Best Employer in Canada and a Forbes Best Employer in Canada recognizing an exceptional place to work!
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Wawanesa is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse workforce that is equitable and inclusive for all. Wawanesa provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual's protected status: race/ethnicity, colour, religion, creed, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family or marital status, pregnancy/childbirth or related conditions, national origin, disability, military or veteran status, or any other protected status. Disability or medical-related accommodations are available upon request throughout all aspects of the recruitment and selection process. Candidates requiring reasonable accommodations may contact, in confidence, jobs@wawanesa.com.
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