Manager - Purchasing & Inventory Management
Scarborough, ON, CA, M1H 3J3 Vancouver, BC, CA Calgary, AB, CA Toronto, ON, CA
Description
Ready to lead and elevate a high performing Supply Operations team through process transformation and technological advancement? Join us in reshaping our national operational landscape. We are seeking an experienced, results-driven individual who can lead the team through upcoming processes transformation while maintaining high standards of daily performance excellence through commitment-based management and empathetic leadership.
Our team and what we’ll accomplish together
We connect Canadians & our communities through our reliable world-leading network & platforms, underpinned by our innovation-focused growth & our best-in-class team culture. We do this by driving humanized digital-first experiences, leveraging innovative and reliable technology infrastructure that drives value creation for our communities.
The Purchasing & Inventory Management Infrastructure (PIMI) team’s function is critical to TELUS’s network infrastructure build and reliability success. From Demand, Supply, AI, and Business Transformation, we do it all. Our team is responsible for demand and supply planning as well as driving strategic transformational initiatives.
What you’ll do
As a Manager, PI&M, you'll spearhead our process improvement initiatives to drive national standardization and operational excellence.
- Provide leadership, guidance & coaching for demand and supply team members
- Implement cross-portfolio process improvement roadmaps
- Lead the development & implementation of new or revised S&OP, demand, inventory & supply management processes & procedures to ensure to meet organizational requirements & compliancy
- Utilize and/or establish data analysis and reporting tools to monitor KPIs and metrics for supply chain planning, forecasting and inventory management. Measure performance against goals
- Manage optimal inventory levels while balancing inventory turns, on-time delivery and obsolescence
- Drive data-driven decision-making through advanced analytical approaches
- Develop executive-level communications and storyboards
- Develop effective supplier relationships to ensure optimal performance and smart collaboration to drive business value and sustain performance excellence
- Establish national best practices and standards
Qualifications
What you bring
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, Engineering, or related field
- 7+ years in supply operations management
- 3+ years in direct reports management
- Knowledge of demand, supply and inventory management methods and procedures, including industry best practices in S&OP processes
- Proven experience leading large-scale business transformations
- Advanced analytical and critical thinking capabilities and excellent visualization skills
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills
- Ability to support & lead geographically dispersed team members, influencing & supporting business stakeholders across varied business units
- Proven negotiation and risk management experience with the ability to prioritize tasks in a rapidly changing environment to meet business requirements
- Interpersonal, communications, planning, and organizational skills with a strong customer focus
Great-to-haves
- Telecommunications, energy, construction and/or engineering industry background
- Sustainability and Reverse Logistics knowledge
- Knowledge of agile methodologies
- French language proficiency
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