Vendor Manager
Vancouver, BC, CA, V6B 0M3 Edmonton, AB, CA Calgary, AB, CA
Join Our Team
Are you a strategic thinker? Do you have a track record of ideas, influence and impact? There’s a buzz around Procurement within TELUS. Why? We’re on a transformational journey towards our vision of Procurement and increasingly recognised by the business as a key enable to driving TELUS’ competitive advantage. It’s a ground-breaking ride with many complex challenges, opportunities to explore, and value we can add. We are redefining the procurement brand and advancing the service delivery model to make an even larger contribution to corporate priorities ultimately creating exceptional experiences for customers across Canada.
The Procurement team impacts everything and everyone. We optimize spend across all business units and provide savings that can then be invested to deliver innovative products, services, solutions and exceptional experiences to our customers. We’re the trusted business partner to senior executives accountable for making informed recommendations on strategic and operational expenditures. Knowing every team member buys something, we continuously strive to make the buying experience simple, easy and efficient. Our partnership model approach extends to suppliers who become strategic partners in our quest to deliver the best value, minimize risks, introduce innovation, and achieve the best results. Layering in technology advancements such as artificial intelligence and robotic process automation into our practice is world-class and opens our minds to the extent of new possibilities.
Here’s How
- Direct all aspects of large strategic sourcing projects, including direct negotiations and RFx events
- Direct all aspects of major contract negotiations and compliance
- Supplier relationship management
- Optimize the supplier pool within assigned portfolio
- Interpret spend in order to identify and execute cost savings opportunities
- Build and execute category strategies
- Identify and execute ESG opportunities
- Drive internal process improvement, change and innovation
- Be a trusted advisor to TELUS stakeholders at all levels, create supplier management strategies
- Excellent working knowledge of procurement, category management, and supplier sourcing practices
- Strong communication, storytelling/presentation skills, with proven ability to influence decision makers
- Strong problem solving skills and attention to detail
Education, Experience, Professional Designations
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
- Minimum 5-7 years of experience in a fast-paced, complex procurement environment
- CSCL, SCMP, MBA, PMP, or Lean Six Sigma designations are definite assets
- Experience in one or more of these categories will be a definite asset: Marketing, Real Estate, Construction, Customer Premises Equipment, and Smart Home Security
About Us
We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.
You’ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally enriching, and financially rewarding. We’re committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you’re helping us make the future friendly.