OPEN: Senior Manager Supply Chain

We are currently requesting resumes for the following position:  Senior Manager Supply Chain

Status: Regular Full Time
Working Conditions: On-site
Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Materials Management, Law, or Finance
Base Location: Oshawa, ON
Temporary Work Location: Pickering, ON
Travel: 20%
Deadline to Apply: Wednesday September 3, 2025

JOB OVERVIEW 

• Our client is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Senior Manager, Supply Chain.
• Reporting to the Director Category Management & Strategic Sourcing, this position is responsible to provide strategic direction, execute commercial contracting strategies, and implement a robust supplier relationship management program for our client. The Senior Manager will be responsible for supporting our client’s Category Management across nuclear, thermal, hydro and corporate functions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES  

• Guide and mentor a team of category leads, fostering a high-performance culture while driving professional growth and succession planning.
• Provide leadership and oversight for the development and execution of category management strategies ensuring alignment with corporate objectives and empowering the team to drive cost efficiency, business value creation, supplier reliability, and risk mitigation across nuclear, thermal, hydro, and corporate functions
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including engineering, operations, and project teams to align procurement initiatives with corporate needs
• Lead and mentor category leads in executing a robust supplier relationship management program, ensuring consistent processes for supplier evaluation, performance monitoring and strategic engagement to drive operational excellence, financial integrity, business value creation, and environmental, social, governance
• Ensure that all procurement activities comply with industry regulations, environmental standards, public sector procurement governance, and corporate policies

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Materials Management, Law, Finance, or related field is required.
• Minimum (6) six years of progressive management experience in supply chain, category management, procurement, purchasing in leading categories, strategic sourcing, commercial contract or vendor management.
• Minimum (3) three years of leadership experience with a similar management scope (approximately (10) ten staff at multiple sites). Demonstrated ability to lead effectively, influence and motivate a team of business and supply chain professionals. Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Proven success and track record in building and leading supply chain operations, purchasing with an emphasis on category management strategy development and execution in a complex organization with over a billion+ spend.
• Comprehensive understanding of effective, current and emerging practices, issues, insights, tactics, and trends in strategic sourcing, inventory management, forecasting, vendor/supplier relationships, and supply chain management.
• In-depth understanding and experience managing indirect procurement, such as transportation, real estate, information technology, HR, etc.
• Must be able to promote a service-oriented culture that enables strong vendor/supplier relationship management while providing exceptional support and services as a true business partner to various stakeholders.
• Strong sense of urgency and excellent business judgement. Proven ability to make decisions under pressure that have significant impacts on budgets and performance of projects and business operations.

Our client is dedicated to promoting employment equity and encourages applications from equity-seeking communities including but not limited to: Indigenous Peoples, racialized individuals, persons with disabilities, and women. Our client aims to build a diverse team that reflects the communities it serves, enhancing its ability to meet their needs. We are committed to an inclusive and accessible work environment and invites all qualified individuals to apply, offering accommodations during the application, interview and onboarding process as needed. This effort supports our client’s long-term strategy for equity, diversity, and inclusion.