Job Description

Description

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 2022 and increasingly recognized 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 leaders accountable for making informed decisions on strategic and operational expenditures. And 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 the impact you\'ll make and what we\'ll accomplish together

As a Category Leader within the TELUS Procurement team, you\'ll have the opportunity to not only apply and hone your expertise but also drive new best practices.

You\'ll collaborate with and provide consultation and intelligence to vice presidents across TELUS on strategic sourcing for multi-million dollar spending with global brands.

You\'ll influence the next generation of practitioners as you partner with and guide a team of expert Category Managers to develop and execute a robust category strategy through sound internal and external data intelligence and analysis. A new standard for global procurement industry leadership will be set by you and a legacy.

We are audaciously obsessed with doing better for our customers every single day.

Here\'s how

• Leading an expert team providing subject matter category expertise and pro-active opportunity identification to stakeholders across the organization
• Driving best in class strategic sourcing that supports profitable growth and an unsurpassed client experience
• Influencing key strategic decisions through clear storytelling, impactful thought leadership, risk approach and a consultative approach
• Applying expert skills in data analytics, market research, sourcing, relationship and contract management
• Leading major contract negotiations, strategic sourcing activities, cross functional projects, risk and relationship management, and savings initiatives
• Optimizing our transformational delivery model to maximize impact for TELUS, including coaching and mentoring of team members

Qualifications

What you will do

The Category Leader is an individual contributor role within the TELUS Procurement team and is accountable for developing sourcing strategies and the strategic procurement of their respective category. In addition, the Category Leader is responsible for managing supplier relationships, including driving Total Value of Ownership and ongoing supplier performance, as well as coordinating efforts between internal stakeholders and the supplier account teams to meet procurement objectives.

The Category Leader will use their market knowledge to develop and deploy world-class approaches to spend management while utilizing e-procurement tools to deliver cost reduction. The Category Leader will also be responsible for negotiating, drafting, administering and managing commercial contracts.

The Category Leader is accountable for a portfolio of assigned vendors with a primary expectation to: deliver on IT categories and Technology Services, deliver on vendor negotiations driving value for money, execute sourcing strategies, spend category intelligence and analytics, contract negotiation, drafting and administration, and perform ongoing vendor performance monitoring and evaluation.

What you bring

• Strong IT experience (cloud, software and hardware)
• Expertise in contracting and understanding software terms
• Experience with working with IT Services and System integrators
• Solid understanding of negotiation theory, strategies and practices
• Good understanding of strategic sourcing concepts and best practices, related to the procurement of products and services
• Strong Strategic Vendor Management subject-matter expertise
• Capacity to analyze and synthesize
• Strong communication skills to deal with Executives (written and oral)

You\'re the missing piece of the puzzle

• Applauded for your \xe2\x80\x9ccan-do\xe2\x80\x9d attitude and belief in the art of the possible
• Recognized for driving change and innovation
• Regarded as an exceptional communicator, influencer and negotiator, able to build and maintain effective partnerships internally and externally with all stakeholders, including senior leaders
• Noted as having strong business and financial acumen
• Proven experience in leading supplier negotiations and structuring deals, including establishing contract terms and conditions (i.e. pricing, performance management and SLA development), drafting legal agreements, and implementing risk mitigation best practices
• Sought out for your ability to seek out, analyze and translate facts, data and intelligence into key insights, concept and recommendations
• With a reputation for project execution excellence and achieving results in a complex environment
• With a Bachelor\'s degree in any domain

Great-to-haves

• Strong financial acumen
• Project Management experience
• Bilingual (English/French)

A bit about us

We\xe2\x80\x99re 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\xe2\x80\x99ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We\xe2\x80\x99re 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\xe2\x80\x99re helping us make the future friendly.

People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs

Across People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs, we are the diverse and talented team responsible for making sure TELUS is managed as a world-leading organization. \xe2\x80\x8b

We are honoured to be recognized

84%
2021 engagement score

130,000+
Team members worldwide

10
# of years voted One of Canada\xe2\x80\x99s Best Corporate Citizens

Accessibility

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

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