Senior Category Specialist, Strategic Procurement
- Strategic Procurement
- Ottawa
- 11 Month Temporary position
To apply, please forward your resume and cover letter by Jul 04, 2025
The Royal Canadian Mint (the Mint) is hiring a Senior Category Specialist, who can thrive in a dynamic and inclusive environment.
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Business Partner Procurement, the Senior Category Specialist is responsible for supporting clients in the development of sourcing strategies, providing recommendations, executing complex procurement processes i.e. negotiable RFPs for high value procurements, with a focus on client outcomes and achieving the best value for the Mint. The Senior Category Specialist works closely and develops relationships with all internal stakeholders in the delivery of services and the meeting of collective expectations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Working collaboratively with clients and procurement leadership, you will lead and provide input into the development and implementation of procurement strategies using internal customer and market driven insights.
- Support vendor contract amendments, renewals and extensions
- Lead RFx process in support of various business lines and procurement categories and demonstrate strong value for money through exploring new ways to gain efficiencies. Collaborate with the RCMs key risk stakeholders in cyber security, insurance, privacy and legal to ensure vendor agreements are aligned with the contractual requirements of the Mint.
- Provide consistent procurement planning efforts with clients to ensure requirements are met through extensions or new processes.
- Facilitate various supplier assessments, such as financial, risk and vendor capabilities, negotiate financial instruments (advance payment guarantees, letters of credit, etc.) with vendors, while supporting the mitigation of organizational risk throughout the contract lifecycle.
- Working within policy, directive and trade agreement requirements, you ensure the efficiency and transparency of the procurement process is maintained while attaining the best value for the organization.
- Support clients in the design, roll-out of vendor contract and relationship management with the objective of achieving the highest overall value and performance from our vendors
- Be willing to continuously learn and want to improve the procurement process, executing continuous improvement initiatives within the team and the broader organization
Requirements
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- An advanced level of bilingual proficiency in both official languages (English / French) is required at the time of hire. If a bilingual candidate is not identified, other candidate language profiles may be considered in accordance with the Mint’s Staffing Policy.
Education and Experience
- Successful completion of post-secondary education in business administration, commerce, finance, economics or engineering and / or Certification in Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP), or other recognized procurement designation
- At least three (3) years of experience leading large dollar complex procurements with responsibility for the entire RFx process from planning through to post-award contract management
- At least three years of experience working with vendor contracts for call-ups, performing amendments, extensions.
- Developing and leading RFx evaluation designs and process through to contract negotiations
- Public procurement or category management/supply chain knowledge essential
- Supporting the procurement processes for organization-wide transformation projects preferably in the area of IT
- Knowledge of application of trade agreements to government procurement strongly desired
- Experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 is considered an asset
- Experience in project management is considered an asset