Project Procurement Manager Jobs

Title: Procurement Project Manager

Location: 21 College Street, Suite 301, Toronto, ON M5G 2B3

Duration: 6+ months

Summary:

• This is a Procurement Project Manager position requiring strong contract management experience and the ability to engage with vendors.

• The responsibilities include managing Statements of Work, administering contracts, executing service requests, processing change requests, and supporting project managers in procurements and change orders.

• The candidate must have public sector experience.

Roles and Responsibilities:

· Financial and Accounting Skills: Experience in financial management, analysis, and risk assessment.

· Vendor, Procurement, and Contract Management: Supporting the analysis and execution of vendor contract deliverables, including change management.

· Project Management Skills: Identifying issues, managing risks, and overseeing integrated plans for 3rd party vendor contracts.

· Communication and Relationship Management: Interacting with clients, business partners, and project team members to build strong relationships and improve client satisfaction.

· Managing deliverables and dependencies that cross multiple in-flight projects

· Supporting the PSRN Program by proactively identifying, communicating, and managing multi-faceted client-facing risks and issues to deliver a superior customer service experience and to support efficient and effective project delivery.

· Interacting directly with ministry clients, business partners, and project team members to develop and maintain strong ongoing relationships, always looking for opportunities to improve client satisfaction

· Developing and presenting ministry-specific dashboards, reports, and other project management collateral

· Proactively identifying risks and issues pertaining to the assigned work package, report them to the overall Project Champions and the Portfolio Team. Identify and mitigate strategies and responses to the issues and risks.

· Managing vendors, stakeholders, and peer groups across ministries.

· Creating or supporting development of project artifacts, Briefing Notes, Change Requests, Contracts, Request for Bid (RFBs) etc.

· Financial management of project as necessary or if needed

· Working with the client representatives and in partnership with other project managers to develop integrated plans

· Managing deliverables and dependencies that cross multiple in-flight projects

· Supporting the PSRN Program by proactively identifying, communicating, and managing multi-faceted client-facing risks and issues to deliver a superior customer service experience and to support efficient and effective project delivery.

· Interacting directly with ministry clients, business partners, and project team members to develop and maintain strong ongoing relationships, always looking for opportunities to improve client satisfaction

· Developing and presenting ministry-specific dashboards, reports, and other project management collateral

· Proactively identifying risks and issues pertaining to the assigned work package, report them to the overall Project Champions and the Portfolio Team. Identify and mitigate strategies and responses to the issues and risks.

· Managing vendors, stakeholders, and peer groups across ministries.

· Creating or supporting development of project artifacts, Briefing Notes, Change Requests, Contracts, Request for Bid (RFBs) etc.

· Ensure project implementation plans have no adverse impact to public safety operations.

· Financial management of project as necessary or if needed

· Developing complex network transition and migration strategies with cross stream dependencies including vendor activities

· Developing and implementing network transition plans

· Managing large-scale, complex, integrated project plans

· Project Management experience

· All roles procured are required to be cleared through the Contractor Security Clearance Process of the OPS.

· Security Clearance process, levels, roles etc. are subject to change without prior notice.

· Candidates may be required to undergo revised/new process (or levels) any time prior or during the term of the contract.

Telecommunications and radio network experience in a large public sector entity:

• Knowledge and experience both in a strategic and operational public sector governance models, experience managing complex, multi-unit, multi-stakeholder and multiple levels of public sector executive stakeholder project team, experience with public sector processes and policies, ability and demonstrated experience developing mutually beneficial relationships with public sector entities.

• Strong experience of working on Public Safety Radio/telecom domain.

• Experience of large and complex projects with over $500 Million budget.

• Demonstrated experience of working with multiple stakeholders in a broader public sector (BPS) environment. Experience of projects involving, network design, civil structures, user equipment distribution and operations. Experience with projects involving large number of users (over 30,000), meeting their business requirements, training and communications needs etc.

“We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”