Sourcing Manager Jobs

Job Title: Sourcing Manager

Location: Mississauga, Canada

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon.

As a Sourcing Manager supporting our Procurement Team, you will be responsible to work on strategy for the category of Professional Services and Consulting. The position will be required to run RFP projects and create strategic PowerPoints that will enable Alcon to realize value in these categories. You will be trusted to define and adapt a regional sourcing strategy for secondary category alignment with business stakeholders across corresponding Alcon business units in Mississauga, Canada. In this role, a typical day will include:

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify and implement best practices for area responsibility
• Support Transactional Buying Activities and maintenance of ERP system data
• Ensure site compliance to global procurement policies, legal policies, financial controls, quality directives and relevant SOPs
• Drive cost savings synergies across departments and business franchises
• Directly influence Cash Flow, DPO, Savings, Cost Avoidance, and other key efficiency metrics/KPI’s
• Build strong internal and external procurement and management relationships
• Optimize the selection of suppliers, negotiated pricing and total cost of ownership.
• Purse continuous improvement and risk reduction opportunities
• Lead projects, employ sourcing strategies, and deliver a sourcing and procurement process which is integrated with all relevant business owners
• Support Financial, Legal, and regulatory requirements

WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:

• Required Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Travel Requirements: Up to 10%
• Preferred Experience: 7+ years of Procurement and leadership experience, solid experience leading and developing teams within a matrix organization and across geographies and cultures.
• Sponsorship available: No
• Solid experience in change and category management. Leadership and strong results delivered in complex negotiations and projects
• Minimum Experience: 3-5 years relevant experience with 3 years demonstrated leadership
• Relocation assistance: No

Alcon takes pride in maintaining a diverse environment and our policies are not to discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Alcon Canada Inc. is proud to provide employment accommodation during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodations, please notify us if you are contacted for a job interview.