**JOIN US IN ENABLING TRADE THROUGH CANADA'S LARGEST PORT.** The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is an arm’s-length federal agency responsible for the shared stewardship of the lands and waters that make up the Port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest port. Our mandate, as outlined in the Canada Marine Act, is to enable Canada’s trade objectives on behalf of all Canadians, ensuring the safe movement of goods through the Port of Vancouver while protecting the environment and considering local communities. As an organization with a significant impact on communities and businesses across Canada, the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is dedicated to diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. We strive to create a workplace that mirrors the richness of our community, empowering all employees to achieve their full potential. The **seniorprocurement advisor** works collaboratively with VFPA departments as a business partner to conduct informed decisions on expenditures. This partnership model extends to suppliers who become strategic partners in the department’s objective to deliver the best value, minimize risks, introduce innovation, and achieve the best results. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining key supplier relationships, driving value for money and monitoring ongoing supplier performance, as well as coordinating efforts between internal stakeholders and suppliers’ account teams to achieve procurement objectives and maximize commercial outcomes. The position will also develop and deploy effective approaches to strategic spend management while utilizing procurement tools to maximize cost reduction, reduce risk, and ensure fairness and transparency. This includes implementing sourcing strategy, leading competitive procurements, negotiating, drafting, issuing and administering commercial contracts. **What you do:** + Builds and maintainscollaborative business partner relationships across various department levelsand brings together procurement and internal stakeholder objectives. + Develops, recommends andimplements sourcing strategy by use of market intelligence, data analytics andbusiness requirements. + Recommends and leads allaspects of the multi-faceted competitive procurement process for large andcomplex acquisitions, which includes evaluation and selection of preferredsuppliers. + Supports the development andmanagement of supplier performance including key performance indicators,supplier business reviews, reporting and communicating supplier scorecards forstrategic engagements. + Develops negotiationstrategies and plans, as well as communicates, facilitates and leads thenegotiation process on behalf of departments, as appropriate. + Consistently delivers valuefor money and proactively identifies incremental savings opportunities acrossmultiple departments. + Utilizes analytical tools andtechniques to analyze and interpret a wide range of supplier and organizationalinformation and options to support procurement planning and decision making. + Utilizes subject matterexpertise to apply risk and compliance checks when analyzing supply contracts. + Identifies appropriatesuppliers to fit departments’ business objectives, as well as identifiesopportunities to optimize the supply base for incremental benefits. + Works closely with Legal onkey contracts, including negotiation of contract terms and conditions, contractexecution, deliverables measurement and monitoring, deficiency reporting andresolution, change controls, payment approvals, and other tasks as required. + Recommends, develops,coordinates, implements and maintains related processes and procedures,policies and directives to maximize procurement efficiency and effectivenessacross the organization **What you bring:** + University degree in businessadministration or another acceptable degree. + Must have a minimum of 5 yearsof senior level experience recommending, leading and problem solving allaspects of the competitive procurement process for complex multi-million-dollaracquisitions; bargaining complicated business terms that mitigate contractualrisk and generate appropriate cost savings; improving stakeholderrelationships; creating solutions to challenging supplier/contract issues; andimproving supplier performance outcomes. + Must also have significantmulti-category experience including significant experience developingprocurement strategy using data insights, improving business processes,communicating procurement policy, and working knowledge of relevant contractterms and conditions. + Considerable consulting andconstruction category experience, and completion of the Supply Chain ManagementProfessional (SCMP) designation, or equivalent, are strong assets. + Must have proficiencyinterpreting spend analytics, including proficiency in MS Office Suite. + Must have working knowledge ofprocurement related software or ERP systems. **What we offer:** + Market-competitive base salaries and variableincentive plan + Generous and inclusive benefits offeringincluding retirement benefits plan + Hybrid remote work program + Earned time off program + Paid vacation and personal care leave + Learning, development, and advancementopportunities + Onsite gym with towel service in a nationallandmark in the heart of Vancouver’s waterfront + Friendly, unique, and respectful workplace **Location:** Vancouver, Canada **Job type:** Bargaining Unit, Full-Time, Permanent, Hybrid **Working environment:** Normal office conditions. _This is Canadian-based employment, and itis expected that all employees maintain legal entitlement to work in Canada.Applicants selected to move forward in the hiring process may be subject tobackground checks, including but not limited to criminal record, credit, and/orreference checks._ _At the_ _Vancouver Fraser Port Authority,we are dedicated to employment equity and a workplace reflective of thediversity of our port community. We welcome applications from all qualifiedcandidates including women, persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, andmembers of visible minorities. Reasonable accommodation can be provided in theselection process and while working with the port authority. If you requiresupport applying to our openings, please contact us at_ careers@portvancouver.com _._ _We recognize and acknowledge that we are locatedon the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh(Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. To learn more about ourindigenous relations and commitment to reconciliation, please visit our_ website (https://www.portvancouver.com/community/indigenous-relations/) _._