Senior Consultant, Strategy and Advisory Since 2011, Optis has been on a mission to make Source-to-Pay projects more effective, valuable, and enjoyable for the high-growth through Fortune-level companies we serve.

We partner with ambitious leaders across North America to take Source-to-Pay initiatives from inception to accolades, using our proprietary Frame™ process. To date, Optis has successfully deployed solutions across both public and private sector organizations in Canada and the United States, supported by a team of functional and technical specialists.

Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, with offices in Calgary, AB, Toronto, ON, Montreal, QC, and New York City, NY, Optis is a consulting firm solely focused on Source-to-Pay. We create value by supporting the full investment lifecycle—including strategy, implementation, and adoption.

Working at Optis We pride ourselves on being different from larger consulting firms by offering meaningful opportunities to make an impact and accelerate your career growth.

Our employees benefit from:

Competitive compensation

A transparent and predictable bonus structure

A better-than-industry work-life balance

This approach has contributed to a team culture with over 90% employee retention.

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Job Description Optis Consulting is hiring a Senior Consultant, Strategy and Advisory to join our Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, or Montreal team.

You will help clients rethink how they source, buy, and manage suppliers, using a modern toolkit: Source-to-Pay platforms like Coupa, Ivalua, and SAP Ariba, enterprise AI tools, and the data cloud platforms where procurement data now lives. One week you are building a category strategy with a CPO. The next, you are turning messy spend data into an AI-assisted savings pipeline.

This role requires strong analytical ability, commercial acumen, and a deep understanding of sourcing, procurement strategy, and category management. The ideal candidate thrives in a consulting environment,



can translate complex data into clear insights, and enjoys engaging with executive-level stakeholders to shape high-impact procurement strategies.

Requirements WHYTHIS ROLE

Get in early on AI in procurement.

Mostprocurement teams are still working out what AI means for them. You will helpanswer that question across many clients, and build the playbooks andaccelerators that shape how our practice delivers.

Strategy and execution in one seat.

You will nothand off a deck and walk away. You will design the strategy, prove it withdata, and help stand up the tools and processes that make it stick.

Build a rare skill set.

Workhands on across leading Source-to-Pay suites, enterprise AI platforms, and dataclouds.

Real responsibility, early.

Optis workswith high growth through Fortune level clients, and is small enough that yourideas change how we work. Strong performers grow fast here.

RESPONSIBILITIES Sourcing& Category Strategy

Lead diagnostics and maturity assessmentsacross the Source-to-Pay cycle to find where value is being lost.

Build category strategies across direct andindirect spend that deliver savings, resilience, and supplier innovation.

Run sourcing initiatives end to end, frommarket analysis and RFx design through negotiation support and award.

Build business cases and transformationroadmaps that tie every recommendation to a measurable outcome.

AI-EnabledProcurement

Use enterprise AI tools to accelerate spendclassification, contract review, supplier research, and RFx drafting.

Design and prototype AI-assisted workflows andagents with clients, and help them move from pilot to everyday use.

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📌 Senior Consultant, Strategy and Advisory (Winnipeg)
🏢 Optis Consulting
📍 Winnipeg