Job Description Director, Strategic Sourcing (Operations) is accountable for providing procurement leadership and direction of recent client business pursuits and client transitions, vendor setup and compliance, Oracle purchase order administration, central contract repository, procurement procedures and work instructions, and supplier contract execution. The role is also responsible for procurement governance and reporting on risk/quality, glidepath savings, and supplier performance.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

New Client RFP Pursuits and Transitions (Client Engagements and Client Disengagement)

Leading role in new business pursuits for procurement support, developing bid content to support marketing and new business pursuits

Leading role with new client transition strategy discussions to provide outsourcing and supplier risk management subject matter expertise to client and BGIS pursuit team, including leading commercial outsourcing practices, related regulatory and policy knowledge, and supplier risk determination and controls design

Oversees and directs procurement activity (communications, vendors, contracts) for client transitions

Leads the development of the procurement plan in collaboration with the client and internal BGIS team members

Oversees the end‑to‑end procurement activities in a client transition

Compliance and Vendor Set‑Up and Monitor

Lead discussions and provide advice/guidance to BGIS for third‑party compliance contracting

Accountable for all supplier qualification, resolving issues in collaboration with concerned parties

Reviews and approves vendor setup and vendor information changes

Accountable for the periodic review and action for high bribery risk vendors





Accountable for the Master Vendor List review, analyze and action supplier appropriateness

Responsible for procurement records in accordance with applicable document retention policy

Accountable for the deactivation of vendors in collaboration with client operations team members

Accountable for purchasing card administration and related issues

Ensure organization is measured and maintains compliance to sourcing policies, procedures, and processes

Review policies and processes and ensure they are up‑to‑date and relevant, which involves ongoing learning and training

Procurement Systems and Tools

Accountable for the establishment, maintenance and improvement of a contract management database

Accountable for the Oracle Purchase Order Administration supporting BGIS client groups (except where the client accounts have assigned resources)

Lead the development of all regular management reports for the Enterprise Risk Management Program, including establishing appropriate templates and securing input/content from all affected areas

Quality assurance – develop and maintain a quality assurance program for governance to the sourcing policies and procedures in line with the Enterprise Risk Management Program

Accountable for detailed understanding of, and providing advice/guidance and reporting on, tools used to manage sourcing activities:





HUB and Pipeline and Contract Execution

Vendor Qualification

PCard Dashboard

Sourcing Dashboard

Glidepath unique to each client account

Governance and Risk

Accountable to ensure that the quality management systems documentation framework for Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions is followed

Risk and policy oversight – maintain and provide regular monitoring of compliance by sourcing to BGIS risk management program and policy

Lead and refine risk approaches within the function/process or related functions/processes by ensuring required policies, processes and controls are implemented and adhered to

Verify adherence to policies and procedures by all team members

Accountable for the maintenance of accurate and complete records for audit in accordance with policies and procedures

Lead the review of audit documentation

Accountable for supplier financial due diligence as it applies within the organization and ongoing supplier management

Environment and Sustainability

Monitor and report on the performance of sustainable procurement initiatives and major services agreements

Accountable to enhance and advance supplier sustainability and diversity strategy through sourcing in support of BGIS and client account teams, including tracking and measuring

Lead the identification and implementation of performance measurement and management metrics to measure supplier performance

Training Lead

Accountable to communicate, brief, and train on changes in sourcing policies, processes and work instructions

Lead discussions that provide subject‑matter expertise on sourcing risk, including

📌 Director, Strategic Sourcing (Canada)
🏢 BGIS
📍 Canada