The Senior Indirect Procurement Specialist is responsible for leading strategic sourcing initiatives and managing key indirect spend categories across the organization. This role develops and executes sourcing strategies, leads competitive bidding and negotiations, manages strategic supplier relationships, and delivers measurable cost savings and value.
The role partners closely with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements, identify opportunities, and develop sourcing solutions that balance cost, quality, service, risk, and business needs.
The position has a high degree of independence and is expected to lead complex sourcing initiatives from chance identification through supplier selection, negotiation, implementation, and ongoing performance management.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Sourcing & Category Management




Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned indirect spend categories.
Lead RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, competitive bids, and supplier selection processes.
Conduct market research, benchmarking, and spend analysis to identify opportunities.
Evaluate suppliers based on cost, quality, service, capabilities, risk, and total cost of ownership.
Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, standardization, specification optimization, and demand management.
Establish and maintain preferred supplier strategies for assigned categories.
Negotiation & Commercial Management
Lead supplier negotiations involving pricing,

📌 Specialist, corporate procurement (Montreal)
🏢 Groupe Touchette
📍 Montreal