Category Manager, Transformation (Contract)

Posted 2 days ago

Job Details

Part Time

Location

Job Description

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Employment Type: Contractor
Workplace Type: Hybrid

About our Vancouver Office

Located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, between the Pacific Ocean and the Coast Mountains, Teck's Corporate Office sits in one of Canada's most culturally diverse cities.

Surrounded by world-renowned nature and globally inspired cuisine, the office brings together many of Teck's corporate functions - all working toward Teck's purpose of providing the essential resources the world relies on.

Role Overview

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) are operational or functional team representatives involved in the Transformation program to ensure local knowledge is captured. Their representation primarily benefits their home entities or regions as they represent site interests during different phases of the program.

They provide input and insights into the current state processes and systems in order to support the design and delivery of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that aligns with local operational requirements, business processes, and compliance standards.

This is an initial one-year contract.

Don't miss out on this outstanding opportunity to be part of one of Canada's leading mining companies and join our team!

Responsibilities

Transformation

Be a courageous safety leader, adhere to and sponsor safety and environmental rules and procedures
Act as a liaison between the ERP Program and local site/region partners.
Provide detailed input to Process Leads and GPOs on current-state local business processes, problems, and improvement opportunities
Validate future-state process designs to ensure they meet local operational needs
Participate in requirements gathering, process mapping, and gap analysis activities.
Support data migration efforts by identifying and validating key data sources.
Assist in testing activities, including user acceptance testing (UAT), by validating functionality against local requirements.
Support development and delivery of training materials tailored to their respective location/teams
Identify and advance risks or issues related to local adoption and transition processes.
Collaborate with teams dedicated to organizational transitions to support communication and engagement efforts.
Perform post deployment sustainment activities required to facilitate the business process.

Category Management

Support the development of category strategies, arguments, and plans that ensure supply security. Develop supplier partnerships to promote value and innovation. Compile and implement sourcing events and contract negotiations through the contract management system.
Actively support progress on identified categories, value creation plans, and arguments by providing relevant tools, data, analysis, and assessments
Participate and support special negotiations with supplier partners for specific categories
Collaborate with selected suppliers in setting up supplier electronic catalogues in SAP to support strategic contracts
Review and improve supply management capabilities within planning, sourcing, and managing processes at the various operating sites while simultaneously bringing value through delivery of group supply contracts
Provide ongoing, overall, contract performance management against the performance-reporting mechanisms, and develop, as needed, critical metrics.
Monitor and report on actual financial performance (savings), and variances against the original projected savings targets.

Qualifications

Proven expertise in site- or region-specific operations, systems, and workflows.
Strong knowledge and understanding of supply management ideally with a balance of experience in planning, sourcing, managing, and improving and sustaining processes.
Extensive experience in global sourcing, category management, RFx and contract drafting, along with broad technical knowledge of key categories in the mining sector.
Well-developed contract drafting and communication skills, good interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills.
Experience in SAP or Ariba implementations or process improvement initiatives is an asset.
Ability to work collaboratively in a multi-functional, project-based environment.
Thorough with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

Why Teck

At Teck, your work matters-to the world, to our communities and to your future.

As a leading Canadian resource company, we focus on responsibly providing the metals essential for global development and the energy transition while caring for the people, communities and land that we love. We do this guided by our values that, together, form The Teck Way .

At Teck, you'll find purpose-driven work, a culture of respect and inclusion, and the opportunity to grow your career while helping build a better world.

Apply with us

Take the next step in your career by applying for the Category Manager, Transformation (Contract) role.

We review applications on a rolling basis and encourage you to apply, even if your background doesn't match every requirement. We value diversity and are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free hiring process. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

Requisition ID: 54126| Job Category:Supply Chain & Procurement | Employment Type: Contractor | Location: Vancouver | Workplace Type: #LI - Hybrid

About Teck Resources

Teck is Canada’s largest diversified resource company, committed to responsibly providing products that are essential to building a better quality of life for people around the world. Our business units focus on steelmaking coal, a critical ingredient in steel production; zinc, used to galvanize and protect metals; copper, essential for electronics, power generation and transmission; and energy, necessary to meet growing global demand. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, we own or have interests in 12 operating mines, one large metallurgical complex, an oil sands mining and processing operation, and several major development projects in North and South America. We offer opportunities across a wide range of activities related to exploration, development, mining and minerals processing, including smelting and refining, health and safety, environmental protection, materials stewardship, recycling and innovation and technology. Our people are our greatest resource. Teck was built by people with vision, creativity and ideas. Join the Teck team and become a part of that long tradition.