Senior Advisor, Procurement, Purchasing

Desjardins

Senior Advisor in Procurement at Desjardins focused on negotiating strategic agreements and managing procurement initiatives. Involves extensive collaboration with stakeholders and senior management.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeMontréal • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Advise clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives
Develop and implement strategies and action plans stemming from procurement business positions and strategic directions
Analyze needs. Identify, analyze, diagnose and address major issues and make recommendations to decision-making bodies
Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit’s strategic projects and initiatives
Develop, implement and monitor solutions, processes, strategic improvements and long-term cost optimization approaches
Develop indicators and monitoring approaches for provider performance
Represent your unit before senior management committees and decision-making bodies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in a related field
A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
Knowledge of French is required
Action oriented
Customer Focus
Differences
Interpersonal Savvy
Nimble learning
Strategic mindset

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary and annual bonus
4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
Group insurance including telemedicine
Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

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Soft Skills

action orientedcustomer focusinterpersonal savvynimble learningstrategic mindset

Certifications

Bachelor's degree