Procurement Advisor, Purchasing

Desjardins

Purchasing and procurement advisor finalizing agreements with partners for goods and services at Desjardins. Analyze client needs and implement cost-cutting and performance improvement recommendations while representing the unit before committees.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeMontréal • 🇨🇦 CanadaJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help finalize contractual agreements with the organization’s partners for the purchase and rental of goods and services
Analyze and identify client needs
Diagnose issues and challenges to determine target outcomes
Perform specialized analysis, conduct studies, write reports and make recommendations
Carry out operational follow-up and monitoring, including monitoring of external provider performance
Help develop, enforce, update and improve the policies, processes, standards and models that support your unit’s projects and initiatives
Evaluate results, benefits and service quality
Issue and implement cost-cutting and performance improvement recommendations
Represent your unit before committees

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in a related field
A minimum of two years of relevant experience
Knowledge of French is required
Advanced proficiency of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
Action oriented
Business insight
Customer Focus
Differences
Interpersonal Savvy
Nimble learning

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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Hard Skills & Tools

contractual agreementsspecialized analysisreport writingoperational monitoringperformance improvementcost-cutting recommendations

Soft Skills

action orientedbusiness insightcustomer focusinterpersonal savvynimble learning

Certifications

Bachelor's degree