Movable Ink

Director, Strategic Sourcing

Movable Ink

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Canada

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Salary

💰 CA$180,000 - CA$210,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead and transform the Strategic Sourcing organization, focusing on process optimization and driving continuous improvement to build a best-in-class procurement function aligned with organizational goals.
  • Develop and own proactive technology sourcing strategies that anticipate business needs and best in class technology for the organization
  • Leverage existing tools (Ironclad, Productiv) and emerging technologies, including AI, to enhance procurement effectiveness and innovation.
  • Partner with Finance to drive annual and quarterly technology budget planning, forecasting, and spend analysis, ensuring alignment to strategic priorities and cost optimization.
  • Drive system consolidation efforts, identifying opportunities to streamline the vendor portfolio, reduce redundancy, and renegotiate enterprise-wide agreements.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, IT, InfoSec, and senior leadership to assess risk, ensure compliance, and optimize contract terms for all technology and service agreements.
  • Direct complex negotiations with key vendors to secure competitive terms, flexible license structures, and scalable contract models that support growth.
  • Lead evaluation and adoption of procurement and vendor management tools and platforms to improve contract lifecycle management, reporting, and data-driven decision making.
  • Serve as a senior escalation point for vendor and stakeholder issues, managing relationships at the executive level and ensuring alignment and transparency across the organization.
  • Establish and drive training and change management initiatives related to procurement processes, systems, and governance.
  • Maintain day-to-day operations including processing new vendors, renewals, and change orders according to SLAs and stakeholder expectations

Requirements

  • Proven leadership experience in technology procurement, strategic sourcing, and vendor management at a senior level.
  • Experience implementing and managing procurement tools and contract management platforms (e.g., Ironclad/Docusign, Productiv, Zip).
  • Deep expertise in system consolidation, technology budgeting, forecasting, and KPI management related to technology procurement.
  • Strong knowledge and practical experience with deploying AI applications, system consolidation
  • Excellent negotiation skills with a track record of driving cost savings and value through complex agreements.
  • Exceptional communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at all organizational levels.
  • Strategic thinker with a drive for continuous improvement and the ability to lead organizational change.
  • Self-motivated and entrepreneurial mindset with a dedication to high standards of operational excellence and data accuracy
Benefits
  • Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
  • Additional bonus depending on the position ultimately offered
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
technology procurementstrategic sourcingvendor managementcontract managementsystem consolidationtechnology budgetingforecastingKPI managementAI applicationsnegotiation
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationstakeholder managementinfluencestrategic thinkingcontinuous improvementorganizational changeself-motivatedoperational excellence