Supplier & Procurement Project Manager

Marshall Canada requires a Supplier and Procurement Project Manager in Ottawa, ON to join our team.  Reporting to the Senior Manager, Purchasing and Supply Chain, the Supplier and Procurement Project Manager is responsible to manage the relationship and delivery of our key partners and subcontractors in critical customer programs, driving improved performance, ensuring schedules and cost estimates are adhered to.  In addition, this role is also responsible to lead a team of Subcontract Specialists in the delivery of project requirements.

Your responsibilities in this role:

• Participate in the development phase of the program; liaise between the Engineering team and suppliers to enable manufacturing to cost targets.
• Develop and manage the relationships with our key subcontractors and partners on a critical customer programs and North American specific project requirements.
• Develop and manage adherence to subcontracts, with the support of Commercial, Finance and other Functional Team.
• Lead a team of Subcontract Specialists, overseeing the operational workload of the team, and ensuring the team meets project milestones.
• Responsible for ensuring team performance and participating in the development of team members to support their capability development.
• Interface with global Marshall organization: commodity managers, strategic procurement team lead, Procurement Project Management and the Supply-chain Managers to coordinate program needs from creation of RFP through contract negotiation and award, execution, delivery acceptance and contract close.
• Apply, follow and monitor compliance to the global sourcing and procurement processes defined by Marshall Land Systems.
• Monitor and manage the subcontractor delivery in line with the program schedule, this includes ensuring key milestones, both from a quality and time perspective, are met.
• Monitor and mitigate cost increases linked to program changes.
• Create, develop and update supplier strategies aligned to the wider Procurement, Program and Business strategies and partnership principles.
• Set good standard and practices to maximize supplier delivery and quality performance through appropriate communication channels.
• Manage risks and opportunities associated with each of their respective suppliers across the region.
• Develop the supplier base through clear improvement plans. Ensure appropriate governance is in place to review progress and manage the contractual relationship.
• Provide business with insights regarding opportunities for the project to be more profitable or competitive, including make versus buy proposals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Apply if you have most of the following:

• Applicable degree in Business, Commercial, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or equivalent
• 5+ years Relevant Program Management Experience and/or Procurement Experience in Defense or a related field
• Demonstrated experience leading teams
• Risk Management
• Supplier relationship (SRM) experience in relevant categories preferred
• Strong communication, negotiation, and prioritization skills
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to work/ influence in cross functional teams
• Strategic and analytical skills
• Internal and external stakeholder management
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality

Must be eligible to meet the requirements of export control regulations, including the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and Canadian government security requirements.

About Marshall Land Systems:

Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world.

From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.

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