Purchasing Manager

You will run purchasing for Corpshore Canada and support procurement across the wider group where Canadian entities are the contracting party. The spend profile is unusual for a services business: technology and software licensing at scale, telephony and connectivity, facilities across three provinces, professional services, and the equipment logistics of onboarding remote staff across a very large country. Two days in the Toronto office, three remote.

Own the end-to-end purchasing cycle from requisition through purchase order, receipt and payment, working closely with Finance. Negotiate and manage supplier contracts, renewals and service level agreements. Run competitive processes for material spend and document them to a standard that survives audit. Maintain the supplier master and the contract register, including renewal dates, which is where most organisations quietly lose money. Manage vendor performance reviews and hold suppliers to what they signed. Support client bids that require supply chain disclosure. Manage equipment procurement and logistics for remote staff onboarding across Canada. Track spend against budget and report variances with explanations rather than only numbers. Support compliance with the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, including supplier due diligence and the annual reporting obligation.

At least four years in purchasing, procurement or vendor management, with direct negotiation experience on contracts of meaningful value. Strong contract literacy and the confidence to challenge terms rather than sign them. Working knowledge of GST, HST and QST treatment on purchasing. Advanced Excel. Experience with an ERP or procurement system. English at C1. The instinct to ask what a renewal is actually costing before approving it.

SCMP designation or progress toward it. French at B2 for Quebec supplier relationships. Experience in services, technology or BPO procurement. Public sector procurement exposure.

Real ownership of a category rather than transactional order processing. Hybrid working. Group health and dental benefits. RRSP participation. Funded progress toward SCMP. Visibility into a genuinely international supply chain.