Head of planning (m/f)

Procurement & Sourcing

96,900 - $136,800 CAD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The Strategic Sourcing Manager, Global Sourcing, is a strategic, results-driven individual, who works in collaboration with business partners, TD preferred Global Sourcing and Consulting suppliers, and new suppliers, to develop and implement best in class sourcing and vendor management practices and solutions, that will enable sustainable value to the organization by optimizing solutions and contracts and supplier management, while mitigating supply-related risks. This role will be integrated into a team of Strategic Sourcing Professionals and will be focused on developing and managing a proactive approach for our preferred Global Sourcing and Consulting suppliers across the organization that will include defining management and reporting of suppliers across the organization Application, Development and Maintenance (ADM), and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) space performance. In this capacity, the Strategic Sourcing Manager will interface with stakeholders at all levels across the organization, subject matter experts, other members of Procurement and suppliers, to source, develop, implement, and manage suppliers and their solutions/services.
The Strategic Sourcing Manager supports the Senior Manager in developing and implementing the sub-category strategy as part of the overall Global Delivery and Consulting Procurement Category Strategy in the Infrastructure portfolio. The role requires an experienced strategic, results-driven team player who works in collaboration with all Procurement teams, enterprise control functions, business unit leaders, business partners, TD suppliers and external parties to deliver sustainable value to the Bank and business units by meeting timelines and reducing 3rd-party spend and total cost of ownership while maintaining compliance with TD and regulatory policies.
The Strategic Sourcing Manager supports business partners by developing strategies that support business specific objectives and goals, as well as helping to mitigate risks to the business and the Bank.

• Develop Infrastructure Procurement pipeline and sourcing strategies for the Global Delivery and Consulting categories
• Drive value in supply chain/total cost of ownership sourcing initiatives through early engagement, commercial acumen and market knowledge in Global Delivery and Consulting (including ADM and BPO). Proactively conduct Infrastructure market intelligence activities including industry, supply market and supply chain research/analytics, category sourcing and outsourcing trends and best practices and share knowledge, insight and advice with business in a way that contributes to their long term business strategies
• Recommend and implement solutions/process improvements
• Support internal Bank partners by leading/contributing to the supplier negotiation process to maximize price/performance and providing guidance on deal structure
• Oversee and manage the supplier selection process for the procurement of a variety of products/services, predominantly focused on Global Delivery and Consulting infrastructure but may include software, cloud solutions and third party hosted or managed solutions.
• Negotiate favorable contract terms for Low and Medium engagement and with support from TD Legal for High rated engagements
• Demonstrated experience of TD's Risk Appetite Framework, TD's Supplier Risk Management policies and Outsourcing guidelines

Strong commercial acumen and business judgment
Proven experience in business planning and delivery of objectives
Experience in Project Management with strong analytical skills
Strong understanding of contract law as it applies to the Global Delivery industry
Strong understanding of writing and interpreting Contracts
Demonstrated experience of Procurement/Sourcing practices and tools including SAP Ariba
Strong commercial acumen and business judgment
Proven experience in business planning and delivery of objectives
Demonstrated stakeholder/relationship management and networking skills
Strong Contract Management skills
This role is a front line position in a busy shop in a complex and heavily regulated industry that demands your ability to hit the ground running and persuasively steer both customers and vendors to desired outcomes
You will be working in a dynamic and fast paced environment where the ability to remain focused on the end game.
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Training & Onboarding
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