Procurement Assistant Manager, Labor, Security, and Facilities

The Procurement Assistant Manager, Labor, Security, and Facilities is responsible for driving commercial and execution activities across the Source-to-Contract and Demand-to-Delivery lifecycle for Facilities and related operational categories across North America (NA).
The role manages sourcing activities across Facilities within Logistics & Services (L&S), supporting operations including Contract Logistics, Ground Freight and Depots. The category scope includes facility management services, third-party labor, Security, operational supplies and consumables, and other facility-related requirements.
The position will apply Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), should-cost modelling, external benchmarks and market intelligence to identify opportunities, strengthen commercial decisions and drive sustainable cost leadership and savings across the categories in scope.
Working closely with Operations, Finance, Accounts Payable, Legal, Technology, Vendor Master Data Management and other stakeholders, the role will help streamline the end-to-end procurement process, ensuring negotiated agreements, pricing, suppliers and purchasing channels are effectively deployed and translated into operational results.
A key focus of the position will be to drive digital adoption and deploy technology, automation and AI-enabled solutions across the Procure-to-Pay lifecycle, identifying and reducing manual activities, improving data quality and controls, increasing productivity and building scalable procurement processes across NA.
Key Responsibilities

Sourcing Strategy & Execution

Manage Source-to-Contract activities for Facilities and related categories across NA, including Contract Logistics, Ground Freight, Depots and other L&S operations.
Execute sourcing initiatives covering facility management services, operational supplies and consumables, and related facility requirements.
Lead and conduct spend, demand and supplier analysis to identify sourcing, consolidation and standardization opportunities.
Develop category-specific go-to-market and sourcing strategies based on business requirements, supplier capabilities, market dynamics and commercial opportunities.
Lead RFQ/RFP processes, including supplier engagement, bid analysis, commercial evaluation, negotiations, recommendations and award implementation.
Develop and apply TCO and should-cost models to improve commercial decision-making and optimize lifecycle economics beyond initial purchase price.
Develop and maintain external benchmarks for key cost drivers, rates, equipment and services to support negotiations and drive cost leadership.
Monitor relevant market trends, supplier developments, capacity, inflationary factors and technology developments and translate insights into sourcing actions.
Support contract development and negotiation in collaboration with Legal and relevant stakeholders.
Deliver measurable cost savings, cost avoidance and other value improvements while balancing service, quality, operational requirements and risk.
Rate Management & Commercial Implementation

Own the implementation and ongoing maintenance of negotiated supplier rates, pricing conditions and commercial agreements within applicable procurement systems.
Ensure sourcing awards are effectively translated into contracts, purchase orders, catalogues, rate structures and approved buying channels.
Monitor commercial conditions and identify missing, incorrect or outdated rates, coordinating corrective actions with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
Resolve Procurement-owned pricing and commercial discrepancies, including price mismatches affecting the three-way-match and payment process.
Establish effective mechanisms to maintain visibility of pricing, rate validity, contract coverage and commercial performance.
Vendor Onboarding, Compliance & Enablement

Coordinate supplier onboarding and implementation across Procurement, Operations, Finance, Accounts Payable, Vendor Master Data Management and other process owners.
Ensure awarded suppliers are properly enabled through appropriate purchasing channels, including catalogues, punchouts, framework purchasing and PO-based processes.
Manage sourcing and procurement documentation to ensure appropriate governance, audit readiness and traceability.
Drive contract compliance and adoption of negotiated suppliers, rates, terms and purchasing channels.
Support supplier adoption of the Supplier Code of Conduct and sustainable procurement requirements applicable to the categories in scope.
Promote supplier consolidation and standardization where this improves cost, compliance, operational performance or scalability.
Demand-to-Delivery & Procure-to-Pay Enablement

Lead Procurement execution activities across the Demand-to-Delivery lifecycle, ensuring business demand is translated into the appropriate commercial and purchasing solution.
Partner with Operations, Finance, Accounts Payable and other stakeholders to continu

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