Sr. Manager - Sourcing Business Management

BMO•Toronto, ON

2d•CA$94,600 - CA$176,000

About The Position

This role sits at the center of Sourcing transformation, combining strategy, execution, and innovation to elevate Procurement’s enterprise impact. The individual will operate as a trusted advisor to senior leadership while driving delivery of critical initiatives across the function. Lead business management for a ~60-person Sourcing organization, overseeing operating cadence, governance, reporting, portfolio priorities, and execution against strategic objectives. Serve as a strategic advisor to the VP of Sourcing, helping shape the function’s strategy, roadmap, and forward-looking priorities across sourcing, vendor resilience, and transformation. Drive key Procurement initiatives tied to BMO M&A activity, including due diligence, transition planning, integration support, and alignment with third-party risk and operating model requirements. Lead cross-functional project and program management across strategic priorities, ensuring disciplined execution of roadmap items, issue resolution, stakeholder alignment, and delivery against milestones. Own the development and advancement of the Sourcing innovation agenda, including process simplification, digitalization, AI/Copilot use cases, and technology enablement initiatives such as ZIP and future tools. Support the design and implementation of the group’s broader strategy, including governance enhancements, savings tracking, reporting modernization, contract pipeline visibility, and category management evolution. Help shape the people and change agenda for the function, including team communications, development planning, engagement initiatives, and change management required to embed new ways of working.

Requirements

Sourcing transformation
strategy
execution
innovation
elevate Procurement’s enterprise impact
trusted advisor to senior leadership
driving delivery of critical initiatives
operating cadence
governance
reporting
portfolio priorities
execution against strategic objectives
strategic advisor to the VP of Sourcing
shape the function’s strategy, roadmap, and forward-looking priorities
sourcing
vendor resilience
transformation
Procurement initiatives tied to BMO M&A activity
due diligence
transition planning
integration support
alignment with third-party risk and operating model requirements
cross-functional project and program management
disciplined execution of roadmap items
issue resolution
stakeholder alignment
delivery against milestones
development and advancement of the Sourcing innovation agenda
process simplification
digitalization
AI/Copilot use cases
technology enablement initiatives
design and implementation of the group’s broader strategy
governance enhancements
savings tracking
reporting modernization
contract pipeline visibility
category management evolution
people and change agenda for the function
team communications
development planning
engagement initiatives
change management required to embed new ways of working

Responsibilities

Lead business management for a ~60-person Sourcing organization, overseeing operating cadence, governance, reporting, portfolio priorities, and execution against strategic objectives.
Serve as a strategic advisor to the VP of Sourcing, helping shape the function’s strategy, roadmap, and forward-looking priorities across sourcing, vendor resilience, and transformation.
Drive key Procurement initiatives tied to BMO M&A activity, including due diligence, transition planning, integration support, and alignment with third-party risk and operating model requirements.
Lead cross-functional project and program management across strategic priorities, ensuring disciplined execution of roadmap items, issue resolution, stakeholder alignment, and delivery against milestones.
Own the development and advancement of the Sourcing innovation agenda, including process simplification, digitalization, AI/Copilot use cases, and technology enablement initiatives such as ZIP and future tools.
Support the design and implementation of the group’s broader strategy, including governance enhancements, savings tracking, reporting modernization, contract pipeline visibility, and category management evolution.
Help shape the people and change agenda for the function, including team communications, development planning, engagement initiatives, and change management required to embed new ways of working.