Senior Procurement Specialist, Strategic Supply Management

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Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. 
Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

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This is a 6-Month Contract

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This role reporting to the Sr. Director of Procurement focuses on procedural writing, document standardization, and clear operational communication, taking existing documents and creating new documents to complete a suit of Procurement Procedures, Processes, Guidelines, Templates & Directives to populate our Procurement Playbook. Working closely with procurement leadership and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), the ideal candidate excels at translating complex operational and compliance requirements into clear, user-friendly, plain-language documentation that ensures fairness, transparency, and accountability across our organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Procedure, Process, & Directive Drafting: Draft, structure, adapt and refine internal procurement policies, guides, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and governance directives for seamless operational implementation.
• Procedural Guidelines: Establish step-by-step guidance for key internal processes, including:

• Committee evaluation procedures and scoring protocols.
• Best practices for establishing and applying mandatory vs. rated requirements.
• Conflict-of-interest and fairness management guidelines.

• Supplier Guidance: Create clear, accessible instructions and templates for vendors participating in Request for Proposals (RFPs) and other competitive bids.
• Governance & Compliance Alignment: Ensure all documentation adheres to corporate governance standards, public sector  compliance frameworks, and industry best practices.
• Advisory & Recommendations: Present recommendations and proposals to management.
• Bilingual Standardization:  Coordinate with the translation department to ensure accurate, standardized publication of policy documents, directives, and templates in both official languages (English / French). 

Key Deliverables:

• RFx & Procurement Template Suite:  Review, standardize, and update all supplier-facing and internal sourcing templates (RFP, RFQ, RFI, RFSA, RFSO, etc.), ensuring consistent structure & instructions, and clear submission protocols.
• Evaluation Committee Guide: Clear instructions and guidelines to aid  evaluators with some of the complexities related to scorecarding supplier response as well  to ensure scoring consistency, neutrality.
• Mandatory Requirements Guidelines: Documented best practices and template guidelines on how stakeholders should define, test, and enforce qualification Pass/Fail criteria without unnecessarily restricting competition.
• RFP Supplier Instruction Set: Standardized, supplier-friendly instruction packages and response templates that guide suppliers on how to complete and submit compliant proposals effectively.
• Other Procedure & Process documentation as required

Qualifications & Competencies:

Core Skills:

• 3+ years  proven experience in Process & procedure drafting, corporate governance,, organizational writing, or technical writing.
• Strong ability to digest complex operational topics and turn them into intuitive, structured documentation.
• Deep understanding of organizational controls, compliance principles, and policy implementation.
• Familiarity with AI tools and skills in prompting in order to create documents, review, align, standardize, etc. Ability to validate AI outputs for quality assurance.
• Key Strengths: Strong interpersonal skills, a solution-oriented mindset, and proficiency with data/office tools (Oracle, Google Workspace (including Gemini), MS tools) and the ability to use AI effectively.

Language & Communication:

• Fully bilingual (French and English, spoken and written).
• Exceptional plain-language writing ability, with a focus on precision and clarity.

Assets (Nice-to-Have):

• Procurement experience in drafting Statements of Work, Contract finalization, & running RFP process
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional subject matter experts, including Legal, Information Security, Privacy, Risk Management, Sustainability, and other core business functions

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:  

• A mandatory Criminal record check. 

• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

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