JOB PURPOSE

The Procurement Manager will lead a small operational sourcing and purchasing team responsible for managing unmanaged category spend, executing tactical sourcing activities, and driving efficient procurement operations across the organization. This role will oversee a team consisting of one full-time employee and four contractors, ensuring procurement requests are processed in alignment with established service level agreements (SLAs), internal controls, and stakeholder expectations.

The ideal candidate combines strong people leadership, operational discipline, supplier engagement experience, contract administration capabilities, and continuous improvement expertise to drive procurement throughput, cycle time reduction, purchasing compliance, and operational visibility in a fast-paced environment.

This role will have 5 Direct reports supporting Pattern’s execution of development pipeline.

Pattern recently introduced a new ERP system (Oracle Cloud Fusion) and a new Contract Life Cycle Management System (Agiloft). This role will play a key role in the continued enhancement and long term development of these tools.

Key Accountabilities

• Team Leadership & Operational Management
• Lead, coach, and manage a team of procurement buyers consisting of one full-time employee and four contractors.
• Establish clear performance expectations, workload prioritization, and operational accountability across the team.
• Monitor procurement queues and purchasing activity to ensure timely execution of purchase requisitions, purchase orders, supplier onboarding activities, and contract routing.
• Drive consistency in procurement processes, documentation standards, and stakeholder communications.
• Procurement Operations
• Manage day-to-day procurement activities related to unmanaged and non-strategic category spend.
• Support sourcing, quote collection, supplier negotiations, and purchasing execution across a broad range of indirect spend categories.
• Support PR/PO creation as necessary across across all spend categories (managed & unmanaged)
• Ensure adherence to procurement policies, approval workflows, and delegated authority requirements.
• Partner with business stakeholders to facilitate efficient procurement intake and resolution of purchasing bottlenecks.
• Contracting & Statement of Work Development
• Draft, review, and coordinate Statements of Work (SOWs), purchase agreements, amendments, renewals, and other procurement-related contracts in partnership with Legal and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate contract negotiations focused on commercial terms, pricing, service levels, deliverables, and risk mitigation.
• Ensure contracts and SOWs contain clear scopes, performance expectations, milestones, and acceptance criteria.
• Drive timely contract execution and workflow progression to meet operational SLA targets.
• SLA, KPI & Control Tower Management
• Develop, maintain, and enforce operational SLAs and KPIs related to:
• Purchase requisition to purchase order cycle time
• Contract review and execution cycle time
• Procurement request response time
• Queue aging and backlog management
• Support the development and operationalization of a PR/PO control tower capability to improve visibility into procurement intake, workflow status, bottlenecks, approvals, and purchasing throughput.
• Partner with IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to establish reporting, dashboards, and workflow governance supporting real-time procurement operations management.
• Produce operational reporting and dashboards to measure team throughput, service performance, compliance, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Identify root causes of delays and implement corrective actions to improve procurement responsiveness and efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement & Process Optimization
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives focused on simplifying procurement workflows, reducing cycle times, improving stakeholder experience, and increasing operational efficiency.
• Identify automation opportunities and partner with IT and business stakeholders to improve procurement systems, intake processes, and workflow tools.
• Standardize procurement templates, playbooks, intake processes, and operating procedures to improve consistency and scalability.
• Develop and implement process metrics to drive accountability and operational maturity.
• Support procurement transformation initiatives and operational governance programs.
• Supplier & Stakeholder Engagement
• Serve as an escalation point for operational procurement issues and supplier concerns.
• Support supplier negotiations focused on pricing, lead times, commercial terms, and operational performance.
• Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders to improve procurement adoption and compliance.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Management, or a related field or 10+ years of equivalent experience

Required Work Experience

• 5-7+ Years of experience in a strategic or operational procurement, sourcing, or category management roles
• Experience developing standards, policies, and standard work
• Experience leading a team
• Experience developing procurement reporting, SLA management, and operational dashboards
• Experience developing RFPs, RFQs, and RFIs
• Strong Financial Acumen; able to validate savings with finance
• Excellent supplier relationship management experience
• Experience developing basic cost models and vendor benchmarking initiatives
• Exceptional strategy development skills
• Experience negotiating multi – year professional service contracts
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal abilities; Able to influence without authority
• Demonstrated experience as a change leader
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of discretion and ability to handle confidential information.
• Demonstrated experience leading or influencing enterprise process improvements

Preferred Experience

• Experience working in Energy (Renewable Energy, Independent Power Producer, Utility, and/or Oil & Gas)
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Fusion and Agiloft Contract Life Cycle Management
• Prior experience in a start up environment is a plus
• CIPS, CPSM, or ISM is a plus
• Prior experience influencing budgets is a plus

The expected starting pay range for this role is $103,000 - $138,000 USD. This range is an estimate and base pay may be above or below the ranges based on several factors including but not limited to location, work experience, certifications, and education. In addition to base pay, Pattern’s compensation program includes a bonus structure for full-time employees of all levels. We also provide a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, voluntary benefits, family care benefits, employee assistance program, paid time off and bonding leave, paid holidays, 401(k)/RRSP retirement savings plan with employer contribution, and employee referral bonuses.