Supply Chain Manager

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

$100K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Commerce, Law, or Economics required.
  • 10+ years in supply chain management with a focus on contracting and procurement.
  • Experience with high-value procurement and complex capital projects.
  • Knowledge of commercial contracts and Canadian competitive bidding laws.
  • Ability to obtain Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Resolve complex supply chain issues and provide advanced analyses.
  • Communicate and collaborate on client issues impacting the broader organization.
  • Recommend solutions based on expertise and departmental needs.
  • Manage departmental budgets and ensure compliance with financial responsibilities.
  • Develop strategic plans and contribute to portfolio strategy based on departmental insights.

Benefits

  • Paid time off including vacation, personal, and floater days.
  • Health benefits start on Day One without a waiting period.
  • Tuition support for ongoing learning and professional development.
  • Defined-benefit or defined-contribution pension plans for financial security.
Full Job Description
Our Port Hope location is looking for a Supply Chain Manager to lead and oversee procurement, contracting, and supply chain management activities across a diverse portfolio.

What you will be doing!
  • Resolving highly complex and/or specialized professional issues within the department/sub-unit.
  • Communicating/ providing advanced, highly complex analyses of information/data to consult/collaborate on client issues with broad impact.
  • Providing significant input/ may authoritatively recommend solutions/approaches.
  • Addressing escalated issues from lower levels; supporting lower levels in issue resolution.
  • Escalating highly complex/highly specialized issues to higher levels with recommendations.
  • Ensuring and promoting a solid understanding of ethical contracting and best business practices.
  • Managing a large scope department budget.
  • Ensuring direct reports understand and comply with all aspects of team/project budgets across all areas of responsibility.
  • Making authoritative recommendations on expenditures for own area.
  • Developing and submitting department budgets for approval.
  • Providing input into the overall portfolio strategy.
  • Providing input into elements of strategic CNL plans based on own expertise.
  • Translating the portfolio's strategy into tactical plans for the department.
  • Other duties as assigned by your manager.

What we are looking for:
  • Education
    • A University Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Commerce, Law and/or Economics.
    • PMAC, SCMAO, PMP or equivalent are considered assets.
  • Experience
    • 10+ years of progressive experience in contracting, procurement and supply chain management, or equivalent combination of education and experience in a senior or lead contracting/negotiating capacity.
    • Experience in Procure to Pay processes, contracting lifecycles, and depending on portfolio, in EPC, Design & Build, Design-Bid-Build and formation of complex, multi -million capital projects or programs.
    • Experience working in a Nuclear or Regulated environment is an asset.
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
    • Ability to develop collaborative long-term strategic agreements and relationships.
    • Management of high-value procurements and acquisitions in complex services, construction, technology or process-based industry.
    • Ability to manage and work with high-performing integrated program or project teams.
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with the proven ability to mediate and negotiate well.
    • Excellent business judgement and savvy, with a proven ability to make high-consequence decisions under pressure related to risk, performance, and budget.
    • Demonstrated management skills and experience including resource management, budgeting, planning and reporting, team building and relationship management.
    • Strong business ethics and process orientation.
    • Extensive knowledge and understanding of commercial contracts, agreements and terms and conditions, competitive bidding laws of Canada, and Contract Law.
    • Understanding of the Legal system, and how contracts are executed and issues resolved.
  • Security Clearance Eligibility Required
    • Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3-5 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's "Standard on Security Screening" and the "Policy on Government Security."

Working Conditions:
  • Working schedule: Five (5) days per week, seven and a half (7.5) hours per day for a thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hour work week.
  • Regular driving (other than driving to work).
  • Project deadlines and spontaneous demands which require the incumbent to work beyond the normal workday as a regular occurrence.
  • Potentially highly hazardous environments and the requirements to wear personal protective equipment to mitigate any potential physical/health hazards.
  • Exposure to dirt, dust, smoke, heat, etc. and frequency.

What We Offer: A Total Rewards Package

We believe in taking care of our people. Here's what you can expect as part of our team:
  • Paid time off: vacation, sick, personal, and floater days
  • Benefits effective Day One - no waiting period
  • Tuition support to help you keep learning and growing
  • A defined-benefit pension plan or a defined-contribution pension plan, depending on your employee group, to support your long-term financial security


Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?
  • Delivering clean energy for today and tomorrow
  • Restoring and protecting the environment
  • Contributing to the health of Canadians


If so, you'll feel right at home at CNL.

Location: Hybrid

Our Port Hope site is situated along the scenic shores of Lake Ontario, just east of Toronto. The community offers a vibrant atmosphere with local shops, restaurants, and nearby parks.

Please note: This is a hybrid position, with time split between remote work and onsite presence at our Port Hope location, Ontario.

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