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The Manager will use financial data and leadership input to create the necessary sourcing strategies (RFP/I) and oversee execution of said processes up to and including contract creation and documentation of project outcomes. The goal of this role is to drive awareness, adoption and cost reduction.\nSpecifically, You Will:\nProactively translates, organize, plan and coordinate all elements of the sourcing process\nManaging the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending\nTogether with leadership, determine strategic and tactical plans for commodity and service procurement. \nConduct spend analysis, vendor contract analysis and other diagnostics to develop an annual sourcing and savings plan.\nCollaborate closely with internal departments to understand their sourcing needs, specifications, and requirements\nLead supplier audits and evaluations to ensure compliance with ethical standards, legal regulations, and industry best practices\nSome of what you need:\nPost Secondary degree, sourcing certification\n8-10 years business experience, including 5 in the sourcing field and a minimum of 2 - 3 years in project management.\nExperience in developing Indirect Materials sourcing strategies, conducting a rigorous sourcing and supplier selection process and contracting. Specific category expertise in one of Marketing, Professional Services, IT, Facilities, Supply Chain or Transportation sourcing.\nAbility to develop and execute sourcing strategies, including creating and analyze RFI’s and RFP’s and conducting supplier negotiations, in multiple of the following areas: technology, marketing, facilities, supply chain, professional services and general sourcing categories.\nProven contract and negotiation skills, utilizing sourcing techniques including the Internet, automation tools, negotiation strategy development and implementation, baseline development, profiling supplier markets, etc. to maximize sourcing and process improvement effectiveness.\nPhysical demands/working conditions:\nOffice environment - Hybrid, with 4 days onsite in Richmond Hill, subject to the hybrid policy.\nSome of what you will get:\nAssociate discount\nHealth and Dental benefits\nRRSP/DPSP\nPerformance bonuses\nLearning & Development programs\nAnd more...","description_format":"text","description_chars":3209,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Canada","iso":"CA","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["B2B Commerce","Office Supplies & Stationery"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-12T18:43:50Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-12T19:47:18Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/staples-sourcing-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/staples-sourcing-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-12T19:47:18Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":41750,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-13T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1754708},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1754708"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fstaples-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fstaples-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fstaples-sourcing-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/staples-sourcing-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fstaples-sourcing-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4187609}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"staples.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4187609},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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