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CIBC Manager, Strategic Initiatives in Toronto, Ontario
We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.
At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.
To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com (https://www.cibc.com/en/about-cibc.html)
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Manager, Strategic Initiatives, you'll be responsible for supporting and executing our vendor management and procurement strategies, while fostering strong partnerships to drive successful outcomes for Simplii Business Operations strategic initiatives. Leveraging your strong partnership skills, you’ll maintain solid relationships with our vendors, suppliers, Procurement, and Vendor Management team in the development, modifications, and renewal of contracts. Your accountability will also include driving strategic initiatives or projects and working with various business stakeholders to align with our organization’s goals and objectives.
At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role Details on your work arrangement will be discussed at the time of your interview.
How You’ll Succeed
Vendor Management & Procurement: You’ll build and maintain strong relationships with vendors and suppliers ensuring performance aligns with Simplii standards and business objectives. You’ll develop and execute on procurement strategies that optimize, mitigate risks and ensure compliance with regulatory and internal guidelines. You’ll be responsible to review and lead contract negotiations with new and existing vendors, securing favorable terms while ensuring alignment with the business needs. Leveraging your strong partnership skills, you’ll regularly engage with our current suppliers, review feedback and implement recommended enhancements to drive continuous improvement.
Successful Initiative Delivery: You’ll consult on a variety of ad-hoc initiatives and accelerators driving the requirements and solution ensuring they are compliant, effective and have the client at the forefront. Utilizing your strong knowledge of procurement and vendor relations, you’ll work closely with the internal procurement team, providing guidance on contract renewals and resolving disputes effectively.
Requirements Gathering: Working closely with business partners, you’ll gather complex business requirements and facilitate solution design discussions. Build strong relationships, lead discussions, listen and ask the right questions to ensure solutions meet requirements.
Solution Design: You’ll build client-focused solutions that meet business requirements. Prepare and validate solution design documents around areas such as scope clarification, solution requirements, and quality assurance. You will create or edit a wide variety of presentation and communication materials (e.g. key messages, communication plans, tactical deliverables, presentations etc.).
Who you are
You are an experienced, confident and well-rounded professional. You can leverage data analytical and strategy development skills to support, present and sell your ideas.
You can demonstrate 3-5 years experience working with vendor management/procurement/contract administration or related experience.
You are a leader who can take an idea right through to implementation as you collaborate with a diverse team to create and build flexible, innovative solutions that deliver a best-in-class experience
You're passionate about people. You find meaning in relationships, and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners. You build trust through respect and authenticity. Relationship management skills to effectively deal with individuals at all levels of the organization and convey factual and/or conceptual information requiring detailed explanation and interpretation
You give meaning to data. You enjoy investigating complex problems, and making sense of information. You're confident in your decision making skills and ability to communicate detailed information in an impactful way.
You look beyond the moment . You make decisions and take actions that will make a difference today and tomorrow. You proactively seek new opportunities to define what's possible.
You are digitally savvy. You have experience working with delivery methodologies such as PMP, Prince2, Agile, Scrum or Lean 6Sigma or other relevant methodologies.
You put our clients first. You engage with purpose to find the right solutions. You go the extra mile, because it's the right thing to do.
Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability.
What CIBC Offers
At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.
We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program, defined benefit pension plan, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.
Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.
*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions
What you need to know
CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com
You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.
We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.
Job Location
Toronto-20 Dundas St. W., 6th
Employment Type
Regular
Weekly Hours
37.5
Skills
Business Operations, Communication, Copy Editing, Customer Experience (CX), Digital Content, Digital Products, Digital Transformation, Proofreading, Teamwork, Time Management, User Experience (UX), Writing
At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability.
Working with CIBC makes you a part of a work environment committed to our clients, employees and communities - a place where you can excel.
Every day, our 44,000 employees help our clients achieve their financial goals, because what matters to our clients, matters to us.