Experience

OCS Ontario Cannabis Store

• Canada
• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sr. Manager, Enterprise Vendor Relationship Management

  • Mar 2023 - Present



Home Trust Company

• Canada
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager, Procurement and Vendor Management

  • Aug 2021 - Mar 2023

• Senior Vendor and Contract Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Aug 2021

  The Senior Vendor and Contract Manager manages policies, practices, and processes for the selection, negotiation, purchasing and ongoing governance of Home Trust's strategic vendors.• Oversee the process of systematically and efficiently managing vendor engagements, contract creation, execution, analysis and overall governance for the purpose of maximizing financial and operational performance and minimizing risk.• Lead the RFX process for high-profile Technology and Operations engagements, including, but not limited to Contact Centre outsourcing, IT Security services, CRM professional services, Mortgage Broker intake system, Appraisal Management system, Intelligent Document Capture technology and Contingent Labour Staffing services, • Establish the Contract and Vendor Management processes for Vendor engagements across Home Trust Company with a primary accountability for IT. • Negotiate, extend, terminate, and renegotiate contracts for the acquisition of equipment, materials, products, or services.• Conducts analyses of existing vendor networks to assess their capability of meeting business objectives; Recommends new vendors in terms of capacity.• Recommend/Develop and Implement processes and tools for different types of contracts, risk assessments, disputes, and issue resolutions, etc. Show less



Canadian Tire Corporation

• Canada
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sourcing Specialist, Strategic Sourcing

  • Jan 2015 - Nov 2016

  Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited’s IT Vendor & Asset Management group enables its internal business partners to reduce costs by leveraging strategic vendor relationships, providing a high level of customer service and by applying industry leading best practices to demonstrate value and achieve enterprise wide cost savings; the Sourcing Specialist position is responsible for all related technology and service acquisitions, as well as management of vendor relationships.• Manage full life cycle of CTC's Technology Contingent Labour program. Accountabilities include: Staffing Vendor management; Master Agreement negotiation; Resource rate negotiation and on-boarding; Program review/evaluation; Vendor capabilities evaluation. • Support of the Enterprise IT Invoice Contractor procurement process for CTC Affiliates; continued program process management for CTC. Consulting Services SME. • Lead Specialist assigned to support technology procurement activities for new Distribution Centre site build.• Responsible for leading the procurement process for vendor investigation, developing sourcing strategy, bid solicitation, negotiating contract pricing, terms and conditions, and completing all Vendor Management related project/procurement documentation. Show less

• Contract Management Specialist

  • Oct 2011 - Dec 2014

  Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited’s ITVM Contract Management team actively negotiates the governing terms and conditions, SOW-based project engagement and associated amendments & renewals as they relate to the engagement of new and existing technology suppliers across the enterprise.• On-going management of IT Contractor engagement/procurement process at CTC; Primary vendor contact for day-to-day IT contract staffing activities at CTC.• Facilitate the intake and management of executed contract documents for the CTC enterprise. • Responsible for Enterprise IT contract renewals, including Software Licensing, Hardware Procurement and Governing Agreement terms and conditions. • Enterprise MSA negotiation; Contract reporting; Vendor evaluation; Vendor intelligence. Show less

• Contract Labour Consultant

  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2011

  Manage all steps associated with the procurement and on-boarding of IT Invoice Contractors for Canadian Tire Corporation, Ltd. • Re-engineered and managed the procurement process for IT contingent labour.• Develop and execute Statement's of Work (SOW) for IT outsourced project engagements.• Managed Request for Proposal (RFP) process to establish approved secondary staffing vendor list for the CTC Information Technology organization.• Established a primary and secondary vendor model of 6 approved staffing vendors to perform recruitment services to the CTC IT organization. Show less



TEKsystems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Manager

  • Mar 2006 - Aug 2009

  Manage a diverse customer profile for an industry leading multi-national IT Staffing and Recruitment Consulting Company in the Greater Toronto Area. Client industries include: Financial Services, Automotive, Consulting Services, Retail Goods and Home and Commercial Security.

• Technical Recruiter

  • Mar 2005 - Mar 2006

  Responsible for all steps associated with the identification, placement and management of contract employees for the largest privately owned IT staffing and Recruitment Company in North America.



Combined Metal Industries

• Canada
• Mining
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Account Manager

  • Sep 2002 - Dec 2004

  Managed and promoted sales and buying relationships for an industry-leading metal recycling company in the GTA. Focused on the sale and distribution of raw commodities to industrial manufacturing markets across the GTA, Southern Ontario, Quebec and the United States. Managed and promoted sales and buying relationships for an industry-leading metal recycling company in the GTA. Focused on the sale and distribution of raw commodities to industrial manufacturing markets across the GTA, Southern Ontario, Quebec and the United States.



Ontario Hockey League

• Canada
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Player (London Knights/Guelph Storm)

  • Aug 1996 - Jul 1999

  Player; LW; Knights Academic Player of the Month; Active Community Volunteer. Player; LW; Knights Academic Player of the Month; Active Community Volunteer.