Janitorial Category Lead in Toronto, Ontario

Janitorial Category Lead

Job ID

197895

Posted

14-Jan-2025

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Purchasing/Procurement

Location(s)

Toronto – Ontario – Canada

About the Role:

As a CBRE Procurement Principal, you will provide expert-level strategy and direction to the team that designs,

evaluates, and provide reports on the collection of data related to the sourcing, contracting, management, and

performance of suppliers and vendors.

This job is part of the Procurement function. They are responsible for sourcing and purchasing goods, services, or raw materials from vendors and suppliers.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop, plan, and put in place complex contracting and procurement strategies and roadmap based on business goals. Present results of reports to Sr management, along with their relative impacts on the business.

• Manage high-value RFP processes, solution selection, and negotiations. Oversee the supplier and contractor certification process.

• Prepare and maintain contracts with national service providers under company standards.

• Partner with Finance to outline potential value, risk, and ROI for proposed initiatives and track as needed.

• Assist with the development of policies and procedures, playbooks, and other organizational materials on sourcing.

• Run projects within the procurement space, as needed. Act as subject matter expert on compliance with public contracts regulations and legislative requirements during project delivery.

• Serve as an urgent and high-level point of contact for the business and its leaders.

• Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and

department objectives.

• Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the

organization function.

• Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function.

• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Anticipate potential

objections and persuades others, often at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of

view.

• Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams.

Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies.

• Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional

goals.

• Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s Degree preferred with 8-10 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of

experience and education will be considered. C.P.M., C.P.S.M. or N.A.C.M. certifications or eligibility, preferred.

• The innovative mentality to develop methods that go beyond existing solutions.

• Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions having a broad impact on the

business.

• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

• Expert organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.

• Highly sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate somewhat complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.

CBRE GWS

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry’s most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

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CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)