Senior Consultant, Strategic Analytics CoE Procurement

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About the role:

Global Procurement and Payments (GPP) focus is to support Sun Lifes winning strategy and deliver bottom line results by driving value on our business external spend management. Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) leverages data and analytics to enable Category Management and Strategic Sourcing to make more informed data-driven decisions optimize third party spend improve quality and enhance supplier relationships. We do so by deriving actionable insights from third party spend; deeply supporting RFPs renewals & negotiations by partnering with category managers and strategic sourcing leads across Sun Life globally.

The Senior Consultant will be a part of a collaborative and caring team that works on the most challenging and interesting problems in this space. They will work in a fast pace and dynamic environment with exposure to senior leaders and be able to build a broad knowledge of Sun Lifes businesses. The successful candidate will lead workstreams with minimal supervision including analyzing RFP bid information third party spend data compiling metrics conducting in-depth research and more.

What will you do

• Support GPPs Category Management & Strategic Sourcing team on sourcing event (with should cost models bid analysis market benchmark scenario analysis) strategy development (with historical and forecasted spend trends) and spend reporting (with monthly/quarterly/annual reports and slides for various stakeholders)
• Extract transform and interpret data at the lowest level of detail to analyze spend identify trends insights and opportunities
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative metrics from RFP bids to guide decisions on awarding and contracting
• Conduct market research and benchmarking analysis to evaluate potential suppliers track market trends and identify emerging opportunities for strategic partnerships
• Prepare relevant data to enable tracking of management information and KPIs such as category savings vendor SLAs
• Acquire maintain and develop expertise knowledge and information to support continuous improvement from relevant internal and external sources
• Work directly and effectively with various teams and share your expertise and insights with colleagues to expand our GPP knowledge and refine our approaches to come up with the best solutions and drive outcomes
• Other duties as required
• Structure ambiguous problems derive insights from complex information into clear takeaways and actionable recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods
• Communicate effectively with all audiences including senior leaders in a clear compelling and concise manner including but not limited to creating clear organized slides and other format of communication that draws out important messages and supporting data produce near executive-ready slides and outputs effectively present specific content to audience and contribute to discussions
• Demonstrate an ability and drive to learn within a fast-moving team provide flexible and creative support proactively identify opportunities.
• Establish trust-based relationships with teams to better serve them by blending critical thinking with hands-on experiences helping teams address their most critical problems. Listen to and appropriately address stakeholder feedback
• Expand horizons by gaining exposure to diverse work cultures and global business practices

What do you need to succeed

• 5 years experience in Consultancy Financial Services Data Analytics/Management or Procurement Analytics
• Undergraduate degree in engineering mathematics computer science business or procurement and supply focus
• Competency in Microsoft Office programs
• High proficiency in data analytics and visualization tools (IE/ MS Excel Tableau Alteryx and advanced with functionality such as pivots power query formulas) a strong ability to interpret data draw insightful observations and state risks/limitations
• Strong problem-solving skills with an ability to understand and lead complex analyses from end to end including gathering requirements assessing data integrity/completeness building sophisticated models deriving insights
• Ability to grasp and communicate complex ideas and data insights clearly and effectively at an executive level both verbally and in writing
• Strong results-oriented project management skills; ability to prioritize and balance competing priorities; well organized with high attention to detail
• Ability to work independently on assignments with appropriate judgment including resourcefulness and out-of-the-box thinking in navigating ambiguous situations/problems
• Ability to engage and collaborate effectively with others outside of Analytics CoE

Whats in it for you

• Hybrid work environment
• A friendly collaborative and inclusive culture
• 20 vacation days per year
• Flexible Benefits from the day you join to meet the needs of you and your family
• Pension stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
• Access to our Global Learning Centre available 24/7 for your learning needs
• Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health mental physical and financial

Recent Awards:

• We are honoured to be recognized as aand 2025 Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work Canada
• Great Place to Work list for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork 2022
• Great Place to Work list for Best Workplaces for Professional Development in Canada 2022
• Named Best Places to Work by Glassdoor 2021 and 2023

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other addition to Base Pay eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our Clients the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.

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We are proud to be a hybrid organization that offers our employees the choice and flexibility to work from both the office and virtually based on the needs of the business our Clients and you! Several work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.

We may use artificial intelligence to support candidate sourcing screening interview scheduling.

We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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