Senior Analyst, Procurement
Role Overview
The Senior Analyst, Procurement – Vendor Management & Insights supports strategic vendor management and commercial advisory capabilities.
The initial focus is Professional Services and Consulting, improving vendor visibility, performance insights, decision-making, and procurement processes.
Procurement supports sourcing, supplier relationships, and commercial decision-making across the organization.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role
The Senior Analyst, Procurement – Vendor Management & Insights supports strategic vendor management and commercial advisory capabilities.
The initial focus is Professional Services and Consulting, improving vendor visibility, performance insights, decision-making, and procurement processes.
Procurement supports sourcing, supplier relationships, and commercial decision-making across the organization.
Accountabilities
- Prepare fact bases, performance insights, decision materials, and action tracking for vendor governance discussions.
- Coordinate post-engagement vendor performance reviews, surveys, feedback analysis, and follow-up.
- Analyze spend, contracts, Statements of Work, vendor performance, and market intelligence to identify commercial trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Turn complex information into actionable recommendations and decision materials.
- Support vendor and category strategies with market research, commercial analysis, pricing comparisons, vendor intelligence, and negotiation preparation.
- Partner with Systems & Analytics and Source-to-Pay teams on data visibility, reporting needs, automation, and vendor management solutions.
- Identify and test practical AI applications for vendor intelligence, stakeholder feedback, contract review, performance management, and QBR preparation.
Required qualifications
- 3–5 years of relevant experience in procurement, supplier or vendor management, commercial operations, business analysis, strategic sourcing, or a related field.
- Foundational knowledge of procurement and commercial concepts, including contracts, pricing, supplier relationships, and vendor performance.
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills; ability to interpret complex or incomplete information and make practical recommendations.
- Clear written and verbal communication, including concise presentations and decision-support materials.
- Strong organization, sound judgment, independent workstream management, and relationship-building skills.
- Commercial curiosity and interest in process improvement, digital procurement tools, automation, and practical AI.
Assets
- Experience supporting supplier performance, category management, strategic sourcing, or commercial analysis is an asset.
- Exposure to Professional Services, Consulting, or enterprise vendor relationships is an asset.
Workplace
- The posting is marked #LI-ONSITE.
About CPP Investments
CPP Investments invests across public and private markets with a long-term mandate to deliver sustainable returns for generations of Canadians.
The organization describes its work environment as collaborative and performance-driven and provides AI tools and dedicated learning time.
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