Continuous Improvement Advisor - Temporary

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This position sits within the Strategic Procurement (SP) branch in the Centre of Excellence (COE) team.

The Continuous Improvement Advisor, Strategic Procurement is responsible for driving continuous improvement across the end to end Source to Contract (S2C) lifecycle by simplifying processes, strengthening governance, improving user experience, and enabling data driven decision making. The role identifies inefficiencies and improvement opportunities through process analysis, stakeholder feedback, and performance data, and translates them into standardized, scalable solutions. The position also supports procurement effectiveness by continuously evolving the procurement contract ecosystem and by designing and maintaining analytics, dashboards, and reporting processes that provide visibility into performance, adoption, cycle times, and compliance, and that inform continuous improvement priorities.

The opportunity is based at Air Canada’s Montreal Headquarters in Dorval.

Responsibilities:

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across procurement using process analysis, user feedback, operational pain points and performance data to drive simplification, standardization and optimization of sourcing, contracting and governance processes.
• Design, create and maintain dashboards and reports to monitor performance, identify inefficiencies, and support data driven improvements: Understand data and use findings to identify and implement scalable processes and enhancements that reduce complexity, improve turnaround times, and increase adoption of standard processes.
• Leverage structured methodologies, automation, AI, and analytics to identify inefficiencies, forecast trends and drive actionable improvements.
• Develop foundational documents such as process maps, frameworks, standards and performance baselines to support procurement transformation.
• Build strong relationships across procurement, legal, finance, and business units to foster collaboration and alignment and influence stakeholders to adopt new practices.
• Evolve the procurement contract ecosystem, including contract templates, playbooks, review workflows, and exemption processes with multiple branches (Legal, Tax, Insurance, Cybersecurity, Privacy, AI, etc); Conduct regular assessments, workshops, diagnostics and evaluations to gather feedback, identify areas for improvement, and refine strategies.
• Support the rollout and enhancement of procurement tools, ensuring process alignment, documentation, and user readiness.
• Standardize sourcing toolkits (templates, evaluation models, decision summaries) so category teams spend less time rebuilding and more time executing.
• Design Source-to-Contract workflows (intake → evaluation → award → contracting) that reduce friction and variation across categories.
• Creates analysis standards (e.g., RFx comparison models, cost breakdown logic) to improve quality and consistency of supplier evaluations.
• Communicate improvement goals, progress, and impact to leadership and cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in procurement, operations, or process improvement roles.
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, systems, and performance metrics.
• Experience applying continuous improvement methodologies.
• Familiarity with AI tools, automation platforms, and data analytics technologies.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects and drive change in a matrix organization.
• Excellent analytical, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite and process mapping tools (e.g., Visio, Miro).
• Experience with Power BI tools is an asset.
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma or equivalent is an asset.
• Experience with procurement transformation or digital enablement is an asset.
• Demonstrate punctuality and dependability to support overall team success in a fast-paced environment.

Conditions of Employment:

Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of interest at the time any offer of employment is made and are responsible for obtaining any required work permits, visas, or other authorizations necessary for employment. Prior to their start date, candidates will also need to provide proof of their eligibility to work in the country of interest.

Linguistic Requirements

Based on equal qualifications, preference will be given to bilingual candidates.

Diversity and Inclusion

Air Canada is strongly committed to Diversity and Inclusion and aims to create a healthy, accessible and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all to help us build a diverse workforce which reflects the diversity of our customers, and communities, in which we live and serve.

Air Canada thanks all candidates for their interest; however only those selected to continue in the process will be contacted.