Supply Management Professional - Commercial Operations Excellence

The Opportunity:

Make your mark while you grow your career! Reporting to the Lead of Supply Management – Systems & Process, this role offers a unique stage to showcase your talent for boosting efficiency, optimizing systems, and refining processes across our operations. You'll lead impactful projects, shaping the strategic direction of our supply management areas, and your contributions will directly influence the performance of each business area. As a vital member of a vibrant team, you'll propel capabilities, enhance effectiveness, and establish best practices to elevate operational efficiency. If you're seeking a role that blends analytical challenges with the chance to make a tangible difference, this could be your ideal position to drive our organization's productivity and effectiveness through your strategic efforts and leave a lasting legacy.

• Job location: Calgary, Alberta
• Shift schedule: 5 x 2 – Monday to Friday, 8 hours/day
• Application deadline: February 23, 2025

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead Development: Create process maps, procedures, training materials, and project management documents to align with best practices.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Provide expertise as a subject matter expert on key processes focusing on effective inventory management, procurement, materials management, and transportation.
• Develop Requirements: Create business and functional requirements for system enhancements to existing applications and/or system integrations as needed.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with stakeholders to manage the prioritization of the systems and innovation roadmap; lead technology discovery and assessment efforts to advance our understanding of new systems and technology solutions.
• Drive Change: Own and deliver change management plans for initiatives and systems or existing system enhancements. Apply continuous improvement methods to enhance process performance.
• Analytics Partnership: Partner with Analytics team members to develop reports and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to identify areas of opportunity for process improvement.

What you Bring to the Role:

• Experience: 8+ years in supply management or systems support, with a university degree or related education.
• Supply Chain Knowledge: Proficient in end-to-end supply chain processes, including inventory management, master data, warehousing, logistics, procurement, contracting, and invoicing. 
• Technical Skills: Exposure to technology and tools in the Supply Chain context (i.e. Source-to-pay tools (i.e. Ivalua, etc), Asset management systems (i.e. Maximo), Logistics and distribution tools (i.e. 3GTMS)
• Team Player: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, thriving in a collaborative environment. Strong ability to create and maintain relationships across all organizational levels.
• Project Management: Proven experience with project management methodologies and delivering change initiatives.
• Certifications: Preferred certifications in SCMP, CSCP, CPIM, Lean, or Six Sigma.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary, stock options, company matched stock savings plan, annual bonuses
• May be eligible for relocation pursuant to Canadian Natural’s Relocation Policy
• 100% Employer paid extended Health, Dental and Vision Benefits 
• Health & Wellness Spending Account
• Multiple volunteer opportunities within the community
• Employee & Family Assistance Program
• Access to online learning platforms for continuous learning and development
• Paid vacation and time off during Christmas week and summer Fridays

Check out our COMPENSATION & BENEFITS to learn more about what we have to offer!