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Job InformationJob Title: Senior Category SpecialistJob Requisition ID: 84711Ministry: Executive CouncilLocation: EdmontonFull or Part-Time: Full-TimeHours of Work: 36.25 hours per weekPermanent/Temporary: Permanent Scope: Open CompetitionClosing Date: July 2, 2026 Classification: Program Services 5Salary: $3,361.54 - $4,428.89/bi-weekly ($87,736 - $115,594/annually)Executive Council works to ensure effective strategic planning and coordinated policy development and communications across government, engages Albertans and the broader global community, and promotes a vibrant and innovative public service.For information about Executive Council, visit https://www.alberta.ca/executive-council.Role Responsibilities Are you ready to "Lead the Way”? Elevate your career as a Senior Category Specialist, steering a dynamic portfolio that shapes one-fifth of all GoA procurement. You can become the provincial authority in spending categories such as contingent resources, vehicles, and furniture. Drive innovation, forge strategic procurement paths, and be the singular expert influencing the pulse of market trends. In this position, your role will extend beyond procurement; you'll be the pivotal single point of contact to purchasers and vendors, you will not only lead and facilitate procurements for the category but also plan and coordinate novel approaches to optimize the end-to-end utility of those procurements across the province. Join us at the forefront of transformative procurement excellence!As a Senior Category Specialist, you will: •    Demand Planning: Drive cost-effective procurement through specialized business intelligence forecasting in assigned spend categories, proactively assessing market and supply chain impacts to prevent adverse effects on GoA goals.•    Procurement Projects: Support procurement of goods and services within each spend category, ensuring alignment with national/international trade agreements, provincial legislation, and best practices.•    Compliance and Expertise: Utilize extensive knowledge of procurement legislation, trade agreements, and supply chain management to deliver procurement projects effectively.•    Continuous Improvement: Optimize procurement processes through continuous improvement initiatives and identify opportunities to consolidate procurement power across GoA and MASH sectors.•    Strategic Influence: Influence program implementation decisions and contribute to policy recommendations supporting innovative procurement approaches.•    Stakeholder Engagement: Build and strengthen relationships with internal and external stakeholders, leading the development of strategic alliances and partnerships to ensure long-term procurement feasibility.•    Dispute Resolution: Apply deep knowledge of stakeholders and program needs to resolve disputes and bring closure to complex procurement issues.•    Leadership and Accountability: Lead procurement initiatives, ensuring projects meet the requirements of management and executive leadership across the GoA, while serving as the primary point of contact for purchasers and vendors.Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.APS Competencies Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.This link will assist you with understanding competencies: https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.•    Systems Thinking: The work done within the APS is part of a larger integrated and inter-related environment. It is important to know that work done in one part of the APS impacts a variety of other groups/projects inside and outside the APS. Systems Thinking allows us to keep broader impacts and connections in mind.•    Creative Problem Solving: Ability to assess options and implications in new ways to achieve outcomes and solutions.•    Agility: Ability to anticipate, assess, and readily adapt to changing priorities, maintain resilience in times of uncertainty and effectively work in a changing environment.•    Drive for Results: Knowing what outcomes are important and maximizing resources to achieve results that are aligned with the goals of the organization, while maintaining accountability to each other and external stakeholders.•    Develop Networks: Proactively building networks, connecting, and building trust in relationships with different stakeholders.•    Build Collaborative Environments: Leads and contributes to the conditions and environments that allow people to work collaboratively and productively to achieve outcomes.Qualifications Minimum Recruitment Standards •    A related university degree in a related field (such as Business, Economics, Supply Chain) plus 6 years progressively responsible related experience in project management, procurement, supply chain management and/or category management; or equivalent as described below.Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of: •    1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or •    1 year of experience for 1 year of education.For application consideration, you must attach a cover letter outlining your qualification and suitability for this role. Please clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with this position.The following are considered assets: •    Project management certification (e.g., PMP or similar) •    Professional procurement certification (e.g., SCMP or similar) •    Experience managing projects. •    Experience leading categories.•    Understanding of applicable trade agreements such as NWPTA, CFTA, CETAWTO.Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.Notes This posting is for one (1) permanent full-time position. Hour of Work: 36.25 hours/week, Monday – Friday in office. Location: Edmonton, Alberta.A cover letter that demonstrates how your education and work experience makes you the ideal candidate for the job is required.Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience and relevant examples of required competencies.In your resume, please include dates (including months and years) associated with all education and work experience. Please also indicate whether your work experience was part-time or full-time. For example: January 15, 2006 - June 25, 2009: Executive Director of Job Title (Full time).Final candidates may be required to undergo a security screening.Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in. Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.•    Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.•    Public Service Pension Plan (PSPP) - https://www.pspp.ca.•    Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.•    Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.•    Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.•    Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.•    Leadership and mentorship programs.How To Apply  Applicants are advised to provide information that clearly and concisely demonstrates how their qualifications meet the advertised requirements, including education, experience, and relevant examples of required competencies.Candidates are required to apply online. Please visit https://www.alberta.ca/job-application-resources#before for more information. Please visit Recruitment Principles, for more information.It is recommended applicants who have completed post-secondary studies from outside of Canada obtain an evaluation of their credentials from the International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)(https://www.alberta.ca/international-qualifications-assessment.aspx) or from a recognized Canadian Credential Evaluator; please visit the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada for more information (https://canalliance.org/en/default.html).It is recommended that applicants include the assessment certificate from IQAS or any other educational assessment service as part of their application.Closing StatementThis competition may be used to fill future vacancies, across the Government of Alberta, at the same or lower classification level.We thank all applicants for their interest. All applications will be reviewed to determine which candidates' qualifications most closely match the advertised requirements.If you require any further information on this job posting or require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact Annie Ostopowich at Annie.Ostopowich@gov.ab.ca.