Procurement Specialist III
Your Opportunity:
This is a professional position with Assisted Living Alberta Community & Continuing Care Contracts. The incumbent will be responsible for coordinating all activities relating to the competitive bidding process, preparing contract documents, assisting with contract implementations/conversations, and assisting with contract management matters.
Description:
As a Procurement Specialist III, you will showcase your excellent customer service skills and ability to communicate effectively with staff and external vendors. You will develop new contracts and contract amendments that create value and mitigate risk to AHS. You will be responsible for coordinating all activities related to the competitive bidding process including RFx evaluations preparing contract documents, assisting with contract implementations and managing contracts within their assigned categories in compliance with AHS procurement processes, policies and guidelines.
- Classification: Procurement Specialist III
- Union: AUPE GSS
- Unit and Program: Contract Coordinator, Community & Continuing Care Contracting, Assisted Living Alberta
- Primary Location: Coronation Plaza
- Location Details: Eligible to work remotely within Alberta
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 26-FEB-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 23-MAR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $40.39
- Maximum Salary: $47.74
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of post-secondary degree in Business or Supply Management.
Additional Required Qualifications:Experience in project coordination, commercial business dealings, contract management, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and workgroup leadership. Demonstrated ability to think and act strategically, applying sound business judgement. Demonstrated problem solving skills, and business negotiation skills. Good interpersonal and written communication skills are required as you must be able to work with a large array of stakeholders, including management, program administration, clinical staff, vendors and external stakeholders. In this role there is an emphasis on the abilities to: prioritize; organize; research information and produce recommendations premised on fact-based analysis; design and produce professionally presented documents that are complex yet effectively communicate important messages (includes ability to properly format documents such as spreadsheets, reports, presentations, contracts, etc.); deal with detailed and complex data; organize project schedules; and, report information on work activities and results on paper. Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Preferred Qualifications:At least 3 years' experience in a professional contracting role in a commercial business setting; healthcare and supply chain experience is an asset. Must be detail-oriented and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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