Vice President, Supply Chain Management

About the role

Toronto Hydro is modernizing the electricity grid and seeks a Vice President of Supply Chain Management to lead the enterprise supply chain strategy that underpins safe, reliable, and affordable service.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise supply chain strategy aligned with safety, reliability, affordability, resilience, sustainability, and regulatory commitments.
• Translate corporate, capital, and asset strategies into integrated sourcing, inventory, and supplier roadmaps that support system reliability and capital delivery.
• Champion a spend culture focused on total cost of ownership, lifecycle value, and sustained financial results.
• Provide executive leadership over strategic sourcing, procurement, inventory, and materials management across all categories.
• Balance cost efficiency, service levels, and emergency preparedness in a 24/7, capital‑intensive operating environment.
• Design and implement dual‑sourcing, contingency, and stocking strategies for critical and long‑lead materials.
• Establish supplier governance frameworks, including performance management, risk monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Manage strategic OEM and critical supplier relationships, ensuring performance across safety, quality, cybersecurity, ESG, and ethical standards.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks—including geopolitical, climate, trade, and single‑source exposures—and embed resilience into enterprise risk management.
• Lead supply chain transformation across operating models, processes, systems, and capability development.
• Oversee supply chain technologies and analytics to improve forecasting, visibility, supplier performance, and capital enablement.
• Build and lead a high‑performing supply chain organization with strong technical, commercial, and utility expertise.

Required profile

• Typically 15+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, or operations.
• Proven experience leading strategic sourcing, procurement, inventory, and materials management at an enterprise level.
• Experience managing OEM and critical supplier relationships, including performance on safety, quality, cybersecurity, ESG, and ethical standards.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate supply chain risks such as geopolitical, climate, trade, and single‑source exposures.
• Track record of leading supply chain transformation, including operating models, processes, systems, and capability development.

Required skills