Senior Procurement Analyst

The Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE) is a trailblazing Crown corporation backed by the Government of Alberta, dedicated to transforming the recovery journey for individuals facing mental illness and addiction. By providing decision-makers with cutting‑edge data, evidence, and actionable insights, CoRE paves the way for impactful recovery solutions.

Through groundbreaking research, world‑class data and analytics, expert guidance, and strong collaborations, CoRE is driving meaningful change at every level of the system. With an unwavering commitment to real‑world results, CoRE is not just supporting recovery — it’s shaping a brighter future for all Albertans.

As a trusted advisor to governments, healthcare professionals, and global leaders, CoRE empowers communities to deliver recovery‑focused mental health and addiction services that truly make a difference.

Reporting to the Executive Director of Finance & Corporate Services, the Senior Procurement Analyst is responsible for managing and overseeing the procurement lifecycle of goods and services for CoRE. This includes sourcing, contract management, governance support, and compliance with all applicable trade agreements, government legislation, and CoRE policies.

The Senior Procurement Analyst works collaboratively across the organization to deliver fair, transparent, and value‑driven procurement outcomes that support CoRE’s mission to advance excellence, accountability, and innovation in Alberta’s recovery system of care. The position provides expert advice to staff, policy oversight, and leads process improvements that enhance efficiency and accountability in procurement and contracting while ensuring all procurement activities align with CoRE’s values, government and CoRE policies, and industry best practices.

Lead and manage the full procurement lifecycle, including Limited Solicitation, Request for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Request for Quotes (RFQs), Statements of Work (SOWs), Pre‑Qualified Resources (PQRs), evaluation plans, and requisitions for goods and services, ensuring fairness, transparency, and compliance with CoRE, and when applicable Government of Alberta (GoA), policies and templates.

Collaborate with internal teams to define operational and project procurement requirements, timelines, and criteria, including developing solicitation documents, and establish clear evaluation criteria.

Coordinate selection and evaluation and prepare recommendations for procurement and contract awards while ensuring risk mitigation and alignment with organizational priorities.

Track and monitor procurement activities and contracts to ensure adherence to budgets, timelines, and reporting requirements.

Maintain contracts including monitoring contract usage, obtaining usage information, analyze usage trends and implement contract renewals with no lapses.

Provide expert advice and assistance to CoRE staff and management throughout the procurement and contracting cycle, this may include preparing executive summaries and reports on procurement status, contracting issues, risks, and recommendations.

Support and advise CoRE’s Contract Review Committee (CRC) processes by preparing and/or reviewing procurement and contracting documentation for completeness, compliance and risk.

Provide a challenge function for higher‑risk contracts and offer guidance to internal teams to address identified issues.

Maintain records of CRC review and approval decisions and ensure follow‑up actions items are completed.

Maintain, update, and improve CoRE’s procurement and contracting policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with applicable GoA directives, and organizational goals.

Identify and implement process gaps or risks and recommend improvements to enhance efficiency, compliance, accountability, and fairness.

Maintain and optimize internal procurement systems, tools, templates and forms.

Develop and maintain a procurement internal SharePoint site.

Prepare accurate and timely reports including financial, regulatory and…