Business Operations Lead in Toronto, Ontario at Advantage Group

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Business Operations Lead

About Advantage Group International
Advantage Group International is the global intelligence partner transforming B2B collaboration. We deliver real-time, AI-powered insights that bring foresight and clarity to strengthen partnerships, empower better decisions, and drive sustainable growth.

Our unique intelligence model goes beyond basic reporting to turn complexity into clarity, providing businesses with trusted, actionable insights that drive stronger relationships between suppliers and retailers. With presence across more than 40 markets, we’re redefining how industries connect, collaborate, and grow.

As Advantage continues to expand and innovate globally, we’re seeking curious, collaborative, and impact-driven professionals to help shape the future of insight-led partnership and growth.

Why Join Us

• Shape the future of collaboration at a global intelligence company redefining how businesses grow.
• Make an impact by turning insight into stronger partnerships and real results.
• Work with global teams and leaders in an agile, high-performing environment.
• Thrive in a culture that values clarity, curiosity, and innovation.
• Grow your career through meaningful work, development, and competitive rewards.

Who We’re Seeking to Join Our Team:The Business Operations Lead owns the full scope of AGI’s operational backbone — spanning procurement, facilities, vendor governance, risk management, and business optimization. This role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, reporting directly to the Director of Enterprise Operations and operating with a high degree of independence and accountability.The ideal candidate brings a strong FP&A and financial analysis background, with the analytical rigour to drive cost discipline, financial modelling, and spend governance alongside deep operational expertise. You see around corners, build scalable processes, and deliver results with minimal oversight.

What Success Looks Like in this Role:Procurement & Vendor Governance

• Own the full procurement lifecycle: vendor evaluation, contract negotiation, renewals, compliance, and sunsetting.
• Manage vendor relationships, QBRs, and stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment with business priorities.
• Lead license audits, consolidation analysis, and vendor rationalization to realize measurable cost savings.
• Maintain a centralized, current source of truth for all contracts and procurement records.
• Manage the procurement and operations ticketing system, inbox, and board with full visibility and timely updates.
• Oversee facilities contracts and vendor relationships. Proactively manage facilities costs and requirements globally.

Financial Analysis, Cost Management & Budget

• Own operational budget tracking, vendor spend analysis, and cost forecasting across the enterprise.
• Build and maintain financial models to support vendor decisions, contract negotiations, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Produce accurate, decision-ready financial analyses for leadership; independently verified and free of material errors.
• Partner with Finance and FP&A to ensure operational spend and cost savings are aligned with broader financial planning cycles.
• Identify, quantify, and drive cost optimization opportunities across all operational domains; track and report on realized savings.
• Establish and maintain a cost management framework that enables proactive spend governance, variance analysis, and timely course correction.

Process Optimization & Operational Efficiency

• Lead end-to-end process mapping, redesign, and improvement initiatives across AGI operations.
• Identify and implement automation and tooling opportunities to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and increase operational scalability.
• Define and track KPIs for operational efficiency; measure and report on improvement outcomes and cost savings delivered.
• Build standardized, repeatable playbooks for key operational processes to support consistency, scalability, and knowledge transfer.
• Benchmark AGI’s operational practices against industry standards and proactively implement improvements.

Risk Management & Compliance

• Own operational risk identification, documentation, and mitigation across procurement, vendor, and facilities domains.
• Ensure vendor compliance, security questionnaire management, and contract risk reviews are completed proactively and on schedule.
• Maintain up-to-date SOPs, process documentation, and compliance records.
• Work closely with Legal and Compliance to standardize and optimize AGI operations globally.

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement

• Act as a trusted operational partner to leadership, surfacing risks and recommendations before they escalate.
• Communicate clearly and proactively — escalating with context, analysis, and recommended next steps.
• Ensure operational continuity across business functions through proactive planning and issue resolution.

The Capabilities and Skills that Matter:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in business operations, procurement, or a related field with a strong financial analysis component.
  
• Demonstrated FP&A or financial modelling background, comfortable owning operational budgets, spend models, and cost analyses.
  
• Strong contract management experience: able to review, redline, and summarize agreements independently.
  
• Experience with vendor governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks.
  
• Proven track record of driving process improvements and delivering measurable operational efficiencies.
  
• Exceptional organizational skills. Nothing falls through the cracks, everything is documented.
  
• High degree of independent judgment. You escalate with recommendations, not just problems.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to synthesize complexity for executive audiences.
  
• Experience in a fast-paced, scaling, or hybrid startup/enterprise environment is an asset.

Location: This role is hybrid, based in the Toronto GTA, with a mix of remote and in-office work. Reporting to the Director of Enterprise Operations.

Expected Salary Range: $85,000 - $95,000
Disclosure of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use: Please be advised that The Advantage Group International uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of resumes. This tool helps us identify strong matches, which are then manually evaluated by our hiring team for interview selection.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace; therefore, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at Advantage.