Jessie Da Costa

Leads the enterprise-wide Contracts Management function, overseeing end-to-end contract lifecycle including intake, drafting, negotiation, execution, renewal, and closeout for strategic agreements. Acted as strategic advisor to executive leadership, legal, procurement, and business unit stakeholders, aligning contracting strategies with business priorities and regulatory requirements. Built and led a high-performing team of contract managers, legal professionals, and analysts, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and service excellence. Partnered with Legal and Compliance to ensure contracting practices adhered to internal policies and external regulations, minimizing legal exposure and reputational risk. Drove continuous process improvement through root cause analysis, stakeholder feedback, and cross-functional collaboration. Continues to lead the purchasing function for the Bank, with a focus on developing a best in class purchasing department.

Executive leader of two sourcing teams, accountable for 70% of departmental throughput and over $1B in annual spend. Spearheaded enterprise-wide sourcing strategies for consulting and staff augmentation, delivering cost savings and governance improvements. Directed modernization of Procure-to-Pay operations, leveraging automation and data insights to improve turnaround by 80%. Built executive-level dashboards and scorecards to monitor KPIs, enhancing accountability and transparency. Fostered a culture of mentorship, growth, and results, earning recognition for leadership impact.

Responsible to drive and deliver on the transformation of the Buying team within the Strategic Sourcing Group at TD. Key Responsibilities include: Defining the strategic vision for the Buying department Implementing the Buying function within the bank Building the support functions and KPI's that will be used to measure departmental success Build and lead a team of highly qualified Managers and Buyers to execute on the day to day purchasing needs of the bank Support and implement the introduction of new tools to enable the purchasing process across the bank

Developed, mentored, and led a team of category specialists/managers with a focus on Marketing, HR, Corporate Services, Underwriting and Actuarial and IT procurement. Built the strategy and developed the procurement processes to support the execution of the procurement framework within the organization Assisted in the procurement of key vendors, working on highly critical, highly strategic projects, working closely with the executive and legal teams on major company initiatives Executed an annual procurement strategy for managed categories that aligned with annual business objectives

Led a team of category specialists/managers overseeing the efforts for all strategic sourcing activities: scoping, spend analysis, sourcing, negotiating, contracting Managed categories included; Marketing, Fleet, Fuel, Operations, Print and Packaging Evolved, maintained, and fostered internal customer relationships Managed yearly department budget and oversaw public RFP activities working closely with parent company Canada Post

Responsible for over $200 million dollars of spend, leading rigorous and objective contract negotiations with key internal stakeholders and legal department Completed sourcing activities in both the public and private sectors working with parent company Canada Post to leverage synergy opportunities Conducted business review meetings with key stakeholders to assess risk, review future strategies, and identify potential cost down and improvement opportunities

Responsible for $54 million dollars of spend within several MRO categories including industrial gases, sanitation chemicals, MRO parts, and health and safety supplies Led sourcing events and executed strategic sourcing plans using e-sourcing technology Worked closely with all Maple Leaf business units including Canada, US and UK to source, award and implement the optimal vendor base within managed categories

Responsible for $20 million dollars of spend within several MRO categories including sanitation chemicals and health and safety supplies Led sourcing events and executed strategic sourcing plans using e-sourcing technology Worked with Plant Managers to support the standardization of Health and Safety Supplies across the all Plants within Canada.

Led sourcing events and executed strategic sourcing plans using e-sourcing technology for the facilities category Created strategic negotiation plans and managed supplier relationships, working closely with sourcing managers, directors and VPs on collaborative cross-functional teams

Responsible for $20 million dollars of spend and strategic sourcing and spot buying of General Services for all Labatt locations within Canada Managed categories included; Operations, Utilities, Corporate Services, IT Oversaw the procurement activities for four procurement packages through supplier sourcing, major and minor contract negotiations for all locations in Canada Oversaw yearly budgets and prepared annual spend analysis

Managed all Full Good, Raw, Rebate and Glass Inventories. Handled monthly counts and all month end inventory functions. Was responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy within the plant. Worked closely with FLM, Gate Controller and Logistic Managers to insure inventory accuracies. Managed all Inventory related activities at Co-Pack facility. Local budget package owner for Travel and Expenses in Logistics Ontario- West.