Description

Are you a procurement powerhouse ready to lead, influence, and make a national impact?

Lead the Purchasing Department in Mississauga while partnering with teams across Canada to drive procurement excellence, supplier performance, and cost-effective sourcing strategies. This role offers the opportunity to influence national purchasing initiatives, build strong supplier relationships, support operational success, and lead a team that ensures the right products are available to meet customer needs. Ideal for a strategic, results-driven procurement professional who enjoys leadership, collaboration, and making a measurable business impact.

Responsibilites:

  • Interact independently with suppliers and our principals as required.
  • Demonstrates the ability to supply cost effectiveness by keeping abreast of the latest ingredient technologies.
  • Develop additional/alternate sources of supply for existing as well as new and improved raw materials
  • Involved with extracurricular activities to maintain or improve miscellaneous responsibilities within the department.
  • Complies with Newly Weds Foods corporate personnel policies and purchasing procedures.
  • Focus on continually looking for new ideas, trends, and innovations aboard for the company.
  • Assist Edmonton and Boucherville in purchasing as needed.
  • Provide support and training as required.
  • Working on standardizing processes & procedures among the purchasing team.
  • Inventory control focusing on costing/pricing analytics.
  • Meet with suppliers to negotiate pricing to generate savings.
  • Able to understand Edmonton & Montreal purchasing needs
  • Managing contract negotiations and terms while collaborating with the corporate team.
  • Understanding category separation and control planning.
  • To prepare the 12-month accumulative report and send it to corporate headquarters monthly
  • Gather data for Reserve report for raw material which has no usage.
  • Prepare and update raw materials Budget cost in Cimpro
  • Update and maintain pricing files CSF file and POF file, MRP, MRF and vendor email files (Ensuring po’s have current pricing at time of receipt / receiving reports, ensuring freight, costs etc. are current).
  • SCARS/ Returns & supplier deviations (Working with QC to ensure all details of non-compliance are reported and actions for vendor corrections are maintained – including credits / inventory adjustments are followed up)
  • Discontinued Finished Goods Reports- check the formulas and look for unique ingredient items to customers (Review raw material forms and update ROP’s and document any raw material concerns. work to either bill client/write off or work off)
  • Raw Material requests (Correspond with R&D, or RTIS meet with vendors, for pricing new projects (raw materials) and setting up codes for raw materials)
  • Accounting issues (Accounting issues relating to incorrect invoices / qty issues or credits, Stock returns and Claim, SCAR management as well as Floor stock review).
  • Order ingredients for trail & Offline formulas which won’t trigger on the MRP system, given to us by scientists which includes first time buy of new ingredient, MOQ arranging /finding carrier to the new location.
  • Direct reports – Mississauga purchasing staff.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • A College and/or University graduate degree or PMAC designate would be an asset.
  • Minimum of 8 – 10 years of experience relevant to food products or the equivalent.
  • Meets and exceeds the requirements of a purchasing agent.
  • Works effectively in a team environment.
  • Familiarization with GMP’s, HACCP and quality systems an asset.
  • Superior communication, leadership skills, good multi-tasking and intermediate computer skills.
  • Ensures required confidentiality is always maintained.
  • Perform other various similar and related duties as required.

Work Environment:

General office setting.