Strategic Sourcing Construction Manager

Job title: Strategic Sourcing Construction Manager

Company: Sobeys

Job description: 156351 Requisition ID: 156351

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Strategic Sourcing Construction

Travel Requirements: 0 – 10%

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Ontario

City: Mississauga

Location: Tahoe Office

Postal Code: L4W 0C7

Our family of 127,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawton’s Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Overview

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for a Strategic Sourcing Manager with the focus on the construction catagory to join our Strategic Sourcing team based out of our Mississauga, Ontario office.

Job Description

Own management of indirect spend across designated lines of business:

• Develop trust-based relationships with department stakeholders
• Cultivate systemic understanding of department goals, objectives, and requirements
• Understand and effectively interact with the departments on the components of their business and how it operates successfully
• Provide insights and market perspectives to the departments to support and enable their businesses as they grow
• Collaborate with suppliers and business to drive process improvements and demand management
• Strong knowledge of retail indirect categories such as equipment, refrigeration, maintenance, construction.

Assess, track and drive category analysis across designated lines of business:

• Conduct category market assessment and analysis
• Develop baseline cost for categories including total cost analysis, technical specifications, and historical cost trends
• Document department needs related to goods or services needed to successfully support their business objectives
• Identify viable sources of supply capable of meeting those requirements and perform necessary due diligence including supplier facility visits

Lead category sourcing process for designated lines of business:

• Develop sourcing strategy, evaluate key levers and coordinate to gain buy in from key stakeholders on the approach
• Conduct the strategic sourcing process including, RFQs, RFIs, and RFPs
• Lead and conduct the negotiations with suppliers
• Develop a decision matrix to drive objective business recommendation to departments and stakeholders
• Drive and implement the signed agreements for sourcing decisions
• Interface with Finance and departments to ensure compliance and savings flow though
• Monitor industry trends and developments and update category strategy as needed

Job Requirements

• An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 8 years of business experience in a purchasing, merchandising or retail environment
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build meaningful team relationships to drive results
• Experience leading procurement for relevant functions
• Deep understanding of strategic cost imperatives
• Ability to formulate savings initiatives
• Ability to formulate operating plans to meet cost targets
• Ability to build strategic relationships with designated functional leadership

Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.

We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.

Expected salary:

Location: Mississauga, ON

Job date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 06:22:35 GMT