Sr. Director, Sourcing - Center of Store

Sr. Director, Sourcing - Centre of Store

As the Sr. Director, Sourcing - Centre of Store, you'll join Loblaw's Sourcing team, a group of outstanding procurement professionals accountable for purchasing products and services for more than 3,000 stores across Canada. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Centre of Store Sourcing, you'll lead a team of Sourcing Directors and be responsible for strategic supplier evaluation and supplier selection based on a set of criteria/scorecard, achieving quality specifications, identifying emerging trends and managing supplier relationships. You'll also be responsible for leveraging their deep knowledge of the suppliers and the marketplace to advise the Merchandising and Category teams on the category's short-term and long-term strategy. You'll also work with your team to provide rich insights to the business on cost inflation, supply forecasting, commodity management, competitive benchmarking, and global product innovation.

What You'll Do:

• Lead supplier negotiations for strategic suppliers and drives metrics pertaining to supplier key performance indicators
• Oversee base business category negotiations on behalf of the enterprise that delivers better cost
• Determine baseline cost and changes (commodity cost changes, new item costing, commodity reviews)
• Initiate the process of selecting suppliers based on a set criteria or scorecard set up via the playbooks
• Determine baseline cost outcome for supplier audits (non-promo related)
• Own and make decisions on how to facilitate end-to-end supplier RFP process, aligned with the annualized enterprise procurement category playbooks
• Facilitate in resolution of any major inventory issues related to suppliers
• Collaborate with category teams for quality related issues
• Final decisions on costing negotiations for new and existing products
• Actively participate in talent cultivation, providing professional development, coaching and mentorship
• Proudly represent the centre of store sourcing team within the Sourcing community!

What You'll Need:

• A curious mentality and positive, self-motivated demeanor.
• Post-secondary education in business, supply management, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in a procurement, category management, supply chain management, operations management or general management role within the meat processing industry.
• Ability to set priorities, deliver results and meet challenging deadlines in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Analytical approach to decision making with experience managing P&L, building sophisticated financial models and business plans.
• Collaboration and relationship-management skills with a clear communication style.
• Empathetic leadership style with effective colleague development and professional coaching skills.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars - Environment, Sourcing and Community - and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values - Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence - guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits - these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada's Top Employers, Canada's Best Diversity Employers, Canada's Greenest Employers & Canada's Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l'embauche :

$145,000.00 - $195,000.00 / 145.000,00$ - 195.000,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate's experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L'expérience et les connaissances d'un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu'un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d'emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L'entreprise utilise l'intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d'évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.

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