Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Manager - Mississauga, Canada - Sobeys

Sobeys

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Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Requisition ID:179810

Career Group:
Corporate Office Careers

Job Category:
Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain

Travel Requirements:0 - 10%

Job Type:
Full-Time

Country:
Canada (CA)

Province:
Ontario

City:
Mississauga

Location:
Tahoe Office

Postal Code:
L4W 0C7

Our family of 134,000 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, Lawtons 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.

Ready to Make an impact?:

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team We currently have an opportunity for a
Manager, Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain to join our team based out of our office in Mississauga, Ontario.

The Manager, Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain leads the strategic sourcing, negotiation, contracting and supplier management for a complex portfolio of services in support of the Supply Chain function within Sobeys.

Supply Chain Categories of focus are warehousing, inbound and outbound transportation (Ocean Freight, Rail, Intermodal, Over the Road, Air); Fuel; Equipment; Replenishment; etc.

As a valued manager working in a hybrid environment you will be required to be on site either in office a minimum of three (3) days per week.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

The Manager, Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain is a member of our leadership team with responsibility for developing and execute category strategies end-to-end.

You will work in a highly collaborative environment, developing relationships and partnering with teammates across the company in a fast-paced environment.

What you will get to do in this fast-paced role:

Develop and execute category strategies end-to-end
Strategically source a complex portfolio of services with emphasis in Supply Chain using tools, processes, and strategies
Set direction/priorities for team on projects
Lead and/or support manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Achieve Stakeholder's business requirements, scope of work, and budget while effectively capturing spend and savings
Be a trusted advisor by effectively developing and maintaining effective relationships with Stakeholders, and forwardlooking planning to anticipate and support business needs
Develops, leads and maintains effective relationships with vendors
Demonstrate strong proficiency in 7step sourcing processes
Train and coach team on sourcing best practices to achieve desired outcomes
Support consistency, transparency, alignment and synergies among all Sourcing and Category Management teams, creating an environment to remove silos in sourcing execution.
Drive sourcing best practices and enterprise value through crossfunctional influential engagement including stakeholders, legal, amongst other required capabilities
Support communications with crossfunctional areas in establishing and sustaining this centralized sourcing function, ensuring compliance in the use of sourcing services
Closely partner with the logistics team to ensure a total sourcing solution is delivered.
Support endtoend sourcetopay process through driving purchases through the eProcurement tool.

What you have to offer:

Bachelor's degree required
710 years of management experience in a purchasing, merchandising or retail environment
Strong logistics and transportation sourcing experience and understanding of Canadian vendor landscape
Excellent communication skills and ability to build meaningful team relationships to drive results
Ability to develop and concisely articulate strategies both written and verbally
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
Ability to develop top talent within strategic sourcing organization

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Sobeys offers our employees many valuable benefits such as:

A high-paced environment where you will embrace and lean into change to ensure the company is competitive.
A Peoplefirst culture where Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are at the forefront of what we do and who we are.
An opportunity to build your career with a progressive company that is passionate a