Director Strategic Sourcing E-comm - Mississauga, Canada - Sobeys

Sobeys

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Mississauga, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Requisition ID:180401

Career Group:
Corporate Office Careers

Job Category:
Strategic Sourcing E-commerce & IT

Travel Requirements:0 - 10%

Job Type:
Full-Time

Country:
Canada (CA)

Province:
Ontario; Alberta; British Columbia; Nova Scotia

City:
Mississauga, Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Stellarton, Dartmouth

Location:
Tahoe Office, Calgary Office, Dartmouth Office, Foord St. Office, King St. Office, Vancouver Office, Victoria Office

Postal Code:

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.

Ready to Make an impact?:

The
Sobeys Strategic Sourcing Team's mission is to foster an environment of collaboration with internal and external stakeholders and leverage Sobeys' national scale.

Integrated within Sobeys' procurement structure, our team is dedicated to contract management, thorough spend analysis, and ongoing enhancement initiatives.

Our strategic sourcing endeavors at Sobeys encompass extensive agreements with suppliers and service providers, aimed at streamlining processes, cost mitigation, and fostering enduring value creation.

Join our Strategic Sourcing Team at Sobeys, where you'll contribute to optimizing operational efficiency, mitigating risks, and nurturing a culture of innovation through strategic thought leadership.

Here's where you'll be focusing:

Own strategic sourcing excellence

Leads the strategic sourcing, negotiation, contracting and supplier management for a complex portfolio of services in support of the IT function within Sobeys (including, but not limited to: hardware, software, maintenance and support and point of sale technology).
Ensure appropriate sourcing strategies and negotiation processes are in place for effective and timely execution of sourcing initiatives
Lead and/or support manage multiple projects simultaneously.
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 IT team to ensure a total sourcing solution is delivered.
Communicate performance to functional leadership (VPs and Executives)
Train and coach team on sourcing best practices to achieve desired outcomes
Cultivate innovation by ensuring a high level of personal and team education on department strategies being executed in the market place and by key competitors

Lead internal and external relationship management

Drive sourcing best practices and enterprise value through crossfunctional influential engagement including stakeholders, legal, amongst other required capabilities.
Create value for the IT department, reduce total cost of ownership, and leverage worldclass negotiation and sourcing strategies, tools and processes, and mitigate risk through contract development for nonmerchandise goods and services acquired by Sobeys.
Excel in all phases of the vendor selection process (sourcing, RFP's, contracting, etc.) as well as vendor review experience is required for success in this role.
Support consistency, transparency, alignment and synergies among all Sourcing and Category Management teams, creating an environment to remove silos in sourcing execution

Empower employees and develop top talent

Report to the VP, Strategic Sourcing and provide leadership, coaching, counseling and support to managerlevel and analystlevel staff to ensure daily tasks and longterm strategic results are obtained
Work collaboratively with other functional leadership to ensure that all business objectives are achieved
Coach, train and mentor team to foster an environment for skill development and career progression to develop and recruit top talent

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What you have to offer:

Bachelor's Degree required
A minimum of 10 years of business experience in a purchasing, merchandising or retail environment
Experience managing supplier relationships and leading procurement/sourcing decisions
Leadership presence and proven ability to influence Executives and VPs
Experience leading supplier relationship management
Deep understanding of negotiation strategies and processes
Ability to oversee large data analytics
Familiarity managing and driving contract spend Strong IT sourcing experience and understanding of Canadian vendor