Job Description

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 forward-looking planning to anticipate and support business needs
• Develops, leads and maintains effective relationships with vendors
• Demonstrate strong proficiency in 7-step 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.
• Build and maintain deep subject matter expertise and industry knowledge within the established portfolio set of products and services
• Drive sourcing best practices and enterprise value through cross-functional influential engagement including stakeholders, legal, amongst other required capabilities
• Support communications with cross-functional 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 end-to-end source-to-pay process through driving purchases through the e-Procurement tool.

What you have to offer:

• Bachelor\'s degree required
• 7-10 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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If you feel that this describes the kind of work you want to do, and you are excited about what Sobeys has to offer, then we look forward to reviewing your application. Please ensure that you take the time to ensure your profile shows us why you\'re the most qualified applicant for the role.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a leading Canadian company with a clear vision and focus. We are only accepting online applications and welcome applications from all qualified people interested in this challenge. We will be contacting only those who will be selected to interview.

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 People-first 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 about providing development and advancement opportunities.

• Competitive salary and benefits package, including a profit-sharing plan, pension matching and hybrid work arrangements.

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

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.

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