Buyer - Sourcing

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued – as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well.

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.

You’ll recognize Loblaw as the leader in food and pharmacy across Canada, with stores located within 10 minutes of 90% of Canadians. With a team of 190,000 colleagues, we welcome Canadians into our stores over a billion times a year, and we serve them with a passionate focus on our purpose: helping Canadians to Live Life Well.

As a Buyer for the Cold Beverages category , you’ll join Loblaw’s Sourcing Team, a group of world-class sourcing professionals accountable for purchasing goods on behalf of our retail divisions, which represent more than 3,000 stores from coast to coast to coast.

You will help to shape the strategic direction of the Cold Beverages category – the largest within Grocery representing approx. $3B in annual COGS, with accountability for both national brand and private label products. Reporting to the Sourcing Director for Cold Beverages, you’ll participate in every aspect of category sourcing including but not limited to domestic and offshore sourcing, vendor relationship and performance management, RFPs, cost management (including negotiations with suppliers and adhoc cost reviews as necessary), supply risk management, quality management, and supporting vendor onboarding and transitions. You’ll also partner with the retail divisions to support the execution of category strategies, and provide insights on cost inflation, forecasting, commodity trends, competitive landscape analytics, new product innovation, and much more.

What You’ll Do

• Execute buying strategies that align to category playbooks and deliver our financial obligations
• Build trusted relationships, internally within Loblaw and externally with the vendor community
• Lead cost negotiations up to a certain impact threshold, and support the Sourcing Director on complex cost negotiations as necessary
• Own supplier management and performance overviews including financial results, cost reviews, service levels, and quality assurance
• Clarify and resolve supplier inquiries, and support business development opportunities as needed
• Lead our private label sourcing including but not limited to identifying alternate suppliers, assessing and further developing supplier capabilities, executing RFP’s, vendor transitions, new supplier onboarding, facilitating completion of vendor compliance requirements
• Support Enterprise initiatives led by sourcing including but not limited to the planning of enterprise programs/promotions, direct to source, Loyalty contract renewals, payment terms standardization
• Evaluate new product innovation and partner with our Loblaw Brands team and retail divisions on product innovation and program sourcing for our private labels.
• Monitor supplier service levels and collaborate with suppliers & internal teams as needed to resolve service or quality challenges
• Monitor the competitive landscape of the category and understand industry benchmarking standards on costing, commodities, global sourcing strategies, and product quality specifications
• Source and execute weekly and seasonal product buys for baseline and promotional volume on behalf of our retail divisions.

What You’ll Need

• Post-secondary education in fields of: business, supply chain, engineering or other technical field
• Relevant experience in a dedicated sourcing and/or merchandising/category management role, within a fast-moving consumer goods or grocery industry preferred
• A mindset of accountability, problem solving, curiosity, and results-oriented
• Strong communicator: ability to effectively express thoughts, influence & collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Business financial acumen and demonstrated ability to understand a P&L statement
• Strong technical skills & highly capable with MS Excel to analyze data with attention to detail
• The ability to accurately interpret data to make decisions

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.

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.

Please Note

Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.

Hiring Range / Échelle Salariale à L’embauche

$68,000.00 - $93,500.00 / 68.000,00$ - 93.500,00$ (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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