Purchasing Manager

6 months ago


Cambridge, Canada RDJ Bakeries Ltd Full time

**Job purpose**

As the purchasing manager the focus will be on strategic buying and locating/maintaining the best sources of supply for the products, supplies, and materials as per the company needs. A focus on cost savings and managing all aspects of their relationship with suppliers, including quality, value, pricing, overall capacity, and the ability to respond quickly to changing supply requirements.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

The associate’s primary functions and responsibilities are as follows:

- Manage portfolio of vendors to focus on overall cost savings with transportation, volume and negotiate pricing contracts.
- Perform supplier market/category/supply risk analysis and develop total cost ownership model to identify improvement opportunities.
- Make new sourcing recommendations based on overall cost and benefit including price, duty, freight, flexibility, service, performance, quality, and terms & conditions.
- Accountable for budget, quality, delivery, and long-term assurance of purchasing objectives with the supply base are established and are achieved.
- Provide list of documents from existing suppliers and new suppliers as required by RDJ.
- Support R&D team with new project sourcing of raw materials as required.
- Act as the interface between suppliers and internal stakeholders on purchasing processes, new projects, and related activities.
- Continuously optimize financial performance by reducing the cost of materials and by limiting unfavorable variances
- Effectively lead continuous improvement projects with a focus on Supplier Performance initiatives across our locations
- Develop comprehensive product cost driver tracker to evaluate and negotiate prices.
- Continually evaluate industry trends to determine potential impact on our supply and initiate action to ensure reliable continued flow of materials to the company.
- Resolve escalation of non-conformances on delivered products with suppliers for accurate cost recovery.
- Maintain a contract tracker for any applicable signed contracts showing start, end date, price, and terms of contract by vendor.
- Responsible for daily management and support for the team to achieve operational success.
- Monitor time and attendance and ensure compliance with Company Procedures.
- Approve the vacation requests.
- Carry out incident, accident and non-conformity investigations and associated reporting and action closure.
- Issue disciplinary action when needed.
- Perform other assigned duties.
- Follow Health and Safety rules and regulations.
- Must follow Good Manufacturing Practices, Food Safety, and Food Defense guidelines.
- Comply with all Company policies and procedures.

**Qualifications**
- Post secondary education in Supply chain, Purchasing, Business or logistics.
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in handling negotiations and cost savings in a purchasing role
- Exhibit skill in developing & managing contingency plans, risk factors, and interdependencies.
- Experience in handling large vendors and providing analytics.
- Ability to set priorities and undertake initiative to time sensitive demands/deadlines.
- Strong oral and written communication.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

**Working conditions**
- Always work indoors.
- Travel to all RDJ locations
- Compliant with ventilation, cleanliness, space, lighting and temperature.

**Physical requirements**
- Ability to bend or twist their body.
- Must be able to lift up to 50lbs.
- Sitting involved.
- May repeat the same movement.
- Typing involved.
- **We are an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with AODA (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005), RDJ Bakeries LTD will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment, selection and/or assessment process to applicants with disabilities. If you require disability-related accommodations, please inform the Human Resources (HR) staff. All personal information is collected under the authority of the Personal Information Protection and Electronics Document Act.**_

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Dental care
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cambridge, ON N1R 7L3: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- purchasing: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person



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