Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Job Posting:
Wonderbrands (Formerly Weston Foods) is a leading North American bakery company with a specialized focus across all key bakery categories, including bread and rolls, donuts, pies, cakes, alternative breads, and others. We bake our products in more than 30 bakeries across Canada and the USA, conducting our business with integrity, contributing to our communities, and fostering a respectful culture. We are building a culture of success here, and it depends on our people striving for greatness and having the courage and commitment to getting better every day.

Wonderbrands, a division of FGF Brands, is unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, through a leading edge supply chain practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake.

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist is responsible for executing and improving procurement processes and KPIs within the functional area in a fast-paced food production environment.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Negotiate contracts with new and existing vendors to secure advantageous terms and pricing
- Monitor contracts lifecycles to ensure contract compliance and execution internally and externally
- Develop an overall vendor base which creates a competitive advantage, utilizing spend volume and synergies across internal company’s network
- Develop and execute RFP’s, contract management, and vendor performance measurements
- Drive sourcing solutions initiatives working with product development and operations
- Analyze and report trends, make recommendations and align on risk hedging strategies for all subcategories
- Develop and deliver sourcing strategies to ensure geographical balance and scale to support a high-growth business within the managed category but across multiple regions
- Develop key and strategic procurement and sourcing standardized processes across various categories: sourcing process, supplier selection, approval and performance management processes
- Mobilize cross functional teams to address any potential supply chain disruptions. Work with other supply chain partners and leads to ensure supply continuity
- Manage and implement effective procurement and sourcing strategies, including cost analysis, price mechanisms, appropriate price models delivering consistent results bringing positive impact to bottom line spend
- Generate and monitor accuracy of materials spend budget in parallel with organizing most efficient materials flows to multiple manufacturing facilities across Canada
- Conduct sourcing initiatives to support business objectives for improved cost, quality, and service
- Responsible for planning and executing mid to long term coverage requirements plan as well as designing most efficient materials flow across multiple facilities and regions

**Expertise we are looking for**:

- At least 2 years of progressive experience in procurement or sourcing, ideally in a high growth environment
- Experience within food, manufacturing or retail operations is preferred
- Experience to work within multi-plant, multi-regional operational structure is preferred
- Education in BA, Economics, Finance or Engineering is preferred
- Excellent communication skills, exceptional attention to detail, and superior analytical skills are required
- A procurement accreditation such as CPM, CPP, SPSM, CIPS, or SCMP is a plus
- Strong working knowledge of ERP systems is required
- Food safety knowledge is desired
- Supply chain financial acumen and experience with pricing models are desired

**WHAT WE OFFER**:

- Disruptive and a non-traditional team-based structure
- An inclusive and dynamic culture
- Opportunity to build a very strong career in Supply Chain and consulting
- Accelerated career progression internally and externally
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits package, including strong pension plans
- Quick, efficient, fair-minded hiring and selection process

**If you’re excited about this opportunity and are a lover of bread, we invite you to apply**

Wonderbrands is committed to fostering a work environment with strong core values that support diversity through various policies, programs and activities that encourage sensitivity and accommodations. Wonderbrands offers employment regardless of race, colour, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation. Diversity is integral to our success as an organization and we will use diversity as a model to help identify and develop the best talent, create effective teams, and achieve overall excellence. In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct - it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.