Specialist, Procurement

**About Us**:
**Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, we are Coke Canada Bottling**

Coke Canada Bottling is Canada's premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centres, and five production facilities nationwide.

We have a 120-year heritage of manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing the major branded ready-to-drink products Canadians love.
We pride ourselves on building diverse and sustainable relationships with our customers, consumers, stakeholders, and communities through our shared values: lead with an entrepreneurial mindset, collaboration, integrity, accountability, quality and safety.

Our brands include: Coca-Cola®, Diet Coke®, Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar, Coca-Cola Life, Sprite®, Fanta®, Barq's®, NESTEA®, POWERADE®, Minute Maid®, DASANI® and vitaminwater®; and our partner brands: Canada Dry®, Monster Energy®, evian® and A&W®.

**About This Opportunity**:
**Responsibilities**:

- The main portfolio responsibilities include, but not limited to: Chemicals, Utilities, Pallets, MRO, Waste and small Capital projects nationally.
- Leads all activities related to these categories including scorecarding, actively monitoring KPIs and negotiations.
- Provides support to internal stakeholders aligning on company priorities and business needs.
- Build strong supplier relationships and category management to ensure deliverables are being met.
- Develop detailed sourcing and category plans to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.
- Implement procurement processes to ensure efficiency, cost savings and best practices.
- Perform sourcing, liaising and negotiating with new and existing suppliers to improve business performance.
- Ensure contract compliance necessary for the acquisition of materials and services.
- Review supplier’s performance to ensure compliance with company procedures and best procurement practice.
- Maintain positive working relationships with strategic suppliers to assure cost, quality, and delivery targets are met.

**Qualifications**:

- University degree, college diploma or equipment experience with a focus in Procurement or Supply Chain
- SCMP or equivalent designation preferred (or in progress of obtaining)
- 3-5 years of Procurement or Supply Chain experience
- Must have strong strategic sourcing, supplier management, spend analytics and contract negotiation skills
- Demonstrated critical thinking, analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills
- Ability to exercise sound judgement and decision making
- Experience with SAP preferred as well as strong technical skills in Microsoft Office including Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Developing presentations and communicating with leadership will be a responsibility of this position
- Ability to influence and maintain a collaborative working relationship with key stakeholders
- Capability to build strong partnerships with external vendors and partners

**Important**:
All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada Bottling”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clearance requirements depend on the position and may include some or all of the following: criminal clearance, employment verification, education verification and drivers abstract review. Please advise the Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions or concerns in regards to this once you are contacted for further consideration.