Manager Strategic Sourcing - Furniture, Fixture and Store Equipment
Sobeys
- Mississauga, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop trust-based relationships with grocery retail department stakeholders
- Supports Construction & Merchandising teams from inception of store fixture layout to store openings.
- Strong knowledge of retail indirect categories such as refrigeration, fixtures, millwork, food production equipment, waste management equipment, etc.
- Cultivate systemic understanding of department goals, objectives, and requirements
- Understand and effectively interact with the departments on the components of their business and how it operates successfully.
- Provide insights and market perspectives to the departments to support and enable their businesses as they grow.
- Collaborate with suppliers and business to drive process improvements and demand management.
- Conduct category market assessment and analysis.
- Develop baseline cost for categories including total cost analysis, technical specifications, and historical cost trends.
- Document department needs related to goods or services needed to successfully support their business objectives.
- Identify viable sources of supply capable of meeting those requirements and perform necessary due diligence including supplier facility visits.
- Develop sourcing strategy, evaluate key levers and coordinate to gain buy in from key stakeholders on the approach.
- Conduct the strategic sourcing process including, RFQs, RFIs, and RFPs
- Lead and conduct the negotiations with suppliers
- Develop a decision matrix to drive objective business recommendation to departments and stakeholders
- Drive and implement the signed agreements for sourcing decisions
- Interface with Finance and departments to ensure compliance and savings flow though
- Monitor industry trends and developments and update category strategy as needed
- An Undergraduate Degree and a minimum of 8 years of business experience in a purchasing, merchandising or retail environment
- Strong retail furniture, fixture and equipment sourcing experience and understanding of Canadian vendor landscape (prefer grocery retail)
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build meaningful team relationships to drive results
- 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