Senior Manager, Sourcing – Food

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About the role

  • Walmart Canada sourcing manager optimizing Food private-brand and national-brand imports. Managing vendor strategy, negotiations, costs, quality, and supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

  • Execute Private Brand sourcing strategies for assigned categories, mainly Food, including direct imports for Private Brand and National Brand items
  • Develop complex sourcing strategies by collaborating with cross-functional business partners
  • Serve as a subject-matter and industry expert for multiple commodities and items
  • Oversee sourcing programs at the item level and influence product and packaging innovation
  • Align sourcing strategy with merchants' annual operating plans
  • Provide perishability and quality insights for merchandise flow and replenishment decisions
  • Incorporate company growth strategies, including growth in direct imports, into planning
  • Create vendor decision matrices and evaluate vendors using performance metrics and long-term potential
  • Negotiate sustainable product costs, track awarded costs against actual costs, and ensure cost keys are accurate
  • Inform planners and merchants of changes affecting cost of goods
  • Develop and maintain strategic supplier relationships and multi-year contracts
  • Assess vendor capabilities, conduct quarterly performance reviews, and resolve vendor issues
  • Drive execution of business plans and projects, remove barriers, provide resources, and develop contingency plans
  • Supervise and develop associates, promote company policies and values, and evaluate plans, programs, and initiatives
  • Support community outreach events

Requirements

  • Age - 16 or older

Benefits

  • Walmart will accommodate disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$109,400 - CA$150,480 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

OnsiteMississaugaCanada

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