Manager, Sourcing - IF

Walmart Connect Canada; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart Connect Canada seeks a Manager, Sourcing - IF to develop sourcing strategies that drive profitability for Private Brand items. The role involves collaborating with teams, managing vendor relationships, and negotiating products while ensuring compliance with brand standards. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree and substantial experience in procurement within a retail environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year’s experience in procurement in a retail environment
• 1 year’s experience in raw material and commodity procurement
• 5-7 years minimum work experience required

Responsibilities

• Executes sourcing strategies for Private Brand items.
• Collaborates with product teams for RFP/RFQ/RFI processes.
• Manages supplier communications and vendor relations.

Skills

Procurement

Vendor Management

Negotiation

Analytical Skills

Education

University or Master's degree in business, mathematics, engineering, or related area

Job description

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Position Summary

This role executes sourcing strategies for Private Brand items to maximize margins and profitable sales across various departments.

What you'll do

This role collaborates with product teams to identify appropriate categories for RFP/RFQ/RFI processes, presenting options and recommendations to the business. Efforts focus on diversifying supplies from various sources and negotiating products based on approved specifications.

Supplier communication management is key, ensuring thorough understanding of brand standards for all suppliers. The role also develops and executes plans aimed at driving savings and mitigating costs, defining buying timelines, and coordinating with supply chain and category managers.

Maintaining and strengthening vendor relations through regular communications is essential. This role may also involve attending trade shows to foster relationships. Strong working relationships with internal teams are vital to ensure effective collaboration and representation of recommendations. The role also manages vendor transitions to minimize product availability risks.

Leadership Expectations

Respect the Individual

Demonstrates and encourages respect for others; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas, and experiences; supports workplaces where associates feel seen and connected through a culture of belonging, so all associates thrive and perform; contributes to an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work.

Demonstrates engagement and commitment to the team, developing others through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; and recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments.

Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively to achieve objectives; communicates with impact and listens attentively to a range of audiences; and demonstrates energy and positivity for own work.

Acts With Integrity

Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving).

Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and encourages others to do the same; supports an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns; reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates and takes action; acts with accountability for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Serve Our Customers

Delivers results while putting the customer first and applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers.

Adopts a broad perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans.

Strive For Excellence

Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions; supports innovation and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Implements and supports continuous improvements and willingly embraces new digital tools and ways of working.

Qualifications

• University or Master's degree in business, mathematics, engineering, or related area.
• 1 year’s experience in procurement in a retail environment.
• 1 year’s experience in raw material and commodity procurement.
• Minimum level of work experience required for this role: 5-7 years
• Minimum level of supervisory/management experience: 0-1 years

Minimum Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

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

Primary Location

1940 Argentia Rd, Mississauga, ON L5N 1P9, Canada

Application Process

If you are currently a Walmart associate, please login to your Workday account and use the Find Jobs report to apply for this job.

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