Operational Buyer - Food Supply & Inventory

Factor_; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 59,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Dental benefits from day 1

RRSP matching

Generous vacation and PTO

Parental leave top-up

L&D fund for career progression

Team socials & company events

Job summary

HelloFresh Canada in Calgary is seeking a detail-oriented procurement specialist to support the Purchasing team and help grow our supply network across Canada. You will drive weekly procurement operations, forecast demand, manage inventory, and ensure on-time delivery of quality ingredients while balancing budget and supplier credits.

The role emphasizes analytical thinking, ownership, and collaboration in a flexible hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field, or 1–3 years of relevant experience.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented: you have well-honed strategies for never missing a deadline or overlooking a key detail, and are comfortable juggling multiple priorities at once.
• Entrepreneurial with an ownership mindset: you do whatever it takes to get the job done and enjoy being in the trenches.
• You’re comfortable working under tight, immovable deadlines and making key decisions under pressure.
• Proactive, ambitious, and assertive: you take ownership of your work and should think beyond the scope of a given assignment.
• An intermediate level in Excel/Gsheets is required.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Activities, duties, or responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

Responsibilities

• Drive our weekly procurement operations, ensuring the on-time/in-full/in-quality delivery of ingredients.
• Forecast demand requirements, manage inventory, and track consumption of incoming material.
• Manage our weekly spending to ensure we stay within budget, be responsible for weekly cost reporting, and hold our suppliers accountable for credits owed.
• Problem solve issues in our supply chain and work cross-functionally to come up with a solution
• Continuously improve supply chain processes (forecasting, ordering, and onboarding new ingredients and suppliers, etc.)
• Measure performance of our ingredient suppliers and identify opportunities to improve KPIs
• Work in compliance with OH&S acts and regulations.
• Use personal protective and safety equipment and clothing as directed by the employer and report workplace hazards and dangers to the supervisor or employer.
• All other duties, as assigned

Skills

Analytical

Organized

Communication

Ownership mindset

Deadline driven

Excel

Gsheets

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering/related field

Tools

Excel

Gsheets

Job description

HelloFresh Canada in Calgary is seeking a detail-oriented procurement specialist to support the Purchasing team and help grow our supply network across Canada. You will drive weekly procurement operations, forecast demand, manage inventory, and ensure on-time delivery of quality ingredients while balancing budget and supplier credits.

The role emphasizes analytical thinking, ownership, and collaboration in a flexible hybrid setup.