Protein Procurement Buyer

Hilton Food Group; Brantford; On-site; CAD 67,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Hilton Foods Canada is seeking a Protein Procurement Buyer to organize and manage buying events with Walmart, acting as the main point of contact between customer, suppliers and commercial teams.

You will coordinate short- and medium-term requirements with the demand planner and raw material scheduler, ensuring alignment with procurement strategy in a fast-moving fresh food environment.

Qualifications

• Meat protein knowledge preferred; buying experience in fresh foods is ideal.
• Strong communication and ability to work in a multifunctional team.
• Experience in fast-moving fresh food environment.

Responsibilities

• Organise and manage buying events with Walmart buyers.
• Be main contact for customer and commercial communications.
• Raise service level challenges with customer and commercial.
• Coordinate short- and medium-term requirements with the demand planner and raw material scheduler.
• Load purchasing events and purchasing agreements to Foods Connected platform.
• Load agreed prices to supplier price files and sign off with suppliers.
• Manage long-term contract purchasing.
• Oversee supplier forecasts and adjustments with planning teams.
• Attend S&OP meetings and contribute to supply planning.

Skills

Meat protein knowledge

Purchasing / buying background

Fast-moving fresh food environment

Excellent communication skills

Multifunctional teamwork

Tools

Foods Connected

Job description

Job Title: Protein Procurement Buyer
Salary Range: CAD$66,848.– CAD$83,560.
Working Type: On-Site

PURPOSE OF ROLE
Organise and manage buying events with Walmart buyers
Main point of contact between customer, suppliers and commercial
Raising service level challenges with customer and commercial
Coordinating the short- and medium-term requirements with the demand planner and raw material scheduler

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Suppliers
Key contact for customer and commercial communications
Work alongside procurement insight team to guide and influence buying decisions
Loading purchasing events and purchasing agreements to Foods Connected platform
Loading agreed prices to supplier price files and signing off with suppliers
Management of long-term contract purchasing
Suppliers purchasing model management on Foods connected and with the customer
Ensuring all active codes are set up in the procurement documents – retail and primal
Reviewing retail order amendments and solutions to improve service level
Timeline management of buys
Attend S&OP Meetings
Manage imported meat schedules (if applicable)
Frozen stock management at external cold-stores (if applicable)
Management of external fresh stock at cold-stores (if applicable)

Demand Planning
Work with demand planner to understand long term requirements
Overseeing the short- and medium-term supplier forecasts. Making decisions on next steps if the forecast drops or reviewing options with forecast increases/shorts
Raw material Scheduler - reviewing daily order shorts to understand impact to the business and what steps can be taken to mitigate. Escalate to Protein Procurement manager and commercial where required.
Raw material Scheduler – checking usage on supplier

NPD and CI
Attend NPD & Feasibility – feed in procurement insight around pricing, availability etc
Sign off costings and submit to accounts
Raising supplier improvement plans with WM buyers and commercial team

KEY EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Preferably meat protein knowledge, though not a prerequisite. Ideally, from a buying/purchasing background, preferably from a fast-moving fresh food environment.
Excellent communication skills and works well within a multifunctional environment



Hilton Foods Canada is committed to building a culture of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees. At Hilton Foods Canada, we welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you require an accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise the HR representative. All requests for an accommodation and the accommodation measures will be handled in a confidential manner at all times.