Senior Manager, Capex Procurement & Industrial Services - Danone Canada

Danone; Boucherville; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global food & beverage company dedicated to bringing health through food. The position supports procurement efforts for capital projects across North America, emphasizing collaboration, strategic initiatives, and managing supplier relationships to meet operational needs. With a strong emphasis on career growth, Danone offers an engaging work environment and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Collective insurance with a health plan fully paid.

Flexible wellness account credits.

Competitive group retirement savings plan.

Exceptional parental leave policy.

Flexible vacation policy.

Access to training initiatives and development programs.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of procurement, engineering, or supply chain experience.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (20-40%).
• Experience in developing strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and launch RFQs/RFPs for supplier selection.
• Negotiate GTCPs with new vendors.
• Support and lead productivity projects.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Degree in Business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

• Canada
• Hybrid
• Posted: 2 Jul 2025

About the job

As part of the Danone North American Cycles and Procurement (C&P) team, the primary purpose of this position is to support the Engineering & Operations teams in the procurement of materials / services needed in Capital Projects (CAPEX) in all North American plants and will support the Boucherville QC factory in Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO).This role requires a collaborative approach, commercial aptitude, technical acumen, curiosity, and empathy.

Requirements :

• Develop and launch RFQs / RFPs (Request for Quotation/Proposal) to select suppliers in targeted categories.
• Analyze proposals and make recommendations to key internal upper management stakeholders.
• Negotiate GTCP’s (General Terms and Conditions of Purchasing) with new vendors.
• Resolves issues.
• Manage suppliers to ensure business needs are met and maintain Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to improve supplier performance. Lead category QBR
• In conjunction with sourcing leadership, develop and implement performance indicators, monitor suppliers, and support continuous improvement.
• Strategies
• Define sourcing strategy through market studies to identify best practices, identify gaps, risks, and opportunities as well as to identify new suppliers and develop a robust supplier base.
• Execute the sourcing strategy of Capex equipment, in collaboration with the engineering teams, and with a direct link with business needs
• Propose best quality, time, and cost solutions according to strategies or proposes new and existing suppliers.
• Project Management
• Support and lead productivity projects by respecting the budgets / schedules / quality standards of Danone.
• Participate in Global initiatives led by Group Danone to implement cost out and value generation.
• Develop a sustainable process between the business unit and supplier’s teams with a focus on delivering key operations objectives.
• Facilitate and drive sourcing decisions through development and implementation of appropriate tools and processes.
• Budget & Productivity Management:
• Support activities to increase spend visibility and understanding.
• Manage overall spend for Capex spend.
• Update/Create, maintain, and animate clear tools to track the performance of the Capex sourcing team of North America.

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About you

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in Business, operations management, or a related field of study such as engineering.

• Must have 3 – 5+ years of related experience in procurement, engineering, or supply chain.

• Ability to travel both domestic and internationally between 20-40%

• Ability to develop and implement strategic initiatives and lead change by engaging people.

• Strong desire to achieve results.

• Excellent negotiation and problem-solving skills.

• Strong analytical skillset (i.e., proficiency within Microsoft suite, Excel, Power BI, Word, and PowerPoint).

• Understanding of contractual terms and conditions

• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced cross-functional, multi-cultural, matrix environment.

• Rigorous data analysis capability a& financial acumen. (i.e., Microsoft suite, Excel, Power BI, & PowerPoint).

About Danone

Are you ready to join our incredible team?

• You will work for a certified B Corp company that has been named one of Canada's top 100 Employers for five consecutive years. In other words, you will be immersed in a culture that is rich and engaging, inclusive and human-centric, efficient and eco-responsible.
• You will benefit from our benefits package including collective insurance with a core health plan 100% paid and no waiting period. We also provide flexible credits for a wellness account, a health spending account or an RRSP. Additionally, we offer a competitive group retirement savings plan in which Danone will match your contributions. Our exceptional parental leave policy supports both primary and secondary caregivers. Our employee assistance program and telemedicine service are also available to ensure your well-being.
• You will enjoy our flexible and hybrid guidelines that let you design a work model and schedule that best suits your needs. Our innovative and flexible vacation policy allows you to take as much paid time off as you need. We also offer, among other things, a summer schedule and no-meeting Friday afternoons. Our onsite workplace features include new, dynamic and collaborative working spaces where it is good to work as a team.
• You will have access to various training initiatives, both in-house and online because we value and prioritize your growth and development. We also offer mentoring, leadership development programs and tuition reimbursement to support your career advancement.
• You will have the opportunity to make a difference in the community as we are a founding partner of the Breakfast Club of Canada. For 25 years, we have worked with the organization to provide children with regular access to a nutritious breakfast in a comfortable environment, helping them reach their full potential.

What are you waiting for? Join our team and enjoy these exceptional benefits!

Danone Canada is a business unit of Danone and operates from headquarter offices in Boucherville, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario. Danone Canada is the country’s largest consumer-facing B Corporation, demonstrating that the company meets the highest standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. From year to year, Danone is recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for its forward-thinking work environment and was awarded the Parity Certification Women in Governance for our commitment towards gender equality in the workplace. We have 500+ employees across Canada that are engaged and energized to deliver Danone’s mission: Bringing health through to food to as many people as possible, by working on strong brands such as Activia, Oikos, Danone, Silk, International Delight and many others. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone Canada doesn’t just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We’re proud to provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to cultural background, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression or age. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all our employees share the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

Danone Inc. is committed to complying with its obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Danone Inc. will make reasonable efforts to provide accommodation throughout its recruitment process, to the point of undue hardship, and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process. Questions concerning the availability of accommodation in the recruitment process may be forwarded to [e-mail].

Please note that this posting has been written in the masculine form solely to shorten the text. We promote diversity and encourage all people with the skills mentioned in this posting to apply for this position.

Job details

Dedicated to bringing health through food to as many people as possible, we are a leading global food & beverage company built on four businesses: Essential Dairy and Plant-Based Products, Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition.