Senior Manager, Vendor Compliance, Contract

COMPASS GROUP CANADA; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Compass Group Canada as a Sr. Manager, Vendor Compliance, where you will develop action plans to optimize purchasing and enforce compliance with Foodbuy programs. Bring your 5+ years of experience in foodservice and strong analytical skills to support strategic business initiatives and improve operational efficiency. This role requires effective stakeholder engagement and the confidence to present at all organizational levels.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in foodservice, supply chain, manufacturing, or category development.
• Ability to engage with internal and external stakeholders at various levels.
• Confidence to present to different levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop action plans to implement Foodbuy programs and manage compliance.
• Build relationships with sectors to meet KPI targets.
• Analyze financial data to support business strategy.

Skills

Analytics

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Post-secondary degree or diploma in a business-related field

Job description

You might not know our name, but you know where we are. That’s because Compass Group Canada is part of a global foodservice and support services company that’s the 6th largest employer in the world, with 625,000 employees.

You’ll find us in schools, colleges, hospitals, office buildings, senior living communities, tourist attractions, sports venues, remote camps and military installations and more. We’re in all major cities, at remote work sites and everywhere in between – doing business in Canada and 50+ other countries where you can learn and grow. Join us now and point your career forward!

Imagine working in a place that offers great resources to help you achieve your greatest potential. At Foodbuy, our solutions strengthen supplier relationships, customize offerings, and lower purchasing and production costs. In turn, we can give our passionate employees ongoing opportunities to grow. Join us.

Why work with Foodbuy? We are a member of Compass Group Canada, the leading foodservice and support Services Company. We extend our value-driven purchasing service model to external clients who benefit from our negotiated contracts with manufacturers that support food and beverage and facility management suppliers.

Job Summary

The Sr. Manager – Vendor Compliance develops action plans to implement Foodbuy programs and processes that help all Sectors purchase the products they require to run their business using contract vendors and minimizing the use of the corporate credit card. This will include analyzing the sectors’ business needs reviewing financial results, compliance management, managing and improving processes and more.

Now, if you were to come on board as a Sr. Manager, Vendor Compliance, we’d ask you to do the following for us:

• Reduce restricted vendor and non-authorized Corporate Card Spend to meet KPI targets.
• Develop a strong understanding of the commercial and operational needs of the business.
• Understand and apply financial data to support business strategy and requirements.
• Influence and enforce compliance to Foodbuy programs thereby avoiding spend leakage with restricted vendors and unauthorized corporate card spend.
• Support and enforce safe supply chain ideology. Identify vendor usage and Corporate Card Spend that does not meet our Supplier Code of Ethics and Quality Assurance Certification.
• Proactively connect and build relationships with the Sectors supporting efforts to meet Sector KPI’s by rationalizing Restricted Vendor Spend and unauthorized Corporate Card Spend to contracted.
• Facilitate vendor rationalization changes with Sector and Category teams.
• Support new vendor onboarding for all new business to ensure contracted vendors are being used where possible.
• Identify process and commercial revenue and/or improvement to positively impact the business P&L.
• Prepare financial presentations periodically in line with financial data available from Power BI to demonstrate tangible actions as a result of your recommendations and identify support required by each Sector.

Think you have what it takes to be our Sr. Manager, Vendor Compliance? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you will be successful:

• 5 plus years’ experience in foodservice, supply chain, manufacturing and/or category development executing defined projects, performing analytics and project management.
• Post-secondary education, degree or diploma, in a business-related field.
• Ability to effectively engage with both internal and external stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
• Confidence to present at multiple levels of the organization to communicate Foodbuy’s strategy and financial results.

Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.

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