Senior Sourcing Strategist – Food Innovation

Real Food For Real Kids Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus

Health Spending Account

Wellness Spending Account

RRSP Matching

RESP Matching

Parental leave top-up

Employee Assistance Program

Staff cafeteria

Job summary

Real Food for Real Kids is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to shape and execute sourcing strategy for off-the-shelf foods, ingredients, packaging, and white-label products. You will drive supplier discovery, RFx processes, and negotiations to deliver value and align with financial targets.

You will lead a team, collaborate with Recipe Innovation, Product Innovation, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain, and manage risk while ensuring quality and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Ten+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management in food/meal solutions.
• Experience leading RFx processes and complex negotiations across suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Set multi-year strategies for off-the-shelf food, ingredients, packaging, and white-label products.
• Turn briefs into sourcing criteria and execution plans to meet cost and quality goals.
• Lead RFx activity from discovery through due diligence, evaluation, negotiation, and implementation.
• Develop optimized vendor networks balancing cost, quality, and resilience.
• Own KPIs, dashboards, and governance for savings and portfolio health.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

RFx & negotiations

Vendor management

Data analysis

Excel/Google Sheets

ERP systems

Leadership

Cost modelling

Education

Post-secondary education in procurement or related field

Tools

monday.com

Google Suite

ERP systems (SAP/Oracle)

Job description

Real Food for Real Kids is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to shape and execute sourcing strategy for off-the-shelf foods, ingredients, packaging, and white-label products. You will drive supplier discovery, RFx processes, and negotiations to deliver value and align with financial targets.

You will lead a team, collaborate with Recipe Innovation, Product Innovation, Quality Assurance, and Supply Chain, and manage risk while ensuring quality and cost efficiency.