Sr Director, Procurement NPK - Calgary, AB or Saskatoon, SK

Nutrien Ag Solutions Limited; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agricultural inputs provider is seeking a Sr Director of Procurement NPK to lead a global procurement strategy. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience in procurement, with a strong leadership background and proven success in managing large-scale procurement operations. Responsibilities include developing procurement strategies, managing a team, and ensuring effective collaboration across various sites. Applicants should possess a Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field, with an MBA being a plus. The position is full-time and requires on-site work in Calgary or Saskatoon.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience, with at least 10 years in leadership.
• 10+ years of dedicated procurement experience.
• Experience managing large budgets and organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a Procurement team.
• Set up Procurement Strategy and Planning.
• Ensure procurement functions are meeting site needs.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation techniques

Strategic planning

Resource allocation

Influencing skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Graduate degree (MBA or similar)

Job description

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Sr Director, Procurement NPK - Calgary, AB or Saskatoon, SK

Location: Calgary, AB, CA, T2J 7E8 Saskatoon, SK, CA, S7K 5R6

Workplace Type: On-Site

Experience Level: Director

Job Type: Full Time

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world‑class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers’ needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

This position has overall responsibility on a global level for sourcing strategy, execution, and process in support of the Nitrogen, Phosphate & Potash (NPK) procurement operations, inventory and warehousing, contractor performance, material cost savings, and supplier risk management strategy. It provides overall responsibility on a global level for the Procurement function and associated programs. It serves as a personal business-to-business connection to top strategic stakeholders and suppliers.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end performance of the procurement operations function, including critical teams and enablers such as Shared Buying, Turnaround Procurement, Capital Procurement, and Warehousing and Inventory Optimization. They will have managed a large procurement budget and organization, demonstrating strategy formulation and execution abilities. The ability to identify, develop, and promote talent across a large organization is critical. The leader will have responsibility across various sites and Business Units (BU) in the US, Canada, and Trinidad and Tobago. In addition, this role will be responsible for delivering on the NPK Strategic Procurement long term planning and annual priorities as a part of BU goals and objectives.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead, manage, and develop a Procurement team.
  • Build the right procurement team (recruitment, training, staffing, and retention).
  • Decide individual annual professional development plans with skills plans and performance targets.
  • Regularly review progress, customer feedback and monitor KPIs with procurement directors on procurement sourcing categories, projects, and functions.
• Set up Procurement Strategy and Planning.
  • Development and communication of global strategic vision.
  • Management of long‑term partnerships with key strategic suppliers based on quality, cost, service delivery and responsiveness.
  • Establish and maintain clarity of responsibilities within decision processes.
  • Provide leadership direction and support to the procurement team.
• Recommend and decide an integrated strategic plan for the group procurement organization.
  • Approve targets for spend reduction (pricing, TCO, and usage control), purchasing efficiency, customer/site service, and vendor management.
  • Prioritize and recommend resource levels across procurement sourcing categories, projects, and functions.
• Support cross‑collaboration among different Procurement teams – Category management, Site procurement, and Capital procurement.
  • Ensure that there is close collaboration and ways of working across Procurement teams to deliver end‑to‑end category strategy from the center to the sites.
  • Enables integrated Capex and Opex category strategies and execution between Category management and Capital teams.
  • Help emerge the cross‑site opportunities to the right level of the organization – category management team to ensure cross‑site and Nutrien purchasing leverage.
  • Coordinates the rollout of the new operating model and ensures that the right skills are in place in the organization.
• Ensure procurement functions are meeting site needs (standards and tools, knowledge management).
  • Ensure that decision‑making processes are in place and used.
  • Review and approval of procurement budgets and performance targets to ensure highly efficient and effective procurement organization.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Engineering or related field.
• 15+ years of relevant experience, including at least 10 years of progressive leadership experience.
• 10+ years of dedicated procurement experience and track record of delivering savings.
• Have successfully driven Procurement across multiple categories, demonstrating leadership and influencing skills across multiple regions, functions, and with business leaders. Ideally, the executive will have broader commercial or P&L experience.
• Demonstrated capability to take on increasing responsibilities quickly, as demonstrated by a steep career path.
• Leadership capabilities and experience in leading and managing a large procurement organization.
• Significant experience in strategic planning, resource allocation/prioritization, target setting, and budgeting.
• Awareness of cost drivers across multiple classes of cost categories.
• Negotiating techniques.
• Although not required, a graduate degree (MBA or similar) would be an asset.
• Willingness and ability to travel, mostly within North America, 25%-50% of time.

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This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.

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At Nutrien, we never stop growing, because our world never does. Our size can help us weather a storm, but with that ability comes a great responsibility—to our growers and customers, our employees and shareholders, our communities, and the planet.

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