Strategic Meat Procurement Lead

Frey Consulting Group; Brantford; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and dental benefits

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Paid vacation

Training and professional development

Supportive work environment

Long-term career growth

Job summary

Frey Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Procurement Buyer to support red meat purchasing operations in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. You will organize purchasing events with a major retail customer and act as the primary liaison among customers, suppliers, and internal teams to optimize availability, cost, and service.

The role demands strong procurement experience, supplier relationship management, and ability to analyze data to guide decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in buying, purchasing, or procurement within a fast-moving food environment.
• Experience managing supplier relationships, pricing, contracts, and forecasts.
• Strong analytics to interpret data and support purchasing decisions.
• Ability to collaborate with customer, suppliers, procurement, commercial, demand planning, and scheduling teams.
• Experience with retail customers or major grocery accounts is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Organize and manage purchasing events with the customer’s buying team.
• Serve as a key contact between customers, suppliers, procurement, commercial, demand planning, and scheduling teams.
• Guide and influence purchasing decisions with the Procurement Insights team.
• Create and manage purchasing events and supplier agreements.
• Load pricing into supplier files and obtain approvals.
• Manage long-term purchasing contracts and supplier models.
• Maintain accurate product codes and procurement documents.
• Review order amendments and improve service levels.
• Coordinate purchasing timelines and ensure events complete as scheduled.
• Attend Sales and Operations Planning meetings.
• Coordinate imported meat schedules when applicable.
• Manage inventory at external cold-storage facilities when applicable.
• Work with Demand Planner to understand long-term requirements.
• Oversee supplier forecasts and performance.
• Develop supplier improvement plans with customer teams.

Skills

Procurement experience

Supplier relationship management

Demand planning

Contract management

Pricing and forecasting

Data interpretation

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Tools

Foods Connected platform

Job description

Frey Consulting Group is seeking an experienced Procurement Buyer to support red meat purchasing operations in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. You will organize purchasing events with a major retail customer and act as the primary liaison among customers, suppliers, and internal teams to optimize availability, cost, and service.

The role demands strong procurement experience, supplier relationship management, and ability to analyze data to guide decisions.