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Our client, a major retail and ecommerce company, is currently looking to hire for a Procurement Team Lead to join their team in Toronto, ON. This is a 6 month contract-to-permanent position, and is best suited for someone with prior team lead experience working in a supply chain position.

The Team Lead, Fixture Procurement serves as the Manager’s right hand, providing operational oversight, cross‑functional coordination, and enterprise‑level reporting across all banners. This role does not own specific procurement processes (e.g., Line Review or Rollouts) but ensures they are executed effectively by Leads, Specialists, Analysts, and Coordinators. The Associate Manager consolidates reporting, manages escalations, and collaborates with the Manager on strategic vendor management, contract compliance, and enterprise procurement objectives.

• Provide daily oversight of procurement operations across banners, ensuring consistency and compliance with procurement processes.
• Act as the first escalation point for vendor, store, or cross‑functional issues, resolving conflicts and enabling Leads to focus on execution.
• Partner with the Manager on strategic procurement initiatives, enterprise savings targets, and process improvements.

• Coordinate activities across Leads, Specialists, and Analysts to ensure procurement timelines and objectives are met.
• Facilitate cross‑functional meetings with Merchandising, Store Design, Construction, Logistics, and Finance to resolve issues and align deliverables.
• Support enterprise programs by ensuring procurement alignment across banners.

• Consolidate reporting from Leads and Analysts into executive‑level summaries for the Manager and Sr. Leadership.
• Monitor procurement performance at the enterprise level, highlighting risks, variances, and savings opportunities.
• Provide insights to support budgeting, forecasting, and capital/operational planning.

• Collaborate with the Manager on strategic vendor management (contracts, escalations, enterprise alignment).
• Participate in vendor meetings to represent procurement at the enterprise level, focusing on alignment and accountability.

• 3+ years experience in procurement (ideally indirect/retail specific procurement, can also consider product buyers, category managers, restaurant/hospitality purchasing, or construction procurement)
• People management skills (no experience required, skills to be verified in screening and references)
• Contract vendor management experience

Hours of operations: 8:30am -5pm

Work model: Hybrid 4 days a week in office and 1 day work from home

Duration: 6 month contract-to-permanent

Pay: $38 - $43/hr

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Toronto, ON.

The pay range for this position is $38.46 - $43.59/hr.

This is a hybrid position in Toronto, ON.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.