Associate Buyer, Procurement
You’ll recognize Loblaw as the leader in food and pharmacy across Canada, with stores located within 10 minutes of 90% of Canadians.
With a team of 190,000 colleagues, we welcome Canadians into our stores over a billion times a year, and we serve them with a passionate focus on our purpose : helping Canadians to Live Life Well®.
We do lots of good stuff. And frankly, there has never been a better time to join our organization, especially if you are passionate about Retail Excellence : Buying and Selling.
As a Associate Buyer, Procurement you’ll join Loblaw’s Business Enablement & Enterprise Procurement (BEEP) Team, a group of world-class procurement professionals accountable for purchasing goods on behalf of our retail divisions which represent more than 3,000 stores from coast to coast to coast.
Reporting to our Procurement Director(s), you’ll support every aspect of category procurement including domestic and offshore sourcing, vendor relationship and performance management, RFPs, costing, supply risk management, quality management, vendor onboarding, and much more.
What You’ll Do :
- Support the Director(s) with vendor performance management, generating data, conducting analysis, and preparing presentation material.
- Maintain all system data for the category, ensuring we have end-to-end accuracy in all aspects of our Seafood product portfolio, including vendor costing.
- Facilitate vendor onboarding activities and provide administrative ownership of new product creation in collaboration with our Vendor Onboarding and Data Operations teams.
- Collaborate with our supply chain, merchandising, private label, and international sourcing teams to resolve product availability and fulfillment challenges.
- Support the Director and Buyer(s) with other ad-hoc administrative activities as assigned.
- Proudly represent the Seafood category with the BEEP Team.
What You’ll Need :
- A curious mentality and positive, self-motivated demeanor.
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience.
- 1+ years in procurement, supply chain, or retail merchandising role.
- Confident, with an ability to prioritize many projects at the same time and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Financial, business, and retail knowledge.
- Strong relationship-management skills and a winsome communication style.
- Skilled in using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.