Summary:

Responsible for overseeing the purchasing department in Mississauga and working with Boucherville and Edmonton purchasing managers to maintain/manage the Canadian Purchasing Category program, and day-to-day purchases off the MRP. Oversee and assist Mississauga Operations and Purchasing in the purchase on non--inventory MRO items. Continuously keeping abreast of industry trends to buy, quality, cost effective raw materials and/or finished goods to meet our customers’ needs.

Provide leadership to others, thus supporting our team and department objectives. Develop and maintain multilevel relationships with principals/suppliers.

Essential Duties:

- Interact independently with suppliers and our principals as required.
- Demonstrates the ability to supply cost effectiveness by keeping abreast of the latest ingredient technologies.
- Develop additional/alternate sources of supply for existing as well as new and improved raw materials
- Involved with extracurricular activities to maintain or improve miscellaneous responsibilities within the department.
- Complies with Newly Weds Foods corporate personnel policies and purchasing procedures.
- Focus on continually looking for new ideas, trends, and innovations aboard for the company.
- Assist Edmonton and Boucherville in purchasing as needed.
- Provide support and training as required.
- Working on standardizing processes & procedures among the purchasing team.
- Inventory control focusing on costing/pricing analytics.
- Meet with suppliers to negotiate pricing to generate savings.
- Able to understand Edmonton & Montreal purchasing needs
- Managing contract negotiations and terms while collaborating with the corporate team.
- Understanding category separation and control planning.
- To prepare the 12-month accumulative report and send it to corporate headquarters monthly
- Gather data for Reserve report for raw material which has no usage.




- Prepare and update raw materials Budget cost in Cimpro
- Update and maintain pricing files CSF file and POF file, MRP, MRF and vendor email files (Ensuring po’s have current pricing at time of receipt / receiving reports, ensuring freight, costs etc. are current).
- SCARS/ Returns & supplier deviations (Working with QC to ensure all details of non-compliance are reported and actions for vendor corrections are maintained – including credits / inventory adjustments are followed up)
- Discontinued Finished Goods Reports- check the formulas and look for unique ingredient items to customers (Review raw material forms and update ROP’s and document any raw material concerns. work to either bill client/write off or work off)
- Raw Material requests (Correspond with R&D;, or RTIS meet with vendors, for pricing new projects (raw materials) and setting up codes for raw materials)
- Accounting issues (Accounting issues relating to incorrect invoices / qty issues or credits, Stock returns and Claim, SCAR management as well as Floor stock review).
- Order ingredients for trail & Offline formulas which won’t trigger on the MRP system, given to us by scientists which includes first time buy of new ingredient, MOQ arranging /finding carrier to the current location.
- Direct reports – Mississauga purchasing staff.

Non-Essential Duties:

Perform other various similar and related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

- A College and/or University graduate degree or PMAC designate would be an asset.
- Minimum of 8 - 10 years of experience relevant to food products or the equivalent.
- Meets and exceeds the requirements of a purchasing agent.
- Works effectively in a team environment.
- Familiarization with GMP’s, HACCP and quality systems an asset.
- Superior communication, leadership skills, good multi-tasking and intermediate computer skills.
- Ensures required confidentiality is always maintained.

Work Environment:

General office setting.

📌 Associate Purchasing Manager (Mississauga)
🏢 Newly Weds Foods
📍 Mississauga