Bondi Produce & Specialty Foods Co. is a progressive, family-owned, third generation food distribution company with a sharp focus on fresh produce and specialty ingredients. We are a recognized brand among Toronto's most distinguished chefs and foodservice operators — and we are relentless in our pursuit of being the most trusted, forward-thinking distributor in the province. We move fast, obsess the details, and take pride in making it happen for our clients, every single day. THE OPPORTUNITY Bondi has a built-in route to market that most distributors would take years to create: produce trucks arriving at thousands of GTA back doors several times a week. The opportunity is to turn the non-produce space on those trucks — grocery, Italian and Mediterranean specialty, dairy and eggs, and selected frozen — into a $30M+ business. As Category Manager, Non-Produce, you will own that mandate as a P&L;, with the authority to determine the assortment, negotiate supplier programs, set pricing, manage inventory and build a category customers rely on. This is not a merchandising role, and it is not a coordination role. We need a proven buyer with the judgment to decide what earns a slot, the negotiating strength to secure the right cost and terms,



and the commercial discipline to protect margin. You will be accountable for sales, gross margin, turns, service levels and working capital — and empowered to make the decisions that move them. For the right person, this is a rare opportunity to build a business within the business and make a visible contribution to Bondi’s next stage of growth. WHAT YOU OWN Reporting to the Managing Partner & Vice-President, Sales, the full non-produce category: product value and selection, vendor relations and negotiation, purchasing and replenishment, fulfillment measures, pricing architecture, inventory quality and the gross-profit line. You are the gate on every recent item and every new vendor. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES 1.Rationalize and set the range. Rank the current non-produce catalogue by GMROI and GP$ per SKU, retire the tail, assign each category a role (traffic, destination, convenience) and lock a core range of roughly 300–500 always-in-stock SKUs with per-SKU minimums a product must clear to stay listed. 2.Negotiate vendor earned-income programs. Volume rebates, growth allowances, market development funds,

📌 Category Manager, Non-Produce (Toronto)
🏢 Bondi Produce & Specialty Foods
📍 Toronto