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About the Role

We are seeking a collaborative and proactive Senior Procurement Specialist to ensure the reliable supply of materials supporting production operations and business growth. This role involves hands-on procurement execution and strategic sourcing, managing material flow, supporting commercialization, and partnering with various internal teams. Success requires strong problem-solving, relationship management, and results-driven capabilities in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

Responsibilities

Review material requirements planning (MRP) outputs and place purchase orders according to production schedules and inventory targets.
Monitor order confirmations, shipment status, and delivery timelines to ensure on-time, in-full material arrival.
Proactively resolve delivery issues, shortages, or quality concerns by collaborating with suppliers and internal teams.
Maintain accurate supplier, part, and PO data in SAP, requesting updates for pricing, lead times, and delivery terms.
Support new material setups and coordinate changes with planning, QA, and receiving.
Collaborate with inventory control to manage excess, obsolete, or slow-moving materials.
Liaise with finance to resolve invoice discrepancies and ensure timely payments.
Participate in supplier performance reviews focusing on delivery reliability and responsiveness.
Ensure compliance with internal purchasing policies.
Identify process improvement opportunities to enhance procurement efficiency and accuracy.
Support inbound logistics activities.
Develop and execute sourcing strategies for assigned categories to meet business objectives.
Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers based on cost, quality, service, and sustainability criteria.
Lead sourcing activities for assigned categories, including vendor selection, RFPs/RFQs, and contract negotiations.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align sourcing decisions with business needs.
Serve as the Sourcing & Procurement lead on the Business Unit's commercialization team for new product launches.
Ensure materials are delivered and available by required trial or production start dates for commercialization projects.
Minimize scheduling disruptions due to material availability.
Manage Purchase Price Variance (PPV) to ensure cost containment or proper variance justification.
Minimize Material Write-Off Rate due to expiration, obsolescence, damage, or excess inventory.
Achieve cost savings through re-sourcing, negotiations, or bundling initiatives.

Requirements

Experience managing procurement activities within a manufacturing, food, beverage, consumer packaged goods (CPG), or similar environment.
Exposure to the full procure-to-pay process, including purchasing, supplier management, inventory considerations, and material planning.
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to proactively identify risks and work cross-functionally to resolve them.
Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative approach to working with suppliers and internal partners.
Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to drive initiatives from planning through execution.
Experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred).
A continuous improvement mindset and curiosity for leveraging technology, data, and new tools to improve processes and efficiency.
A values-driven approach, demonstrating adaptability, accountability, and respect in interactions with both suppliers and colleagues.
Commitment to excellence, energy, attitude, and experience.
Ability to stay relentlessly close to consumers and represent the brand in every interaction, decision, and deliverable.
Willingness to try, ask and answer challenging questions, test and learn, and find solutions.
Resourcefulness and grit.
Willingness to share ideas and speak up.
Ability to grow and progress through training and tools.

Skills

Procurement execution
Strategic sourcing
Material flow management
Supplier management
Commercialization support
Problem-solving
Relationship building
Stakeholder management
Project management
Organizational skills
ERP systems (SAP preferred)
Continuous improvement
Data analysis
Process improvement
Inbound logistics
Sourcing strategy development
RFP/RFQ management
Contract negotiation
Cross-functional collaboration
Inventory management
Cost optimization
SAP

Location

Canada

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

Salary/Compensations

$80,000—$85,000 CAD

Benefits

RRSP matching or 401k matching
Eligibility to participate in Riverside's Profit Sharing Plan
Employee-Led Resource Groups (ERGs) championing mental health, sustainability, diversity, women, and LGBTQ+ rights
Riverside University program
Tuition Reimbursement Program
Open concept work environment

About the Company

Riverside Natural Foods Ltd. is a Canadian-based, family-owned, and globally operating business committed to leaving the world better than we found it.
We are a B-Corp certified, Triple-Bottom Line company.
We proudly manufacture nutritious, 'better-for-you' snacks such as MadeGood and GOOD TO GO.
We value teamwork, humility, respect, ownership, adaptability, grit, and fun.
We are on an ambitious mission to double our business by 2030.
We believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, and our values guide us.

Equal Opportunity

Riverside Natural Foods Ltd. is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you have a disability and require accommodation in the interview process, please let us know when you apply.
As part of our recruitment process, we may use technology-assisted tools, including automated systems, to support the review and assessment of applications. These tools do not make final hiring decisions. All decisions related to screening, interviewing, and selection are made by our Talent Acquisition and hiring teams.