Senior Purchaser

As a key member of the Supply Chain team, the Senior Purchaser manages day-to-day purchasing activities and helps ensure the timely, cost-effective availability of materials, packaging, and services required to support business operations. This hands-on role leads supplier coordination, purchase order management, cost control, supply continuity, procurement reporting, and process improvement.

What You’ll Do

Procurement Operations

• Lead day-to-day purchasing and the full PO process, from creation and supplier confirmation through delivery tracking, changes and issue resolution.
• Partner with Production Planning to translate forecasts and production requirements into timely purchasing actions.
• Monitor lead times, order status, shortages and changes; proactively address and escalate significant supply, quality, pricing or delivery risks.
• Maintain accurate ERP purchasing parameters, supplier information, pricing and order updates.

Supplier Relationships & Performance

• Build supplier relationships that support reliable service, quality, communication and supply continuity.
• Monitor and review supplier performance, including OTIF, quality, responsiveness, lead times and order accuracy, and lead corrective actions when expectations are not met.
• Partner with Quality Assurance to resolve supplier complaints, non-conformances, investigations and documentation requirements.

Cost Control & Purchasing Value

• Monitor material, packaging, freight and supplier costs; identify opportunities to improve purchasing value and support cost-saving initiatives.
• Maintain accurate pricing and investigate purchase price variances with Finance and suppliers.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, supplier comparisons and order consolidation while balancing cost, quality, MOQs, lead times, inventory, freight and supplier performance.

Supply Continuity & Risk Management

• Identify and communicate potential shortages, delays, capacity constraints and supplier risks before they impact operations.
• Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve disruptions and support alternate supplier, onboarding and contingency planning for critical materials.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate with Planning, Operations, Inventory Control and Warehouse teams to align purchasing with production schedules, inbound deliveries and inventory requirements.
• Support New Product Development through sourcing of new materials, trial quantities and supplier information.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory and Finance on compliance, pricing, accruals, reporting and issue resolution.

Analytics, Process Improvement & Compliance

• Monitor procurement KPIs, including OTIF, purchase price variance, stockouts, lead times and supplier performance, using ERP data, Excel and Power BI to identify trends, exceptions and opportunities.
• Recommend and implement improvements to purchasing practices, controls, master data, workflows and documentation.
• Maintain accurate, accessible and audit-ready purchasing, supplier, contract, food safety and traceability records.

Scope, Accountability & Decision Making

• Own the day-to-day procurement function, including execution, controls and continuous improvement.
• Influence material availability, supplier performance, purchasing costs and operational continuity across the business.
• Independently prioritizes purchasing needs and resolves supplier and material issues.
• Balance cost, quality, service, inventory and operational risk when making purchasing decisions.
• Take ownership of issues through resolution and escalate matters requiring management, financial, quality or strategic approval.

You’ll Bring

• 4+ years of experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain, ideally within manufacturing, food & beverage, CPG, or another regulated environment.
• Post-secondary education in Supply Chain, Business, Procurement, or a related discipline.
• Strong experience managing purchase orders, supplier relationships, order tracking, material availability, and supplier performance.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve delivery, quality, pricing, and supply issues while managing multiple priorities.
• Experience with ERP systems; Microsoft Dynamics AX experience is an asset.
• Strong Excel skills; experience with Power BI and procurement reporting is an asset.
• Working knowledge of GMP, food safety requirements, supplier compliance, and relevant supply chain regulations.
• Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, organization, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to accurate documentation and continuous improvement.
• SCMP, CPSM, APICS/ASCM, or an equivalent certification is an asset.

We Offer:

• Starting salary of $70,000 - $80,000. Base salary will be commensurate with experience, skills, and qualifications.
• Work in a fun, collaborative, values-driven environment where your voice is heard.
• Group Benefits Program
• 3 weeks of vacation, pro-rated for the first year of employment
• Participation in our Vacation Purchase Program
• One paid Volunteer Day each year
• Employee pricing on our product line-up
• Free, on-site parking
• On site gym access

Applications are welcomed from all individuals, including women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of our company.

Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents will be given priority.

To learn more about us, visit our website at canterburycoffee.com.

Monday to Friday
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM