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Director Procurement & Logistics
- Parry Sound, ON, Canada
Full-time
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Not just procurement.
Not just logistics.
The leader connecting it all.
I’m working on a confidential search for a Director of Procurement & Logistics with a premium, high-growth food manufacturer based in Ontario (relocation likely to an amazing part of the Province).
This is a mission-critical leadership role overseeing end-to-end supply chain - from sourcing raw materials and packaging through to national distribution and retail delivery.
This Role Is For Someone Who
- Owns strategic sourcing + supplier negotiations at scale
- Understands perishables, food manufacturing, and cold chain logistics
- Has led 3PLs, transportation networks, and warehousing operations
- Can balance cost, quality, service levels, and food safety compliance
- Procurement strategy across ingredients, packaging, and co-manufacturing
- Supplier relationships, contracts, and risk mitigation
- Logistics network design including inbound, inter-facility, and outbound distribution
- Inventory control, warehousing (ambient + chilled), and traceability
- Leading S&OP alignment and cross-functional execution across operations, QA, R&D, and finance
- High-impact leadership role reporting into senior leadership
- Opportunity to shape and scale a fully integrated supply chain function
- Work with a purpose-driven brand focused on quality, sustainability, and growth
- Real ownership across procurement, logistics, and operational performance
Confidential conversations always welcome.
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Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end procurement and logistics, including sourcing ingredients and packaging, managing suppliers and contracts, and overseeing co-manufacturing. Design and manage distribution networks, inventory, warehousing, traceability, and cross-functional execution while balancing cost, quality, service, and food safety.
Requirements
The role calls for senior leadership experience in strategic procurement and supplier negotiations at scale, ideally in food manufacturing with perishable products and cold-chain logistics. Candidates should have experience leading 3PLs, transportation networks, and warehousing, and be able to balance cost, quality, service levels, and food safety compliance.
Skills
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supplier Negotiations
- Procurement Strategy
- Contract Management
- Risk Mitigation
- Food Manufacturing
- Cold Chain Logistics
- Warehousing
- Logistics Network Design
- Inventory Control
- Traceability
- Sales and Operations Planning Alignment
- Cross-Functional Leadership
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Categories
- Logistics
- Management & Leadership
- Manufacturing
- Food & Beverage
- Transportation
Keywords
- Procurement
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supplier Negotiations
- Supplier Relationships
- Contracts
- Risk Mitigation
- Ingredients
- Packaging
- Co-Manufacturing
- Food Manufacturing
- Perishables
- Cold Chain Logistics
- Third-Party Logistics
- Transportation Networks
- Warehousing
- Inbound Distribution
- Inter-Facility Distribution
- Outbound Distribution
- Inventory Control
- Traceability
- Sales and Operations Planning
- Food Safety Compliance
- Quality
- Sustainability
- Retail Delivery