Location: Toronto, ON (Fully onsite)
Contract: 6-months (with the possibility of extension/permanency)
Language: Strong written and verbal English communication skills required
About the Opportunity
A growing food manufacturing organization is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Senior Sourcing Analyst to support strategic procurement and packaging sourcing operations. This role plays a key part in ensuring sourcing activities align with production requirements, inventory planning, and long-term business objectives within a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.
Working closely with planning, finance, operations, and supplier partners, you will help drive data-informed sourcing decisions that support packaging sourcing strategies, business continuity, cost optimization, and operational efficiency. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing analytical work with relationship management in a dynamic manufacturing setting.
What’s In It for You
This organization offers the opportunity to work alongside collaborative teams that value innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. You will gain exposure to strategic sourcing initiatives, supplier management, and cross-functional decision-making while contributing to a workplace culture that supports growth, accountability, and teamwork.
Your Responsibilities
- You’ll support packaging sourcing strategy development through market analysis, forecasting, and sourcing insights
- In this role, you’ll maintain demand planning databases and forecasting models to support long-range sourcing and packaging procurement decisions
- You’ll collaborate with planning and operations teams to manage inventory levels, packaging requirements, and supplier lead times
- You’ll act as a key point of contact for suppliers, supporting KPI reviews, escalations, and corrective action initiatives
- You’ll monitor supply risks, pricing fluctuations, and material availability for packaging materials while recommending mitigation strategies
- In this role, you’ll support contract negotiations through benchmarking, cost analysis, and scenario modeling
- You’ll partner with finance teams to manage invoice discrepancies, supplier rebates, and pricing alignment initiatives
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Economics, Food Science, Management, or a related field
- 4+ years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, packaging sourcing, supply chain, or operations within a manufacturing environment
- Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Experience supporting forecasting, reporting, supplier performance tracking, inventory planning, and packaging procurement activities
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate across all levels of an organization
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement, quality, compliance, and operational excellence
Why Partner with Altis
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Pay: $36.00-$41.00 per hour
Application question(s):
- Do you have at least 4 years of experience in a strategic sourcing role?
- Do you have experience in packaging sourcing?
- Do you have experience in the food and beverage manufacturing industry?
- Are you able to work fully onsite Monday – Friday?
Work Location: In person
