Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager Be Fresh Market | Vancouver, BC Who We Are Be Fresh Market and Blush Lane Market are neighbourhood grocery stores dedicated to bringing fresh, high-quality food and exceptional service to the communities we serve across British Columbia and Alberta. Our stores combine the convenience of everyday shopping with a carefully selected assortment of fresh produce, locally sourced products, specialty grocery items, and wholesome meal solutions. We’re passionate about helping people make healthier choices while supporting the growers, producers, and suppliers who share our commitment to quality and sustainability. By building strong local partnerships, reducing food waste, and creating welcoming shopping experiences, we’re making a positive impact in the communities we call home. About the Role We’re looking for a Procurement Manager to support procurement and purchasing across our four Be Fresh Market locations in Vancouver . In this role, you’ll work closely with our Market Managers, Company leadership, and supplier partners to ensure our stores have the right products, from the right suppliers, at the right cost and at the right time. This is a hands-on, multi-location role. You’ll regularly visit all four Be Fresh Market locations to work directly with store teams, understand inventory and product needs, review assortment opportunities, and help resolve purchasing and supplier issues. You’ll help coordinate purchasing across the stores, manage supplier relationships, negotiate pricing and terms, support product sourcing and assortment decisions, and identify opportunities to improve product availability, margins, inventory management, and purchasing efficiency. The ideal candidate has experience in grocery, food retail, CPG, natural foods, or a similar environment and brings strong commercial judgment, negotiation skills, and a collaborative, hands-on approach. What You’ll Do Support procurement across four locations: Coordinate purchasing and procurement activities across all four Be Fresh Market stores, working closely with Market Managers to understand and respond to store needs. Work directly with our stores: Regularly visit all four locations to understand store-level needs, review inventory and product assortment, gather feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement. Manage supplier relationships: Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective suppliers, distributors, growers, and producers. Negotiate pricing and terms: Negotiate product costs, payment terms, minimum order quantities, delivery schedules, promotional support, and other supplier arrangements. Source products and suppliers: Identify and evaluate new products, suppliers, and sourcing opportunities that align with our customer needs, quality standards, and business objectives. Improve purchasing performance: Review product costs, purchasing patterns, supplier terms, and store needs to identify opportunities to improve margins and purchasing efficiency. Support product assortment: Collaborate with Company leadership, Market Managers, and Marketing on product assortment, seasonal products, promotions, new product introductions, and discontinuations. Manage product availability: Proactively address shortages, substitutions, discontinued products, delivery issues, and other supply challenges. Support inventory management: Work with Market Managers to improve inventory levels, product availability, ordering practices, inventory turnover, and waste reduction. Coordinate across locations: Identify opportunities to consolidate purchasing, standardize products and suppliers where appropriate, and leverage purchasing needs across all four stores. Monitor supplier performance: Evaluate suppliers based on pricing, quality, service, product availability, delivery reliability, and overall performance. Maintain accurate information: Ensure supplier, product, cost, pricing, and purchasing…

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