National Maintenance Procurement Manager

Ready For a Tasty New Challenge?

Overview

The National Maintenance Procurement Manager ensures Wonderbrands' bakeries have the right maintenance parts, materials, and service partnerships to sustain high-performing, reliable operations.

Reporting jointly to the Director of Strategic Sourcing – Indirect and the VP of Manufacturing, this role leads the national strategy for maintenance procurement — bringing consistency, visibility, and cost optimization across 14 bakeries.

You'll collaborate closely with Plant Maintenance Managers, Engineering and Manufacturing teams to align local needs with national strategies — driving transparency, operational efficiency, and long-term value across the network.

What Wonderbrands Offers:

• Wonderbrands believes in Home Grown Talent and accelerated career growth
• Competitive Compensation, Health, and Dental Benefits
• Pension plan with matching contribution
• Quarterly incentive program
• Discount program that covers almost everything under the sun - Restaurants, gyms, shopping, etc.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a national maintenance parts and services strategy, leveraging operational data and leading indicators to anticipate needs, mitigate risk, and drive proactive decision-making.
• Build strong supplier relationships at both national and regional levels to ensure reliable, high-quality service and parts availability.
• Partner with Plant Maintenance and Engineering teams to forecast part requirements, support preventive maintenance programs, and minimize downtime.
• Negotiate and manage contracts, ensuring best-in-class quality, reliability, and total cost of ownership for all maintenance-related goods and services.
• Streamline and consolidate the supplier base to unlock economies of scale and reduce complexity.
• Standardize systems and processes across sites — ensuring alignment with ERP/CMMS platforms and corporate procurement policies.
• Develop and maintain dashboards that deliver real-time visibility into spend, supplier performance, and cost-saving opportunities.
• Collaborate with Finance and Operations to manage budgets, track spend, and promote cost accountability.
• Monitor and improve key performance indicators (KPIs) such as cost savings, supplier reliability, inventory turns, and equipment uptime.
• Champion continuous improvement, identifying opportunities to enhance maintenance efficiency, supplier partnerships, and asset reliability.
• Act as the national liaison between corporate sourcing and plant maintenance teams, ensuring consistent communication and best-practice sharing across all facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Diploma in Engineering.
• 5–10 years' experience in managing and purchasing maintenance parts within a multi-site manufacturing environment (food industry preferred).
• Demonstrated success in coordinating cross-functional teams across multiple facilities.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and supplier relationship management skills.
• Solid understanding of mechanical and electrical maintenance systems.
• Proficiency in ERP/CMMS systems (e.g., SAP, Maximo, Oracle).
• Advanced capability in Excel or data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau).
• Excellent communication, organization, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Willingness to travel periodically to Wonderbrands' bakeries across Canada.

What is the recipe for a great career at WonderbrandsWonderbrands, is a leading Canadian bakery with 140 years of experience in baking packaged breads. We are the makers of Wonder Bread, Country Harvest, D'Italiano, Gadoua, and Casa Mendosa. We have a network of 14 Bakery Manufacturing facilities across Canada.

Wonderbrands, now part of the FGF Brands Group of companies, is unlocking an incredible opportunity for growth through a focus on production innovation capabilities, through a leading-edge supply chain practice and investing deeply in communities where we bake. We are heavily focused on embracing an entrepreneurial drive and a highly collaborative start up culture with an emphasis on cross-functional collaboration.

In compliance with Ontario's Bill 190, we confirm that this posting represents a current existing vacancy within our organization.

Disclaimer: The above describes the general responsibilities, required knowledge and skills. Please keep in mind that other duties may be added or this description may be amended at any time.

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