Director Global Sustainability Procurement Contract

McCain Foods is seeking a Director of Global Sustainability Procurement for a temporary full-time role based in Toronto, ON. The position involves developing sourcing strategies to enhance sustainability and social responsibility, focusing on CO2 reduction and responsible sourcing. The role requires extensive experience in sustainability, program management, and strong leadership skills. This 14-month contract role necessitates collaboration with senior stakeholders and team leadership.

Position Title

Director Global Sustainability Procurement Contract

Position Type

Temporary - Full-Time

Position Location

Toronto HQ

Requisition ID

34219

About The Role

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.

The Director Global Sustainability Procurement will be responsible for the sourcing strategy development, senior leader stakeholder engagement, and execution of programs to support the company’s sustainability program and other elements of environmental and social responsibility (i.e. carbon reduction, animal welfare, etc.) as assigned. The person will be accountable to the VP, Global Indirect & Sustainable Procurement, regional Procurement Vice Presidents, and the Chief Procurement Officer.

Accountabilities

1. CO2 Scope 3 - Develops and executes the overall Scope 3 reduction strategy for global procurement to achieve McCain science-based target by 2030.
2. Renewable Electricity - The Director is responsible for the achievement of the renewable electricity targets, in collaboration with the global REO (Resource Efficient Operations) team. Including Strategy and Coordination, supporting regional team along with audit and data collection.
3. Responsible Sourcing Program - Refines and implements the responsible sourcing program, in collaboration with the regional teams and cross-functional stakeholders such as Legal and Global Sustainability. Areas of focus include deforestation (palm oil, soy oil, paper), human rights (violations to workers in supply chain), animal welfare (cage-free eggs).
4. Team Leadership - Builds capabilities within direct reporting team, focusing on development planning and coaching along with fostering a culture that allows the team to feel valued and respected.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s Degree required.
2. 10+ years of business experience.
3. 5+ years’ experience in sustainability specifically on renewable energy and/or carbon footprint reduction.
4. Extensive program management experience involving multi-disciplined matrixed and global teams.
5. Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills, with the ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
6. Sound fact-based decision making, responsive and problem-solving ability with a focus on delivering results.
7. Strong entrepreneurial spirit, with a track record of identifying and implementing new growth opportunities.
8. Experience working in a global organization and navigating complex business environments.

Skills

1. Thinks big and plans ahead: Stands in the future and has an ambitious, innovative mindset to achieve McCain Global Sustainability Goals.
2. Brings out the best in people: Works across a multitude of functions to deliver a common goal, balances own interests with others, and leverages ideas to push innovative boundaries.
3. Acts like an owner: Drives results and has strong bottom-line orientation, persistently delivers despite hurdles, pushes self and others to achieve results.
4. Courage: Can tackle tough assignments independently, with optimism.
5. Manages complexity: Is a critical thinker who looks beyond the first answer for the optimized solution.

About The Team

The Director for Global Sustainability Procurement will develop, lead and execute the overall Global Procurement Sustainability program in support of the overall McCain Sustainability goals and commitments. The role requires insight on regional market dynamics as well as industry trends to enable close collaboration with the respective regional procurement leaders to ensure McCain delivers on key commitments in the areas of carbon footprint reduction, renewable energy, and responsible sourcing (including deforestation, human rights, animal welfare, among others). In addition, the role will be responsible to further refine and deploy Responsible Sourcing policy and principles. This role will formally lead a team of two (2) Global Procurement Sustainability Managers and will be required to set clear objectives for the team, monitor performance and coach team members in order to sustain a high-performance culture and support career development.

About McCain

At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Compensation Package

$146,200.00 - $195,000.00 CAD annually. The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.

Benefits

At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug). Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company, we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.