4 Cpim jobs in Brantford

Job Description

Salary: DOE

Overview

JD Sign is seeking a strategic and detail-oriented Manager Estimating, Procurement & Supply Chain to lead the full cycle of estimating, cost analysis, supplier negotiation, and material procurement. This role is critical to securing profitable projects, ensuring seamless supply chain operations, and maintaining cost-effective execution across our signage and architectural cladding projects.

Key Responsibilities

Estimating Management

• Analyze RFPs, RFQs, and tender documents to identify suitable and profitable opportunities.
• Review architectural and engineering drawings to perform accurate quantity take-offs.
• Develop competitive cost estimates covering materials, labor, equipment, and overheads.
• Prepare persuasive proposals with pricing, timelines, deliverables, and strategic differentiators.
• Apply value engineering strategies to optimize project costs and performance.
• Maintain a well-organized database of quotes, estimates, submissions, and pricing history.

Procurement & Supply Chain Oversight

• Lead procurement activities including sourcing, purchasing, negotiation, and vendor evaluation.
• Build and manage vendor and subcontractor relationships, including contract negotiation.
• Initiate procurement for awarded projects and track material timelines.
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure material availability with minimal waste.
• Drive initiatives to improve supplier terms and evaluate vendor performance.

Strategic & Operational Leadership

• Align procurement strategies with business goals through interpretation of infrastructure RFPs/RFQs.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and government regulations (e.g., Ontario Building Code).
• Collaborate with sales, operations, and design teams to align estimates with execution capabilities.
• Lead internal communication and coach team members to enhance performance.
• Conduct project reviews and audits for contractual and compliance alignment.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Supply Chain, or related field.
• Strong understanding of materials, fabrication processes, and installation methods in the signage industry.
• Familiarity with industry standards and best practices in signage production and project estimating.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years in estimating, procurement, or supply chain roles.
• At least 2 years in a managerial or leadership role, preferably in signage, construction, or custom fabrication.
• Proven success in bid preparation, vendor negotiation, cost control, and team coordination.

Skills

• Cost estimation & bid development
• Vendor and subcontractor negotiation
• Quantity take-offs & procurement planning
• Contract review, budgeting & cost control
• Blueprint & architectural drawing analysis
• Strategic sourcing & supply chain management
• Risk assessment, compliance & value engineering
• Strong communication & internal collaboration

Why Join JD Sign?

• Work on high-impact architectural and signage projects.
• Be part of a collaborative and innovative team.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunities for professional growth and leadership.

We are committed to providing accommodations at every stage of the recruitment process, under the Human Rights Code. The JD Sign Group Recruitment Team is dedicated to upholding the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) to foster an inclusive, barrier-free workplace. We are ready to accommodate the accessibility needs of individuals with disabilities to ensure full participation in all recruitment processes. If you require such accommodation, don't hesitate to contact our HR team by email:

We are seeking a dynamic and confident Technical Functional Analyst to join our client’s Merchandising and Procurement Technology team. This virtual role goes beyond traditional business analysis—it's about owning product data, designing solutions, and driving transformation across procurement, vendor management, and EDI integration. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across merchandising, category management, and IT to deliver scalable, efficient systems that support inbound supply chain operations, product lifecycle management and our overall product growth

Functional & Process Ownership

• Act as a strategic partner to merchandising and procurement teams—understand product/vendor relationships, costing, and inbound supply chain flows.
• Own the Technology used to manage product master data, ensuring accuracy and alignment across systems.
• Lead EDI-related initiatives with external partners and internal stakeholders.

Solution Design & Implementation

• Design and deliver technology-enabled solutions that align with business goals.
• Oversee testing, implementation, and user training for new systems and enhancements.
• Collaborate with development teams to translate functional needs into technical requirements and turn these requirements into Value-based epics and stories to drive outcomes.

Stakeholder Engagement & Collaboration

• Facilitate workshops with managers, directors, and category leads to gather requirements and identify process gaps.
• Build strong relationships across merchandising, procurement, and IT—be a trusted advisor and change agent.
• Communicate project updates, risks, and recommendations clearly to leadership.

Documentation & Analysis

• Create functional specifications, process documentation, and user guides.
• Analyze data to uncover trends and inform business decisions.
• Support continuous improvement efforts across merchandising and supply chain operations.

What You Bring

• Proven experience in merchandising, procurement, or supply chain environments—especially inbound logistics and vendor/product management.
• Strong understanding of EDI systems, product master data, and costing models.
• Experience leading ERP or system implementations from a functional perspective.
• Agile mindset—Scrum experience preferred; familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
• Technical fluency: SQL, Microsoft 365, AWS/cloud platforms; AS400 experience a plus.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills—comfortable engaging with directors and senior leadership.
• Experience in environments using test-driven and hypothesis-based development
• A proactive, value-driven, solution-oriented approach with the ability to think outside the box and drive change.

This is a virtual role, and can be anywhere in Canada, the working hours are 8 am - 4:30 pm. Monday - Friday.

This is a high-impact role with visibility across the organization. You’ll be empowered to shape systems, influence decisions, and grow your career in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive team.

Director, Supply Chain (Raw Material & Inventory Planning) – Manufacturing / Food / Beverage and similar

Industry: Food Beverage Manufacturing (multiple sites)– (Fresh, Frozen, Processing and similar)

• Demand & Supply Planning, Material Planning, Warehousing, Logistics & Transportation

Location: Milton – Guelph- Cambridge, ON area

Base Salary: $130,000- $165,000 bonus benefits

Permanent full-time

Minimum 3 Days on site, expected to be 3-4 days on site initially

Some travel involved within Canada 15%

Our client is a very well-established food manufacturing processing & packaging organisation with 3- 4 sites in Canada. They have a job open for Director- Supply Chain (Raw Material & Inventory Planning, Demand & Supply Planning, Purchasing, Warehousing, Transportation) to be based out of their facility located in Milton – Guelph- Cambridge, ON area . This is a hands-on strategic yet daily tactical leadership role to lead Material Planners Buyers, Inventory Planners, Warehouse personnel, Logistics & Supply Chain in a fairly manual process supporting all plant sites for consensus forecasting, central material & capacity planning, purchasing, inventory warehousing & logistics. All candidates must have established success leading manufacturing plant level Supply Chain supporting Material & Capacity Planning, consensus forecasting. There is some travel involved domestically in Canada 15%

Director, Supply Chain will be fully responsible for the end-to-end supply chain of 3-4 manufacturing sites for short shelf-life temperature-controlled food processing packaging working closely leading sourcing, selection and performance management of vendors for raw materials ingredients and packaging, establish and manage supply chain KPIs, streamline lead-times and set-up Supply Chain SOPs & Best Practices. You will work with the logistics partners, 3rd party carriers for inbound and outbound freight nationally,be responsible for raw materials planning (packaging , ingredients, MRO, MRP), finished goods Inventory, Warehousing, Transportation & Purchasing. This is a Continuous Improvement strategic yet daily tactical role, presently with fairly manual processes, responsible for establishing short term and long-term strategy while providing leadership, coaching, mentoring and performance management to 4-5 direct reports, leading them through recent ERP implementation.

Director, Supply Chain will ideally have a minimum of 5-7 years’ of leadership experience in plant level manufacturing in Fresh / frozen / ready to eat Food, Produce, Dairy, Protein, Meat, Ready -to-Eat, Fresh, Daily or Produce, managing plant level supply chain including sourcing and contracts strong analytical numbers and cost driven mindset, excellent analytical skills – Excel, Power BI and similar and established success in laying down Supply Chain strategy yet manging daily tactical functions. Bachelor’s degree, experience with food manufacturing plant level supply chain helps. Familiarity with GMP, CFIA, and other food safety compliance is a MUST. Ability to work on-site 3-4 days initially and be able to travel 10-15% nationally is a MUST.

Qualified applicants already in the GTA / KW area ideally with short shelf-life products experience, minimum 4-5 years of Supply Chain leadership experience in manufacturing are invited to forward their resumes in MS Word format to Please write “Director, Supply Chain (Raw Material & Inventory Planning)” in the subject line of your e mail.

While we thank all applicants for your interest, only the most qualified candidates will be contacted due to volume of applicants.