At GK Interior Solutions, we believe in providing products and services that our employees are proud of. We take on challenging projects, with challenging timelines, and we take pride in delivering exceptionally crafted wood products. We are committed to ‘measuring twice, cutting once’, and we currently have an opening on our team: Purchasing Coordinator.

*Experience/knowledge of wood working terminology is preferred. Any mix of experience and education in purchasing will be considered. A strong skill set in Excel is required.

There are two primary areas of focus for this role, with the first being maintaining supplier relations and negotiating for the best price on products we use day-to-day. The second will be sourcing job-specific materials that we have never purchased before (i.e. a specific style of cabinet door handles). The Purchasing Coordinator will work with Project Managers and Estimators in a group setting, with a majority of their work being done independently.

The primary roles for the Purchasing Coordinator include:

Purchasing

· Start the RFQ process with current and current suppliers when needed

· Review bids, evaluate offers, and select the winning supplier

· Create, send, and follow up on your PO to your supplier

· Continually develop and maintain relationships with supply base.

· Purchase to maintain stocking levels on standard goods.

· Assist/aid/lead inventory control initiatives and projects to reduce purchasing spend

· Meet with suppliers to learn about new offerings and submit recommendations and action plans to leadership team for approval/consideration & implementation.

· Work with current suppliers to ensure they are meeting deadlines and communicating delays.

· Work, communicate, present, and negotiate directly with current and potential supply base to fulfill need/design intent.





· Work to high level of performance while operating in a deadline driven environment.

· Fulfill project goals determined by Leadership Team

· Assist in various shop floor projects to better understand how purchased products are consumed on shop floor. Work with suppliers to discover new tools/methods to solve/improve shop floor processes.

Purchasing New Industry Specific Materials (Sourcing)

· Work, communicate, present, and negotiate directly with owners, general contractors, architects, and engineers to understand need/design intent.

· Work with estimating team to source/price elements to build proposals for both commercial and residential projects and tenders.

· Qualify vendor proposals to ascertain scope duplication and/or omissions/exclusions.

· Receive and evaluate subcontractor quotes for applicable scopes and alignment with Contractor bid documents.

· Prepare detailed quantity take-offs (quantity), develop assumed specifications (quality), and source materials/services and provide information to the estimation team.

· You must have a keen eye for detail and strong organizational skills are required.

· You must have the proven ability to communicate effectively and professionally both verbally and in written form.

· You must have the ability to work independently on assigned tasks, as well as to accept direction on given assignments.

· Superior writing and editing skills, as well as advanced knowledge of language rules (grammar, spelling, conciseness, etc.), is an asset.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00-$25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Guelph, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

- Purchasing: 2 years (required)

📌 Purchasing Coordinator (Guelph)
🏢 GK INTERIOR SOLUTIONS
📍 Guelph