Our busy manufacturing client is recruiting for a Purchasing Coordinator. You will be responsible for controlling costs, negotiating contract, contract management, and building supplier relationships.
Utilize best practices and leadership skills to guide and develop an assigned set of suppliers to achieve improvements and global competitive results in safety, quality, productivity, and cost
Lead assigned suppliers and commodities
Request for quote (RFQ) activities; Create RFQs, send to suppliers for pricing, compare returned RFQs from different suppliers, provide feedback to suppliers, Total cost analysis, complete Business Award Ringisho and obtain approval
Creating Purchasing Strategy Documents for assigned commodities
Responsible for setting and achieving yearly cost reductions through APR negotiation, VE/VA, etc.
Report weekly in team meetings the progress of targets and goals (PDCA)
Negotiating; negotiate with suppliers to get lower pricing and improved service, work with suppliers to improve their processes to improve pricing for benchmarking and analysis
Building supplier relationships; Quarterly meeting to review performance and cost reduction ideas,
supplier site-visits to ensure compliance with company standards and understand process related to cost
Project management: take lead on projects as assigned by manager, provide purchasing support to Engineering, Production areas
Participate, as needed, and interact with other plants to troubleshoot issues and problem solve.
Support supplier assessments
Must be able to understand the required specifications from the customers, review drawings (internal and external)
You have 3 years purchasing experience, a college diploma in Purchasing Materials Management/Supply Chain Operations, above average communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
Certified Supply Chain Management Professional designation considered an asset.
Pay: $60,000.00-$75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Dental care
Extended health care
In office parking
Vision care
Ability to commute/relocate:
Ingersoll, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
DCS / DEC (preferred)
Experience:
Purchasing: 3 years (preferred)
Negotiation: 3 years (preferred)
Commodities Buying: 3 years (preferred)