Procurement / Purchasing Manager
Job Types: Full-Time, Permanent
Salary: Starting at $75,000 based on experience.
We are looking for an enthusiastic Procurement /Purchasing Manager to join our manufacturing operation. You thrive on finding the best products and service every time. You are meticulous detailed, organized, and persistent in getting what you want. You operate with a sense of urgency but understands the need for tact while interacting with vendors.
You have a strong background in purchasing and supply chain management, you take a proactive approach in reviewing current systems and procedures, in order to make recommendations for continuous improvements
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage complete supply chain of products, inventory, replenishment planning, and purchase order management.
- Monitors inventory levels very closely and resolves any issues that may become apparent.
- Create and provide reports on inventory, POs, turns and aged inventory on a regular basis
- Continuously looking for efficiencies and better ways of doing things. Proactive approach
- Foster close working relationships with associated departments; sales, marketing, finance, and production to ensure awareness of product flows.
- Negotiate with suppliers and contractors on price, contract terms, conditions, and supplier consignment
- Lead supplier negotiations regarding current production requirements
- Review open material requirements, monitor vendor performance, and expedite when necessary.
- Ensure problems related to delivery, quality, or pricing are promptly conveyed to the supplier and resolved in a timely manner.
- Lead supplier negotiations regarding post-production (service) support
- Develop supplier protocols, supplier selection, and procurement processes
- Assist with Supply Chain cost recovery (result of poor quality and/or delivery)
- Development and analysis of Key Performance Indicators on a monthly basis to determine where continuous improvements can be achieved
- Other duties include creating purchase orders, order tracking and commercial dispute resolution
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
· Bachelors in Business, Supply Chain Management, or other related degrees
- Must have 3 to 5 years purchasing experience ideally in the manufacturing industry
- Solid data analysis, inventory management and problem resolution skills
- Strong analytical based thinking
- Team oriented, self-starter, working toward bettering the internal process for all
- Strong understanding of inventory management principles
- Effective ability to streamline shipments to reduce shipping cost and overhead for the company
- Knowledge of logistics (domestic and international)
- High attention to detail, solid planning, and scheduling skills
- Ability to learn new systems quickly and effectively
- Knowledge and experience working with international vendors
- Excellent communication skill at all levels of the organization
- MS Office including Word, Outlook, advanced Excel Skills
- Versatile, tenacious and people orientated
- Highly self-motivated and directed
All Recruiting done in house
Kemflo Canada is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that considers the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability.
Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for Kemflo Canada jobs. To request accommodation, please contact HR.
Pay: From $75,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Mileage reimbursement
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
Work Location: In person
