Plant Buyer
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Annual salary between $65,000 and $80,000 · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- Annual salary between $65,000 and $80,000
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in purchasing, storeroom, or inventory control in a manufacturing environment.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Welcome to Cascades!
Bring your expertise to a people-first, dynamic environment where your ideas come to life and excellence shapes everything we do.
Join MUHAMMAD RAHMAN's team as a Plant Buyer in Calgary and help build a more sustainable future.
What’s In It For You
Taking care of our people is in our nature - so you’ll enjoy:
As Plant Buyer, you’ll take on real challenges that bring out your full potential.
Your Scope Includes
You're a natural fit for Plant Buyer if you have:
Apply now and join our team as Plant Buyer in Calgary.
Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably. This posting is for an active vacancy within our organization. / This posting is intended to build a pool of qualified candidates for future opportunities.
Bring your expertise to a people-first, dynamic environment where your ideas come to life and excellence shapes everything we do.
Join MUHAMMAD RAHMAN's team as a Plant Buyer in Calgary and help build a more sustainable future.
What’s In It For You
Taking care of our people is in our nature - so you’ll enjoy:
- Annual salary between $65,000 and $80,000
- Profit sharing and an employee share purchase plan
- A full range of benefits: group insurance, telemedicine, and an employer-supported retirement plan
- An annual allowance to spend on goods and services of your choice
- A yearly wellness program and employee assistance program
- A collaborative, respectful, and people-centered workplace
As Plant Buyer, you’ll take on real challenges that bring out your full potential.
Your Scope Includes
- Procureing MRO materials, components, and services to support maintenance operations.
- Evaluate and select suppliers based on cost, quality, service, and delivery timelines (excluding SDI or Corporate Supplier List purchases).
- Issue and manage purchase requisitions, ensuring accuracy and completeness. Including the confirmation of delivery timeline, and the follow-up, investigation and resolution of delivery issues, invoice discrepancies, and billing delays.
- Monitor supplier performance, market conditions, and material availability.
- Inventory Organization/Control – Support the tracking of maintenance spare part and operational supply level inventories and ensure accuracy of the inventory database in SAP.
- Inventory Optimization – Analysis of spare part and operating supply inventory targets on a regular basis in efforts to optimize inventory levels. Considerations involved in setting inventory safety stock levels in SAP with coordination with maintenance teams including part availability, part cost, cycle count, importance to the operation, # used in the plant, lead times, usage history, etc.
- Reporting – Use the plant maintenance logbook/SAP to track outstanding spending for maintenance parts and operating supplies; work with maintenance teams and report to maintenance manager to establish month end accruals; tracks and reports performance against Monthly Spare Part Inventory Levels, Maintenance Spending and Plant Material Control Accuracy.
You're a natural fit for Plant Buyer if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical background or supply chain discipline or equivalent education combined with relevant job experience. Strong technical understanding and interest.
- 3+ years of experience in purchasing, storeroom, or inventory control in a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of procure-to-pay processes and maintenance-related purchasing preferred.
- Proficiency in SAP (MM module or equivalent) and familiarity with PLM systems.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Basic understanding of maintenance operations and MRO materials.
Apply now and join our team as Plant Buyer in Calgary.
Cascades values diversity and inclusion and considers all applications equitably. This posting is for an active vacancy within our organization. / This posting is intended to build a pool of qualified candidates for future opportunities.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Procure MRO materials, components, and services; manage purchase requisitions and supplier relationships; and resolve delivery and invoice issues. Maintain and optimize spare-parts and operating-supply inventories in SAP, and report on spending, inventory levels, and material-control accuracy.
Requirements
A bachelor’s degree in a technical or supply chain discipline, or equivalent education and relevant experience, is sought, along with strong technical understanding and interest. Candidates should have at least three years of purchasing, storeroom, or inventory-control experience in manufacturing, knowledge of procure-to-pay processes and MRO purchasing, SAP proficiency, and strong organizational and detail-oriented skills.
Skills
- Procurement
- Supplier Evaluation
- Purchase Requisitions
- Supplier Performance Monitoring
- Inventory Control
- Inventory Optimization
- SAP
- SAP MM
- Procure-to-Pay
- MRO Purchasing
- Maintenance Operations
- Spare Parts Management
- Reporting
- Organizational Skills
- Attention to Detail
Benefits
- Profit Sharing
- Employee Share Purchase Plan
- Group Insurance
- Telemedicine
- Annual Goods and Services Allowance
- Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program
Visa sponsorship
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Hiring contact
Muhammad Rahman
Categories
- Logistics
- Manufacturing
- Administrative
Keywords
- Procurement
- MRO Materials
- Maintenance Purchasing
- Procure-to-Pay
- Supplier Selection
- Supplier Performance
- Purchase Requisitions
- Delivery Management
- Invoice Discrepancies
- Inventory Control
- Inventory Optimization
- Spare Parts
- Operating Supplies
- Safety Stock
- Cycle Counting
- SAP
- SAP MM
- PLM Systems
- Manufacturing
- Maintenance Operations
- Market Conditions
- Material Availability
- Month-End Accruals
- Maintenance Spending
- Material Control Accuracy