The Strategic Supply Chain Lead will be responsible for the following:
Role: A Strategic Supply Chain Lead works with a team of purchasers to ensure to ensure all materials, consumables, and
components for manufacturing are ordered in a timely manner. They will lead the strategic growth and continuous improvement efforts with our supply chain, write purchase orders to vendors, review purchasing specifications, request
quotations, and work with vendors to streamline production. They will
ensure all required documentation for purchased items are accounted for and
appropriately filed in our system to ensure compliance and traceability. They
will work with our ERP system to ensure accuracy and accountability with our
purchased items.
Duties Include:
- Lead continuous improvement efforts in purchasing and procurement
- Lead and guide the purchasing team to ensure efficiency
- Handle
internal requests for purchased materials, tooling, services, or outsourcing
- Manage
tooling and vending machine stock items as required
- Handles
communication to suppliers when obtaining, and negotiating pricing, timing, and
quality
- Follow
up with suppliers as required after P.O. is issued to make sure progress is
being made and that delivery of purchased product or service will be on time
- Communicate
with receiving on expected shipment deliveries
- Assist
with receiving of purchased items as required, review compliance and
documentation
- Work
with quality department on any specific testing or inspection requirements on
purchased items
- Manage any quality or timing related issues that occur at an outsource or service
vendor and communicate with Project Manager
- Manage approved vendor list. Including all
vendor information listed, including adding of new vendors
- Assist
with compliance and regulatory needs as required
- Manage periodic inventory counts and reconciliations
Qualifications:
- Minimum High School education or equivalent
- Certification in manufacturing or purchasing considered
and asset
- Certification or training in leadership
- Mandatory that this role take part in a
criminal record check and controlled goods screening
Experience:
- 5+ years of work experience in purchasing,
preferably in a manufacturing environment
- Strong experience leading teams, preferably in a supply chain setting
- Experience reading engineering and
manufacturing drawings an asset
- Experience in the machining industry is
considered an asset
- Experience working in an ERP systems is
considered an asset
- Experience with Excel, Word, and Outlook is
required
Core Work hours:
- 7:30am-4:00pm Monday – Friday
Compensation:
- Competitive wages based on experience and
knowledge level
- Employee benefits with medical, dental and
life
- A fun, friendly and casual work environment
with company sponsored events
- 2 Paid Flex days per year