Buyer

About the Opportunity:

Purchasing & Planning

• Process purchase requisitions and issue purchase orders
• Monitor open POs, delivery dates, back orders, and receiving requirements
• Expedite orders as required to meet project timelines
• Manage purchasing and planning activities through the ERP system
• Maintain standard item and purchasing records
• Support S&OP and purchasing planning processes

Technical Sourcing & Supplier Management

• Read engineering drawings and work with Engineering to source appropriate components
• Onboard and manage domestic and international suppliers
• Monitor supplier performance across delivery, quality, and cost
• Negotiate supplier pricing and commercial terms
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships
• Resolve supplier quality issues and coordinate returns

Costing & Pricing

• Prepare and maintain product costing
• Develop costings for new and existing products
• Recommend customer pricing based on costs and target margins
• Support pricing adjustments as supplier and material costs change

Logistics & Imports

• Coordinate inbound logistics and drop shipments
• Coordinate warehouse receiving
• Manage customs and tariff requirements
• Work with customs brokers for imported products
• Assist with outbound customer shipments
• Investigate discrepancies between POs, shipments, and supplier invoices

Additional Responsibilities

• Support service contracts and aftermarket parts sales
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Project Management, Sales, Operations, and Warehouse/Receiving

About You

• 5+ years of purchasing/buying experience, ideally within manufacturing, industrial, material handling, or a similar environment
• Strong ERP-based purchasing and planning experience, including exposure to S&OP processes
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and source appropriate technical components
• Strong supplier negotiation and relationship management skills
• Experience with product costing and pricing recommendations
• Advanced Excel skills

Salary Range

$65,000.00 - $80,000.00 /year

This position for employment is for a current vacancy with Highspring’s client. You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present you as a candidate for the foregoing position. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if one is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and is committed to providing transparent notice of our policies in English here and in French here. Additionally, the company uses AI to perform preliminary screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

Having said that Vaco by Highspring believes that the salary range referenced reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).

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