Buyer

Location(s)

Job Description

Reporting to the Manager, procurement operations, you will be responsible for the timely placement of purchase orders and delivery of materials.

More precisely, he/she will be responsible to:

• Prepares RFQ’s and purchase orders for a given category of parts.
• Processes requisitions for materials, researches products, clarifies specifications, documents competitive bidding, creates purchase orders.
• Negotiates requirements for pre-production samples, spare parts, and customized technical literature.
• Facilitates and ensures the steady progress through completion of a project by the efficient movement of materials, freight, etc. within our systems.
• Ensures that the required goods arrive on the appointed date, location, and meet the quality requirements.
• Ensures rigorous order tracking, expediting, and makes special arrangements for delivery; communicates order status to the Project Management team.
• Develops and maintain positive relationships with suppliers, evaluates vendor performance, utilizes different vendor sources to fill as directed.
• Deals with vendors and manufacturers, which often involves persuading potential vendors to undertake the manufacture of custom-designed items according to complex and rigid specifications.
• Maintains tracking system for controlling open order changes, and supplier performance (OTD, ADL, Quality).
• Actions supplier quality deviations.
• Maintains an excellent working relationship with other departments such as planning, quality, production, engineering and Project Management.

Requirements

• College studies diploma in Procurement Management.
• Minimum of 2-3 years related buying experience with an (OEM) Original Equipment Manufacturer, ideally within the valve or pressure vessel industry, machined components, forgings, castings and fasteners.
• Knowledge of machining and ability to understand drawings and specifications is key.
• Experience within MRP and Microsoft Office environment.
• Good knowledge of Word and Excel.
• Familiar with material specifications such as ASTM.
• Organizational skills, ability to manage priorities and meet established deadlines.
• Takes initiative.
• Bilingual (French and English).
• Be persistent, autonomous and resourceful