Responsibilities
- Coordinates and executes purchases of materials, equipment, and supplies.
- Reviews and analyzes material requisitions.
- Prepares and issues RFQ’s as required for operational, project and strategic initiatives.
- Reviews and analyzes above in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensures products are purchased at a reasonable price while achieving any possible cost savings within the required timeframe.
- Acts as a liaison between user departments and suppliers. Assists other buyers and expeditors.
- Executes the complete procurement process from preparing all aspects of competitive bids
- Develop, negotiate and assist in the execution of supplier agreement.
- Obtains optimized pricing, and cost efficient methods to assist in company- wide cost saving measures.
- Researches sources of supply, review sole source validity and determine methods of procurement action.
- Negotiates with suppliers the terms and conditions, pricing, delivery, payment terms, cancellation charges, liquidated damages clauses, warranty, scope of work and change orders as required.
- Evaluates supplier performance and addresses inefficiencies as required via feedback loop in Maximo
- Maintains records in accordance with established policies and procedure, and audit guidelines/Sox requirements.
- Other duties as assigned.
- 2 or more years of procurement experience
- Related University degree from an accredited college in purchasing, supply chain management, business administration, finance, logistics or equivalent, or significant business knowledge acquired through a combination of formal education and experience.
- Post- secondary education (Purchasing / Supply Chain Management, B-Comm., Finance, Business Admin,)