Procurement Specialist

2 weeks ago


Corunna ON, Canada Brunel Full time

Position: Procurement Specialist

Location: Corunna, Ontario Alternatively Calgary or Red Deer.

Introduction

We are currently seeking an experienced Procurement Specialist with 5+ years of experience for a major oil and gas client in Corunna, Alberta. As a Procurement specialist you'll focus on optimizing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, and managing key categories such as fabrication and materials, professional services, and engineering. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise in SAP-ARIBA ERP systems and advanced Excel to drive efficiency and cost savings, while ensuring high performance and quality standards across all procurement activities.

Responsibilities

  • Develop enterprise-wide category strategies to achieve savings, generate value, and improve both quality and service levels by identifying areas of opportunity such as product standardization or supplier consolidation.
  • Provide leadership to the business in the areas of strategy development, negotiation and contracting.
  • Provide category expertise to the business, and seek expertise from the business, as required.
  • Develop competitive bid documents through collaboration with stakeholders and content experts to support the agreed upon contracting strategies.
  • Oversee category spend activity including purchase requests, to determine appropriate action plan (I.E., source strategically, source tactically, user purchase, etc.)
  • Drive standardization and use of procurement best practices.
  • Partner with Category Managers to maintain competitive market data to ensure NOVA has an excellent understanding of the supply market, which will further be used for benchmarking and analysis.
  • Communicate market trends, risks, and opportunities to key stakeholders and work collaboratively to develop mitigating solutions for project vulnerabilities.
  • Effectively work with business groups as a trusted advisor to determine desired product/service specifications and projected demand, when developing action plans
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to create innovative win-win customer and supplier strategies.
  • Coordinate with fellow Procurement Specialists to lead cross-functional teams and execute projects by assisting with sourcing strategy, negotiations, supplier selection, and overseeing contract execution.
  • Execute SRM process including supplier stratification, governance, performance management, and development.
  • Lead CI projects to improve supplier performance, innovation, and overall value.
  • Proactively identify category specific opportunities and recommend key actions to the appropriate stakeholders.
  • Participate or Lead improvement initiatives that maximize profitability, while working with stakeholders to develop sourcing strategy options and overall approach to the market.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, or Business Management with a minimum of 5+ years related experience and a progressive record of professional development.
  • OR a combination of post-secondary education and a Professional Designation (I.e. Certified Purchasing Manager, PMP, CSCMP) with 10+ years related experience in the following areas: Strategic Sourcing/Procurement, Performance Measurement, Contract Negotiation, Project Management, Category Management, Business Analysis, Spend Analysis, Supplier Relationship Management.
  • Experience in SAP-ARIBA ERP system and e-sourcing tool and advanced MS Excel skills is considered a strong asset.
  • Must have at least 5 years of experience in the procurement of Materials and Services in a manufacturing and construction environment, handling specific categories including but not limited to: Fabrication &Materials, Professional Services, Property Services, and Gases, Lubricants & Oils, Engineering.

What We Offer

Why work with Brunel? We are proud to offer exciting career opportunities from over 100 offices globally in 42 countries. Advancing your career takes time and effort – let us match you to your ideal position.

About Us

Brunel has a reputation for working with some of the best in the business. That’s what we continually strive for. Brunel provides the global recruitment and workforce services you need to lead your industry. With 45 years of market experience in Renewable Energy, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Life Sciences, Mining and Infrastructure, we help you finish major projects safely, compliantly, on-time, within budget and at the highest quality, so you can keep growing – anywhere in the world.



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