Buyer (Corrugate)

Apollo Health & Beauty Care (Apollo) is a premium developer of private label and control label health & beauty care products and leverages unique expertise and experience in developing national brand-equivalent products designed to compete equivalently with the most popular national brands. The largest private label and control label personal care manufacturer in Canada, Apollo has formidable penetration and distribution in the North American marketplace and also services customers throughout Central and South Asia, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Building on our core values of Excellence and Commitment, Apollo has established itself as a market leader that attracts the industry's top talent. We are currently searching for an energetic, motivated _
**_Senior Buyer _**:

- to join our Team_

**POSITION SCOPE**:
The Senior Buyer is responsible for the sourcing, negotiation and selection of the best vendors to deliver the most cost effective, quality materials to fulfill production and sales requirements while achieving inventory objectives and mitigating obsolescence.

**RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES**:

- Review MRP (Material Requirements Planning) Report daily and generate purchase orders to meet production needs
- Focus on corrugate purchasing
- Monitor, expedite or delay purchase orders as required and confirm and update ETA’s in ERP system
- Communicate and escalate delivery issues impacting production in a timely manner
- Coordinate with Suppliers and/or Logistics to arrange transportation for FOB shipments
- Track shipments to avoid detention and demurrage charges
- Ensure materials are available in time to meet new product launches
- Monitor product transitions and discontinuations to minimize/mitigate liability to Apollo
- Coordinate with internal staff to review and maintain adequate supplies in order to meet production requirements while keeping inventory to a minimum.
- Attend and participate in daily production meetings and weekly new product meetings
- Vendor management and rationalization
- Multi-source materials to ensure business continuity and negotiate the best price possible
- Enforce vendor compliance and ensure that Non Conformance Reports (NCR) are addressed and closed in a timely manner
- Assist with Material Requisition Forms (MRF)
- Keep abreast of market drivers to take advantage of cost reduction opportunities
- Solicit and analyze supplier quotes and award new business
- Liaise with Warehouse staff to optimize space allocation (shared responsibility)
- Improve inventory turns, manage and keep all inventories current and up to date
- Verify and authorize invoices
- Verify inventory as required
- General office administration and backup coverage for other Buyers on the Purchasing Team as required
- Other projects as assigned
- Perform other duties as assigned

**JOB SPECIFICATIONS**:
**KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE**:7+ years’ experience required; post-secondary education required; professional designation or certification preferred

**INTERPERSONAL SKILLS/CONTACTS**:regular access to confidential or sensitive information; frequent internal interactions and/or frequent external interactions; purpose of internal/external contacts regularly related to complex matters; regular selling, negotiating, consulting, teaching/instructing, or advising; above average level of written and verbal communication skills required for successful job performance

**PROBLEM SOLVING/JUDGMENT**:position is has regular autonomy in terms of level of monitoring and decisions usually do not follow prescribed guidelines; frequent complex analysis required; frequently makes recommendations or referrals of significance; responsible for solving complex problems

**MENTAL EFFORT**: requires moderate to high levels of concentration and/or attentiveness; moderate duration and/or intensity of efforts; requires higher levels of thinking, watching, listening, verifying, checking numbers, creating or designing

**PHYSICAL EFFORT**:occasional duration or intensity of physical effort; some moderate energy required in terms of standing, walking, lifting, keyboarding, pushing, pulling, sitting, packing, assembling, bending or twisting; includes moderate fine or coarse movements

**MATERIAL RESOURCES**:moderate to high level of consequence and costs associated with errors as related to losses of time, money, or property; moderate responsibility for machinery, work aids, equipment, materials, properties, products, stock, inventory or tools

**INFORMATION RESOURCES**:moderate to high level of consequence and costs associated with errors as related to losses of time, money or property; moderate to high responsibility for information and or services; regular access to confidential, sensitive or proprietary information

**PEOPLE/POLICIES/PRACTICES**:no responsibility for people, policies or practices in terms of assigning work, development, evaluation, supervision, health and safety, performance, scheduling of work, training, coaching