Purchasing Agent

Are you looking for a role that will challenge you?

If you answered yes, our Whiteshell Laboratories (WL) site located near Pinawa, Manitoba is looking for a **Purchasing Agent****:

- hybrid role.** The Purchasing Agent is responsible for the purchase of services and commodities, ensuring fair value for money, to meet the requirements of clients, jurisdictional authorities, and company policies and procedures in a timely and cost-effective manner while mitigating risk and liability for CNL. Does this peek your interest? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) employees perform all duties in accordance with established health and safety and regulations/guidelines, policies and procedures (i.e. utilizing personal protective equipment as per safe work procedures). Notifying management or supervisor of all occurrences, injuries, illnesses or safety and health concerns which are likely to harm themselves, their co-workers or any other on the premises in a timely manner and in accordance with established reporting requirements.

**What will you be doing?**
- Identifying potential suppliers and qualifying and selecting suppliers to ensure reliable sources of supply.
- Preparing quotations and recommending sources of supply for products and/or services to ensure CNL receives good value, maintains delivery/schedule requirements, and develops and issue purchase orders for products and/or services in support of operations, projects and client requirements.
- Consolidating purchases as appropriate to ensure optimal costs and reliable supply of goods.
- Negotiating price and delivery requirements for products and/or services; resolving contractual and supplier issues to ensure CNL receives uninterrupted service; resolving legal issues such as exceptions to CNL Terms & Conditions, expediting procurement processes, ensuring timely delivery and payment to supplier, and handling warranty or repair issues to ensure continuity in the process for clients and suppliers.
- Acting as single point of contact for specific project and client groups and providing procurement support and expertise and coaching, as required
- Other duties as assigned by manager.

**What we are looking for**:

- Security clearance eligibility required: Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of three (3) years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security”.
- Bachelor’s degree or three year college diploma in a related discipline plus two (2) to four (4) years relevant experience, or equivalent education and experience.
- Experience adhering to and enforcing policies, procedures and contract obligations.
- Experience with the development and negotiation of supply strategies and contracts.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Outlook) and Oracle iProcurement (or similar ERP modules).
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work positively in a team environment.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Must communicate effectively both orally and in writing with staff at all levels of management, external stakeholders, and suppliers and possess the ability to effectively prepare clear and concise requests for quotations and procurement documentation.
- Requires discretion when dealing with CNL information.
- Knowledge of ethical purchasing practices.
- Knowledge in procurement Quality Assurance (QA) practice as it is applied within the nuclear industry and CNL.
- Working knowledge of code and jurisdictional requirements for goods/services for CNL.
- Knowledge of commercial and contractual formats and applicable business law.

**Working Conditions**:

- Long periods of time sitting, staring at a computer monitor and typing.
- May be required to perform overtime.
- Occasional difficult interactions with suppliers and clients, frequent interruptions and changing priorities, continuous deadlines, work repetition, prioritizing, and moderate consequences for errors.
- May require travel.
- Must be capable of wearing and working in protective clothing.

**Why CNL?**

Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We're reinventing ourselves to be the pace setters, so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.
- Compressed work week You get to work hard and enjoy more time with your family and friends. Work-life balance is an integral part of our ov