Procurement Specialist

4 months ago


Winnipeg, Canada Lafarge Canada Full time

Whatever you do, you'll make a difference at Lafarge Canada. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs. Thanks to our teams' energy, commitment and ideas, we are reinventing how the world builds to make Canada greener and smarter for all.

Procurement Specialist

**Requisition ID**:8522**Location**:Winnipeg, MB, CA, R2J 0S6**Pay Type**:Salary- Travel Requirement: 11-20%**WHO IS LAFARGE?**
As a global leader in innovative and sustainable building solutions, Lafarge is enabling greener cities, smarter infrastructure and improving living standards around the world. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, we are becoming a net-zero company, with our people and communities at the heart of our success. We are driving circular construction as a world leader in recycling to build more with less. It’s all thanks to our 70,000 talented people around the world who are passionate about building progress for people and the planet through four business segments: Cement, Ready-Mix Concrete, Aggregates and Solutions & Products.

**WHO ARE LAFARGE PEOPLE?**
Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues.

**Overview**
- The Procurement Specialist is primarily responsible for coordinating the procurement of goods and services within the Manitoba and Saskatchewan market. These responsibilities include: contract implementation, category strategy execution, warehouse management and supplier performance tracking. In addition, this role is tasked with attaining cost savings and process improvements under the leadership of the Procurement Manager (PM) and in close cooperation with Category Managers (CM) and local Business Leaders. This position is committed to providing superior customer service to the internal clients of the company and achieving the best possible value for goods and services purchased.**Responsibilities**
- Coordinate the operational and tactical Procurement of goods and services categories in accordance with category strategy, as well as applicable policies, procedures and specifications.
- Act as the point of contact between country Category Management and operations in assigned product lines or geographical area.
- Under the leadership of PM, support the realization of savings, supply efficiency, quality, and process improvements in Country, in line with regional and global strategies
- Identify saving opportunities and initiatives in assigned product lines or geographical area.
- Negotiate in close coordination with PM and Category Management for local volumes, processes, quality levels and prices.
- Responsible for effective relationship management with equipment and maintenance service suppliers.
- Executes and monitors all respective internal controls, ensuring efficient/effective activities that support objectives while adhering to applicable laws, regulations, policies & procedures
- Strives to obtain, measures and reports savings for assigned purchasing families
- Supplies timely and accurate information for both the performance cycle and global contract negotations
- Responsible for assigned cost savings objective

**Tasks**:

- Maintain close business relationships with local management to anticipate procurement needs and take appropriate action to ensure optimized cost of goods and services
- Identify local saving opportunities in conjunction with operations
- Ensure global & local policies and procedures are conveyed to end users in the procurement of goods and services
- Carry out RFx process according to procurement policies
- Compose contracts and agreements under the direction of the PM with pre-approved templates
- Measure performance through KPI’s according to existing templates
- Support local businesses with goods and services agreements for main plant operations equipment and parts, including, process plant equipment, heavy mobile equipment, spare parts, strategic operations purchases, and maintenance contracts
- Support local Plant CAPEX initiatives with the RFP process
- Identify successful achievements within the procurement group for assigned geographic area
- Ensure locally generated savings are reported as required and according to category guidelines
- Ensure site Contractors are setup as per safety requirements

**Relationship with Other Jobs**:

- Internal:

- Procurement Managers
- Operational Management & Staff
- Buyer(s)
- ABS back-office Staff
- North America Procurement Management & Personnel
- External:

- Vendors

**Dimensions**:

- External annual market spend of $100M to $150M.

**Qualification Profile**

**Education**:

- University Degree in Business or Engineering or equivalent experience.

**Experience and Skill Set**:

- Two to five years in procurement role with exposure to supply chain management, stra


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