Procurement Lead- Cement

6 months ago

Toronto, Canada St Marys Cement Canada Full time

**WELCOME TO VCNA**

We are Votorantim Cimentos North America (VCNA).

As the North American operations of Votorantim Cimentos, a global building materials and sustainability solutions leader in 11 countries, we are helping to make a positive impact and are transforming our world. We have a culture built on solid partnerships, long-lasting relationships, and opportunities for those who want to learn, grow and be part of a diverse and dynamic culture.

With solutions that include cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates, we help to build homes, highways, hospitals, buildings, bridges, and schools across the Canadian and U.S. Great Lakes region and Northeast United States. Our commitment to excellence can be seen in those who invest and believe in what we do, those who share their lives with us, those who trust in our deliveries and those committed to innovation and a sustainable future.

Every day, we have the chance to accomplish something new and you're invited to be part of it.

**WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY**?

Provides procurement expertise and leadership to the strategic buyers group and support the procurement and supply of materials, parts, and services for the organization. Consolidation, standardization and leverage of the high value spend categories (Strategic) across two countries, five business units: Cement, CBM RMX & Aggregates, Prairie RMX & Aggregates

Tendering and negotiating annual supply contracts with external vendors ranging from $30k to $50 million, multi-year, cross BU spend [consistent with procurement policies, best practices and audit compliance].

Leads 2 strategic buyers [coach, guide, develop, check and ensures audit compliance]. All tenders involve iterative negotiations to save 1-10% typically. Ensure DPO and supply chain finance targets are met in liaison with Finance

**WHAT WILL YOU DO?**
- Responsible for Local Procurement activities within Cement Operations in Canada and US.
- Manages local procurement buyers to fulfill plant needs daily as we as the yearly shut down needs.
- Leverages technology to further deploy eProcurement through Ariba Catalogs
- Further integrates the business and shared services to improve payment performance and vendor relationship
- Develops & maintains Performance KPI's to manage transaction backlog for P2P process
- Negotiates commercial, technical and quality conditions with vendors and generate Ariba Catalogs to improve the costs/benefits of the supply requirements and team's efficiencies
- Manages local agreements, ensuring that established objectives are met, and/or recommend adjustments, as required
- Partners with operation and maintenance teams on planning activities
- Works closely with the Stockroom Coordinators supporting the MRP process and inventory. Maintain accurate lead time and cost in SAP for each critical inventory material.
- Manages all P2P transactions related to local/spot purchasing for Cement business units
- Supports accounts payable on payment troubleshooting and vendor reconciliation
- Ensures working capital strategy by managing Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) and supply chain finance targets
- Prepares instructions regarding purchasing systems and procedures. Identify and recommend improvements and customizations to the SAP system to ensure the system meets required business needs
- Leads projects to increase automation or improve efficiencies
- Drives standardization in the procure to pay process
- Networking and linking internal, and external, stakeholders to achieve full compliance with corporate requirements, maximum coherence & execution excellence - while capturing immediate, as well as long term benefits [i.e., Savings and performance] for VCNA.
- Manages a team (coach, guide, develop, check and ensures audit compliance)
- Market research, vendor relations
- Miscellaneous & Expansion Projects

**WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?**
- Skills - Negotiation [capex, parts, services across numerous external industries], analytics, communication, decisiveness, vision, relationship management, change management, tech savvy, cross cultural, global teamwork. Vendor strategies are key [selection, term, timing...]
- Education - 3 Year, Program " Strategic Supply Chain Management Leadership Program" - Holds, Professional Designation; Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP)
- Experience - 5 Years plus in Procurement & Supply Chain
- Knowledge (technical/practical/managerial)
- Specialized in project management, capex procurement, heavy equipment, international logistics and RMX fleets acquisitions and global procurement

**WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?**
- Being part of VCNA is being part of building famous landmarks such as Toronto's CN Tower, Roy Thompson Hall, Maple Leaf Gardens and the Darlington Nuclear Station and Ryerson Centre, St. Regis Chicago and 150 N. Riverside, Louis High-Speed Rail in Chicago and more
- Opportunities to collaborate with teams around the globe and growth opportunities in different areas
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