Junior Buyer

**Corporate, Full-time, Permanent**

**About the role**:
As a key member of the Purchasing Team, you will have varying levels of involvement in all of our projects. You will have the opportunity to get exposure to sourcing various complex components and materials for the manufacturing floor. You will have a broad reach across the organization as it supports a variety of purchasing requirements.

**Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities**:

- You will prepare quotations, review bids, and prepare commercial analysis for various telecommunications projects
- You will be responsible for negotiating the final details of the purchase orders, as well as negotiating the cost and schedule impact of purchase change orders
- You will build relationships with suppliers and industry representatives, while learning about new products and awarding future business
- You will be one of the main points of contact for the Project Management Office and Marketing team while coordinating the costing efforts for various proposals

**The Skills and Experience You Have**:

- 1+ years of purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment
- You will have the ability to meet the requirements outlined in the Canadian Controlled Goods Program.
- You will be able to obtain a Government Security Clearance at the Reliability level

**Why Work for Calian**:
**WORK ENVIRONMENT.**
- No one-size fits all We give teams freedom of choice in building an ideal work environment.
- Flexible hours and work from home options—including all hardware and software to work remote.

**IMPACT.**

Calian is a publicly traded company that keeps the world moving forward. We inspire confidence in our customers’ ability to communicate, innovate, learn, and lead safe and healthy lives. This confidence is achieved through synchronized efforts across our organization to provide our customers with solutions in Advanced Technologies, Health, Learning, and IT & Cyber Solutions. This role is part of our corporate team and will work closely with all internal clients who support these business units.

**GROWTH AND INNOVATION.**

Calian is a technology company with an aggressive growth agenda based on our ability to solve significant and complex problems for our customers. In this role, you will be a key member of the Calian team to help achieve those growth targets.

We put our people first. We encourage employees to advance their Calian career through professional development and corporate career opportunities.

Calian is an innovative and growing organization—have your ideas heard by pitching to senior leadership through the Calian Idea Contest

**CULTURE.**

We lead with trust. We reinforce personal responsibility and accountability.

Calian fosters collaboration through open communication and promotes an environment of learning and professional growth.

We appreciate your hard work Don’t be surprised if there are ad-hoc days off throughout the year and a variety of social events to keep teams connected (for both remote and on-site employees).

**DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.**

Calian fosters an environment that allows employees to maximize their potential, by nurturing a culture where everyone is valued for their differences.

**TOTAL REWARDS.**
- Robust company-paid benefits for you and your family starting on your first day
- Includes health, dental, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), disability and life insurance for our employees and their dependants. Calian covers the cost of benefit premiums
- Generous time off package that includes paid sick time, volunteer day, family leave days, and paid shutdown period between December 25 and January 1
- A balanced approach to work and life as we understand the importance of your personal lives.
- Stock purchase plan with additional contribution from Calian

**And according to our CEO“A freaking awesome team”**

Thank you for your interest in Calian

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in SASKATOON, SK

Expected start date: 2023-01-03