Director, Purchasing

5 months ago


Mississauga, Canada Woodbridge Full time

**Job Grade**: Director (D1)

**Business Unit**: Corporate

**Hiring Manager**: Joseph Plati

**Role Purpose**:

- Drive and deliver global sourcing strategy for components and MRO leveraging sustainable suppliers in low-cost jurisdictions resulting in the highest quality parts at the most competitive cost
- Lead team of Global Components purchasing, MRO and Supplier Quality Assurance(SQA) to ensure suppliers deliver on time, within budget and within quality specifications whilst maintaining continuity of supply
- Maintain positive supplier relations, negotiate best cost contracts and monitor supplier performance
- Develop and monitor cost-reduction strategies and alternative sourcing strategies
- Leverage the company’s buying power to optimize costs, access new suppliers, reduce lead times and guarantee supply

**Major Responsibilities and Activities**

**People & Team**
- Lead the Global components purchasing, MRO, Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) disciplines to achieve service and performance objectives, develop best in class processes
- Work with cross functional disciplines and multiple regions to optimize purchases
- Lead Woodbridge Production System (WPS) for Global purchasing and SQA
- Responsible for global standardization compliance, ensuring legislative and regulatory requirements are met
- Update, define and develop purchasing policies, standards and procedure and ongoing gap closure monitoring
- Support Commercial and business segment teams as the global components purchasing lead, approval of global components cost structure for new program quotations
- Lead, manage and mentor the global team to meet all global purchasing, SQA objectives, strategies, and tactical execution
- Ensure corporate strategic objective alignment and performance targets are established and achieved
- Provide direction for ongoing new supplier development, strategic and diverse sourcing strategies, to achieve the launch of one new development product per year, increasing sales awards - Diversity Supplier Development Council member
- Development of the department training programs and courses, enabling opportunities for advancement and a more dynamic purchasing and quality team

**Performance, Cost & Customers/suppliers**
- Develop strategic sourcing strategies including cost-reduction strategies and alternative sourcing strategies
- Develop and manage pipeline/network of suppliers to ensure there is continuity of supply and availability of alternate sourcing based on qualifications, performance, lead times, customer service/support, cost and in accordance with sustainability and ethical purchasing standards
- Monitor, evaluate and improve supplier performance on a continuous basis
- Encourage continuous improvement in competitive bidding practices
- Develop and Implement Global Components Purchasing, MRO objectives, strategies and establish overall performance targets, inclusive of cost reduction, covering all Business Segments, commodities, services and supplier processes
- Support Business segment customers ensuring continuity of supply and work with suppliers on any quality disputes and to reduce lead times
- Develop SQA objectives and achieve world class quality and meet TS / IATF regulations
- Develop further insourcing components strategies, through validation of cost models, global benchmarking, leverage of spend, raw materials tracking, to maintain and control significant cost drivers
- Strategic alignment with new product development, supporting corporate objectives for new product launches, strengthening, aligning the supply chain to reduce total product cost and improve WFC value added position
- Establish and report on measurable performance metrics tied to reported financials, to executive leadership and the board of directors
- Development of overall vendor base and spend report system to improve data collection

**Administrative**
- Ensure compliance of global purchase order terms and conditions, and the supplier quality manual, monitor and maintain gap closure working with in-house council
- Approval of component purchasing spot buy PO’s and component tooling invoices
- Approval department expense reports, management of vacation scheduling
- Develop department budgets; Components Purchasing and SQA

**Minimum Qualifications, Formal Education, Certification or Equivalent**
- Post-Secondary Degree in Business, Engineering or Purchasing related
- SCMP

**Working Experience**
- 10+ years direct progressive automotive experience in purchasing, sales and or quality management
- 7-10 years management experience in fast paced environment
- 5-7 years in contract facilitation and negotiation
- 5+ years in leading global professional purchasers and SQA function
- 5+ years in global automotive supply chain development and implementation
- 3+ years in lean manufacturing or Toyota production system

**Additional Qualifications**
- Knowledge of TS16949 and the new IATF quality requirements
- Experience working in a


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