Purchasing Specialist

4 days ago

Oakville, Canada Caivan Development Corporation Full time

**Company Mission**:
Excellence in community development and home building through efficiency, optimization, and innovation.

**Company Values**:
**Grit**: A team who perseveres, is resilient, and has the stamina and courage to commit to the win.

**Integrity**: We make promises thoughtfully and deliberately and then follow through.

**Curiosity**: We never stop asking questions or challenging ourselves. We have an unquenchable thirst to learn, improve and solve problems innovatively.

**Strategic**: We look around corners and proactively identify potential obstacles. We think critically and make calculated decisions.

**The Role**:
The Purchasing Specialist is responsible for executing department purchase orders, and supports price integrity, schedule/payment task consistency, relationship management and dispute resolution.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Load PO suppliers, verify against awarded contracts, and generate contract PO’s for all Projects/Phases within the assigned Division(s)
- Respond to all site and supplier PO inquiries
- Issue any required change orders, void and re-issue PO’s as necessary, and execute/communicate all PO adjustments
- Issue POs for any approved Late Change Requests
- Verify, approve, and follow up on delinquent approvals for variance purchase orders (VPO)
- Assist with VPO re-allocations as necessary
- Assist in settling invoice or contract disputes
- Contribute to the maintenance of contract documents and scopes
- Liaise with trade partners and other departments to communicate issues and resolve conflicts
- Assist with maintaining departmental database and troubleshoot issues
- Participate in the development of custom reporting and automation tools
- Complete administrative tasks within the department
- Perform other duties as required

**You will bring**:

- 2+ years of experience in a similar role; preferably in the construction industry
- Familiar with standard procurement concepts, best practices, and techniques
- Good understanding of logistics
- Attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
- Strong work ethic and positive team player
- Able to build and maintain lasting relationships with other departments and trade partners
- Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing
- Sound analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills
- Working knowledge of MS Office, SQL, VBA, NewStar and SharePoint is an asset

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