Procurement Specialist

MHIRJ provides comprehensive critical operational, engineering and customer support solutions including maintenance, refurbishment, technical publications, marketing and sales activities for the global regional aircraft industry.

Headquartered in Boisbriand, Québec, and bolstered by an Aerospace Engineering Centre, MHIRJ’s network of Service Centres, Support Offices and Parts Depots are positioned in important aviation hubs in Canada, the U.S. and Germany.

Based in Boisbriand, Mirabel or Mississauga and reporting directly to the Manager Procurement Indirect Goods and Services, you will lead the procurement activities related to the Information Technology commodity for the MHI RJ Aviation Group.

This position is ideally hybrid (3 days remote/2 days in the office).

**In Your Role, as a Procurement Specialist IT, you will**
- Establish and maintain relationship with a strategic supplier located worldwide from a commercial and contractual standpoint.
- Develop new sources of supply and establish strategic alliances.
- Develop negotiation business strategies.
- Lead and participate in the development of the commodity by managing projects that would include the preparation of business cases.
- Lead, develop and execute the commodity strategy and provide to senior management project and negotiation statuses.
- Identify, analyze and realize cost reduction opportunities
- Create and maintain formal networks internally and externally.
- Act as single interface with suppliers of new business.
- Support Sites and/or Business Units with appropriate sourcing strategies.
- Coordinate and lead negotiations of any claims with suppliers in support of business unit production issues.
- Lead contract negotiations with suppliers.
- Ensure contracts are maintained in accordance to our business requirements
- Coordinate the Procurement Agents activities in relation to the balanced scorecard objectives, the master plans and the detailed plans.
- Participate in the governance of cost reduction initiatives and ensure projects come to fruition.
- Participate in supplier program reviews led by the business units.

**Qualifications**
- You have a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or equivalent.
- You have seven (7) to ten (10) years of relevant experience in Procurement ideally within the Information Technology commodity.
- You have experience in the aerospace industry and/or manufacturing environment, in a commercial role, an asset.
- You have excellent negotiation skills with proven commercial and contractual background and legal awareness.
- You have experience in project management.
- You are detail oriented, focused and committed to meeting deadlines.
- You have experience in delivery cost reduction initiatives.
- You are able to drive improvement and innovation to deliver concrete results
- You are able to work under mínimal supervision.
- You have a high proficiency and are a good communicator in French and English (written and spoken)
- You have strong capabilities in operations and financial management.
- You can work with SAP, Word, Excel, Power Point and MS Outlook.