Buyer

For more than 50 years, Silgan Plastics has defined the plastic bottling industry from technical innovation to creative packaging solutions. No matter what your packaging needs, Silgan can and will handle them. From creation to commercialization, our customized approach to each customer's requirements is what sets us apart from the rest.

**SUMMARY DESCRIPTION**:

- Evaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and to determine the need for changes.

**MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Manage over 200 product suppliers. Product knowledge is a key asset in selecting the right supplier.
- Research and evaluate suppliers based on price, quality, service support and product availability. Review delivery performance, production lead times and distribution capabilities
- Interview vendors and visit suppliers’ plants and distribution centres to learn about their products, their pricing, and services
- Expedite orders and monitor incoming shipments to ensure they are delivered in a timely manner through shipment tracing and follow up.
- Create requisitions for goods and services and approve them in purchase orders
- Purchase the highest quality of parts at the lowest price and right inventory levels
- Work with numerous departments such as maintenance and moulding
- Review product catalogues, industry periodicals, internet sites and consult with other departments to locate the required goods and services
- Extensive research for parts required by reviewing product specifications
- Prepare customs export documentation
- Pick-up parts from local suppliers when machinery is down
- Invoicing problem solving with Accounts Payable. Work with Shipping and Receiving to resolve packing slip discrepancies.
- Order office supplies and give them to staff
- Manage binders with chemical lists
- Do physical inventory counts as required on certain products
- Work with staff users and vendors to discuss quality defects and implement a corrective action
- Carry out monthly cost savings meetings with buyers.

**AUTHORITY LEVEL (if applicable)**:
**EDUCATION**:
**Required**:Secondary School Graduate

**Preferred**: College

**EXPERIENCE**:
**Required**: Five years relevant experience in manufacturing environment

**Preferred**: Plastics experience

**Working Conditions**

Office/Plant

**SKILLS**:
**Required**:
Bilingual (French and English)

Excellent communication skills

Ability to handle a large number of projects at one time

Ability to work irregular hours as may be required

Good time management skills

Good people skills

Must work well under pressure and be able to meet tight deadlines

Team Player

**LIMITATIONS & DISCLAIMER**:
The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.

Silgan will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause undue hardship.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the associate occupying this position. Associates will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with Federal and State Laws.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis.

Silgan Plastics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or the presence of a disability, which would not prevent the performance of essential job duties with, or without reasonable accommodation of any other protective status.

Silgan Plastics is a drug-free workplace.

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person