Senior Procurement Specialist

1 week ago

Guelph, Ontario, Canada Linamar Corp Full time

Job Summary

The Senior Procurement Specialist position at Linamar Corporation is responsible for selecting and negotiating with approved vendors and placing purchase orders in response to product requirements established by various departments within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Purchase general and specialized equipment, materials, or business services for use or for further processing.
  • Assess requirements and develop specifications for equipment, materials, and supplies to be purchased.
  • Invite tenders, consult with suppliers, and review quotations.
  • Define or negotiate contract terms and conditions, award supplier contracts, or recommend contract awards.
  • Establish delivery schedules, monitor progress, and contact clients and suppliers to resolve problems.
  • Involve in business unit to resolve quality, commercial, or servicing issues with suppliers.
  • Conduct ongoing negotiations with suppliers' contracts to ensure servicing incentives are identified.
  • Participate with plants to identify strategic suppliers and purchasing initiatives.
  • Outsource projects which include breaking down components to establish target costs, processing RFQs, requests for proposals, and sourcing new suppliers.
  • Develop strategies for short and long-term goals and objectives to effectively utilize corporate purchasing leverage through consolidation.
  • Analyze monthly sales for current and past years to identify seasonal variations in sales.
  • Calculate year-to-date sales, average inventory levels, inventory turnover rates, and order fill rates to diagnose purchasing and distribution problems.
  • Negotiate contracts, resolve disputes, agreements, and terms with new suppliers and existing suppliers.
  • Judge the quality of products and evaluate the quality of service provided by suppliers.
  • Locate data in a variety of forms such as invoices, shipping receipts, special order request forms, and new product information sheets.
  • Obtain data such as universal product codes, product descriptions and specifications, prices, discounts, taxes, and comments about suppliers and merchandising methods.

Requirements

  • Post-Secondary education in Business, Materials Management, or related field experience.
  • PMAC certification or a minimum of two years equivalent in purchasing and/or production planning/inventory control background.
  • Minimum three years previous experience in procurement functions in a manufacturing environment.
  • MRP/ERP experience considered an asset.
  • Use of computer applications and communications software as needed.

Desired Characteristics

  • Able to communicate with co-workers, customers, and suppliers about operational matters.
  • Possess the ability to read and understand engineering drawings with the ability to communicate technical information to suppliers and engineers.
  • Ability to work independently as well as in teams with co-workers to ensure effective forecasting, product distribution, and marketing.

About Us

Linamar Corporation is a Canadian diversified global manufacturing company of highly engineered products across global industries & markets. From the entrepreneurial seeds planted by our dynamic founder to the support provided along the way, all Linamar employees are poised for success in this fast-paced and rapidly growing environment. With access to the tools you need to succeed, you will make an impact along with other motivated and engaged people.

Linamar is committed to promoting accessible recruitment as outlined in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Linamar will attempt to accommodate persons with a disability in an appropriate and effective manner throughout all stages of the recruitment process. Accommodations will be provided upon request.

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