Procurement Specialist

About the Role

Magna is seeking a skilled Procurement Specialist to join our team. As a Procurement Specialist, you will be responsible for procuring materials, tools, supplies, equipment, and services for Techform, in support of corporate and departmental policies and objectives.

Your Responsibilities

• Execute activities related to the procurement of goods, including confirming internal/external customer requirements through to the placement of purchase orders, supplier follow-up, and expediting.
• Communicate with other purchasing personnel, functional areas within Techform, and external resources to execute and resolve daily issues and complete tasks, ensuring product/service requirements, processes, and specifications are clearly defined and understood by the buyer and supplier.
• Create and solicit Request for Quotes (RFQ) for all goods, expedite supplier proposals, negotiate the best purchase price balanced against required quality, delivery, budget limitations, customer-specific requirements, strategic requirements, and other criteria that may apply.
• Ensure adequate specifications and data are available to issue with RFQ, communicate delivery requirements, quotation due dates, and quality requirements where required, review supplier prices, delivery terms, basic contract terms, basic quality submission proposals, follow up on supplier inquiries, incomplete information, and other supplier data not consistent with or deviating from RFQ requirements.
• Assist in evaluating proposals and selecting preferred suppliers, comparing competitive quotations, and meeting applicable strategic objectives.
• Prepare, issue, maintain, and track purchase orders and change notices, applying the appropriate terms as required for the specific purchase.
• Communicate and track customer specifications, drawings, math data, samples, and other information to suppliers, as required.
• Assist in investigating, interviewing, and visiting potential and/or current suppliers to determine if they provide the best value for Techform, while meeting specific quality, delivery, service requirements, and strategic objectives.
• Maintain the integrity of electronic and manual procurement records, including costs, item-vendor profiles, purchase orders, supplier A/P setups, quotes, part-specific files, commercial issues, drawing and design data transmission, tooling, pricing agreements, supplier performance, material data sheets, archives, and any other supply chain information required to satisfy internal and external customer requirements.
• Review requisitions to ensure that they conform to company approval/sign-off policy, prior to purchase order creation.
• Maintain optimal supplier relations to facilitate the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Discuss defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, suppliers, and users to determine root cause and implement corrective action, as required.
• Ensure that quality, safety, confidentiality, and environmental standards are understood and communicated to suppliers as required.
• Develop and maintain a system to evaluate vendor delivery performance.
• Establish and maintain operational procedures for verification of receiving reporting and the ordering process through Vendor EDI.
• Generate and send vendor releases in the ERP system.
• Expedite orders and releases, including arranging outside processing and any re-schedules as required.
• Assist in the receiving department, entering receipts, review, and resolve issues with other departments.
• Work with scheduling and releasing on daily issues.
• Contribute to strategic sourcing objectives as required by manager.

What We Offer

Magna offers a dynamic and engaging work environment where you can help develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects.

Site Benefits

• A great work experience with a diverse and dedicated workforce.
• A strong focus on safety and health and wellness (fitness membership discounts).
• Three (3) paid personal days.
• Competitive extended health benefits.
• Group RRSP matching program.
• Profit Sharing Plan.
• Team appreciation lunches and events.
• Education Reimbursement Program.
• Continuous Improvement and Development Culture.

Awareness. Unity. Empowerment.

Magna is an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.