Buyer/planner - Maternity Leave

**Description**:
As a member of the Purchasing Team, the **Buyer/Planner**is essentially responsible for determining raw material requirements to meet customer demands and internal production schedules across various assets within the facility.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Principal Accountabilities**:

- Determines material requirements based on demand from production schedules.
- Ensures availability of all raw materials from intent to purchase to delivery and consumption.
- Monitors inventory levels, movement/usage of materials through operations and coordinates with purchasing to maintain adequate levels of raw materials to meet production cycle and overall production needs.
- Act as the prime liaison between the supplier and all internal departments, such as production, quality, engineering, etc., ensuring the coordination and timely delivery of all relevant information or concerns through to settlement and/or resolution.
- Manages supplier relations by monitoring and reporting reliability, cost, and delivery performance.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Skills, Knowledge and Expertise**:
**Qualifications (Knowledge & Experience)**:

- Diploma in Logistics/Supply Chain, or Business essential
- PMAC designation an asset
- Minimum three (3) years of experience in raw material planning in a manufacturing environment; global automotive manufacturing experience preferred.
- Sound knowledge and understanding of global economic conditions, markets and commodities, the changes that occur daily and ultimately the impact on the organization due to long lead times, and other unforeseen circumstances.
- Direct purchasing experience and familiarity with SAP is preferred.

**Skills & Abilities**:

- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Proficient in SAP preferred or equivalent ERP system.
- High degree of accuracy.
- Ability to multi-task and handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Work ethic: Possesses a strong willingness to work hard and do what it takes to get the job done.
- Listening Skills: Lets others speak and seeks to understand their viewpoints.
- Confidentiality/Trust: Must possess and display a high level of confidentiality - building and maintaining the trust and respect of employees is essential for success.
- Calm under pressure: Maintains stability and diffuses stressful situations.
- Flexibility/Adaptability: Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Cope effectively with complexity and change. Demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information
- Analytical Skills: Exhibits a probing and inquisitive mind. Able to process facts & data.

**Skills/attributes**:

- Analytical mindset and ability to forecast or interpret potential problems
- Attention to detail/accuracy
- Strong communication skills
- Sense of urgency
- Focus on cost and reliability/performance
- Flexible, willing to go the ‘extra mile’

**Working Conditions**:

- Work is generally required to be conducted within an office environment. There will be occasions where job responsibilities will require the need to enter the manufacturing plant. Plant PPE required where appropriate.
- Standard 40-hour work week. Business activities may require flexibility to work additional hours.
- All new employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

**Benefits**:
Contract employment only - company benefits not applicable

Hybrid work schedule possible (following 3-month training period)
Company events
On-site parking

**About CGT**:
The Company serves fabricators as well as various industrial markets such as the pool liner, roofing, decking, containment, pond liner and stationery industries. It has manufacturing facilities in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and in China. Canadian General-Tower Limited, formerly Canadian General Rubber Co. Ltd., is based in Cambridge, Ontario.

CGT is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to age, ancestry, colour, citizenship, ethnic origin, place of origin, creed, disability, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, sex, or sexual orientation.

**No Agencies Please.