Buyer

**Meet the Smart Safety Company**

At Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles - and everyone in and around them - safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world’s biggest fleet safety problems.

Our core value is safety. Without safety first, efficiency and productivity are not possible. This is true for our products, our culture, and our relationship with our community. Our vision is to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in and around fleet vehicles with a goal of ZERO accidents.

We are re-defining what safety means for fleets of every type - from school buses to waste collection trucks, firefighting to utility vehicles, police cruisers to delivery vans.

Whether you work in our Charlotte plant to build life-saving stop arms for school buses, or design advanced camera vision products in our Vancouver office, forge valves and high-quality nozzles to fight fires, or dream up new ways to protect fleet operators in our Corporate HQ in Kansas City, you’ll contribute to our goal to keep everyone safe.

We are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1700 employees in over 15 locations across Canada and the US. We’re looking for motivated self-starters with innovative thinking to join our team and help us achieve our growth and performance goals. Sound like you?

Compensation is base salary. We also offer paid vacation time, sick/personal days and fully paid benefits after 3 months’ probation (Life, Accidental Death & Disability, Short and Long-Term Disability, Extended Health, Dental, Employee Assistance Program and RRSP Program with company matching your contributions, up to 3% of your salary).

The **Buyer** will be responsible for a wide variety of functions critical to the continued success and effectiveness of the business’ materials group.

**JOB DUTIES**
- Complete purchase requests with domestic and international suppliers by inputting purchase orders, managing deliveries, and verifying all transactions
- Review requirements continuously to ensure accuracy and that data consistently meets the needs of the business
- Issue requests for quotes/proposals (RFQ/RFP) and select best source consistent with cost, quality and delivery requirements
- Establish and maintain effective relationships with the company suppliers in accordance with the ethical code and standards of conduct maintaining the highest standard of professionalism
- Work with Supply Chain Liaison to handle correspondence concerning over-shipments, delivery shortages, changes in quantity, delivery dates, and prices
- Act as a liaison between suppliers and involved departments to resolve procurement-related problems
- Interface with QA team with regards to supplier non-conformances
- Authorize payment for purchases by reviewing invoices and related documentation
- Maintain appropriate inventory levels consistent with targeted inventory goals as set by management
- Maintain accuracy of stock code information within an ERP system, including lead-time, pricing, supplier information, purchase order data, etc.
- Other duties as required

**Requirements**:

- Minimum 2 years’ experience in sourcing/supply chain management/New Product Introduction support or equal relevant experience
- Negotiation and problem-solving skills with strong work ethics
- Good knowledge and experience with ERP
- Capable of analyzing information from multiple data sources such as Salesforce, PLM system and ERP
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, under pressure, while managing multiple tasks
- Strong verbal & written communication skills
- Preferred Education, Experience and Skills
- Off-shore vendor management (this is “preferred” and not “Required”)
- Understanding of MRP and demand-pull scheduling practices is desirable
- Proficient in reading and understanding technical documents and drawings is desirable