Junior Purchaser

**Job Description - Junior Purchaser - Kitchen Manufacturing**

**Summary**

**About Cortina Kitchens Inc.**

Located in Woodbridge, Ontario, CORTINA Kitchens is a privately-owned Canadian Company founded in 1987 producing the highest quality kitchens in the market. Over the last 30 years, the Company has excelled in recognizing the importance of a committed and experienced team of designers, craftsmen, finishers, service, and installation specialists making the company a leader in the manufacturing industry.

Cortina occupies more than 100,000 square feet and empowers 150 team members to create the finest in Cabinetry and Millwork in the industry, while always remaining true to the company’s core values of integrity, excellence, loyalty, commitment, creativity, community, and environment. During the last few years we have experience unprecedented growth

One of the driving factors of the success of our company is our commitment and investment in the maintenance of plant equipment and facility. Our Purchasing Team is instrumental in keeping our business moving forward.

The **Junior Purchaser** position can best be described as a “purchasing” professional who will participate in multiple areas, ensuring that processes related to the overall function and needs of the purchasing department are maintained. Day to day, short and long term planning are essential components of this position. Areas of expertise and daily involvement may include:

- Ensuring adequate stock is ordered and on hand in order to meet production needs.
- Work with and take direction from Purchasing Manager.
- Securing special and stock items in the most efficient manner through timing and planning.
- Combining stock and special orders and job orders to make pre-paid freight thresholds and achieve order requirement that yield extra discounts.
- Work as a conduit with/between suppliers and sales to execute purchase order revisions (price discrepancies, add/delete/change items and ship dates) to ensure company is buying correctly; audit invoices to ensure company is paying correct prices and are being charged correct freight.
- Manage supplier and item date in current system so buyer/sales staff have current and accurate data to use when creating orders.
- Control inventory by leveraging various exception reports.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Participate in purchasing / inventory requirements in conjunction with Purchasing Manager
- Share Expertise and train team members on critical aspects of job duties.
- Possess current working knowledge of all assigned vendor lines.
- Purchase special and stock items at the right quantity, right cost, and tight timing.
- Creation of new stock items
- Create, cut, process purchase orders.
- Maintain accurate and current supplier and item information to ensure that pricing, terms, and deals are proactively updated in current system.
- Audit invoices and addressing any issues in a timely fashion where costs and freight terms do not align.
- Maintain inventory for par levels by using various buying reports to ensure adequate fill rate is available for customers.
- Assist in providing price lists and reports to sales personnel on equipment products enabling timely and accurate pricing for Sales to provide to customers.
- Advise sales personnel of out-of-stock items; estimated availability; and making recommendations for alternate product.
- Other duties as assigned.

**SKILLS/ QUALIFICATIONS**
- 1-2 years experience of related Purchasing Experience is required.
- Previous experience in Kitchen / Bathroom Purchasing is a benefit.
- Ability to multi-task at a high level
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent communications skills
- Strong negotiating skills
- Ability to manage a heavy workload.
- Detail oriented
- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent math skills; firm grasp on basic accounting
- Ability to take initiative.
- Ability to work independently.

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

COVID-19 considerations:
At Cortina Kitchens, we take the safety of our staff and customers very seriously. We follow and promote all medical and governmental precautions regarding Covid-19

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Greater Toronto Area, ON L4L 8L6: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have experience in Purchasing and Procurement in a manufacturing environment that produces Kitchens and Kitc hen Components?

**Experience**:

- Procurement & Purchasing Occupations: 2 years (required)

Work Location: In person