Purchasing and Receiving Specialist

**Purchasing & Receiving Specialist**, AlumaPower Corporation

Do you want to be part of a revolutionary new company developing products based on a patented technology that can reduce society’s reliance on fossil fuels by creating a new kind of clean fuel?

AlumaPower’s breakthrough technology re-invents the aluminum-air battery as a ‘galvanic engine’ - an innovative long-life energy source that runs on recycled aluminum as a fuel. It produces only water vapour and heat as emitted by-products, while providing at least 4 times the energy density of lithium-ion batteries.

AlumaPower’s patented technology will introduce recycled or ‘clean’ aluminum as a fuel source displacing hydrocarbons and complementing other battery solutions such as lithium-ion.

You will have experience in purchasing and receiving including, purchase order generation, vendor relationship management, expediting and hands on goods receiving. You have exceptional organizational skills and have worked with, and contributed to, the continual improvement of a purchasing system.

You are comfortable working closely with established and prospective vendors, to facilitate the efficient flow of goods into our rapid prototyping facility, and to maintain the necessary documentations ensuring quality and jurisdictional compliance. You have had input to vendor selection and managed in-full, or in-part, the purchasing process - from requisition, to goods receipt.

As a member of the Supply Chain Management team, and supporting the AlumaPower organization in executing the procurement and receipt of materials, you will work closely with various department managers to develop transparency and process efficiency. Regular interaction with the vendor base is expected, ensuring positive vendor relationships and timely corrective actions.

You will take a proactive approach to meeting demand requirement, identifying needs and gaps in our tools and controls. Your ability to multitask and develop multiple channels of communication will be essential to client satisfaction.

Above all, you will be wishing to thrive and succeed in an entrepreneurial environment and have a hunger to grow personally within the company.

If this sounds like you, then you’ll have the following attributes, experience, and skills:
- Coordinate the purchase of goods and services through purchase requisitions and follow through with the supply chain cycle.
- Establish and maintain vendor relationships to maximize service performance.
- Expedite materials and communicate timeline changes throughout multiple departments.
- Physically receive incoming inventory from couriers, ensuring parts match the quantity and quality specifications of what was procured.
- Deliver goods to end-user or specified shelf locations for stock.
- Enter packing slip receipts into inventory management system.
- Resolve price discrepancies, part quality, and invoice issues.
- Assist in entering new inventory items through Autodesk Vault and Quickbooks.
- Control and track inventory flow through multiple site locations.

**Qualifications/Skills**:

- Degree in business/supply chain or related field.
- 3-5 years of purchasing experience.
- Experience in shipping & receiving.
- High attention to detail.
- Familiar with ERP systems and fluent in Microsoft Suite.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Familiar in sourcing raw materials, MRO products, and electrical components.
- Negotiating skills and cost oriented.
- Familiar with import/export compliance and documentation needs.
- Passion for providing high quality service to internal stakeholders.
- Strive for continuous improvement and personal growth.
- Able to multitask and perform under tight deadlines.

**Compensation**
- Commensurate with experience.

**Location**
- Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
- Some travel to production/supplier/testing facilities primarily in Southern Ontario or the Northeast US.
- You must be fully permitted to live and work in Canada.

**Job Type**
- This is a Full-time role.

**Benefits**
- Casual Dress.
- On-site Parking.
- Paid Time Off.
- Health Benefits

**Experience**
- Purchasing, Inventory Management (3+ Years)

**Education**
- Post-secondary Diploma / Degree in Supply Chain Management

**Language**
- English (required)
- Fluency in French will be considered an asset.

We’re committed to a barrier-free, respectful, and accessible work environment. If we select you for an interview, and at your subsequent request, we’ll endeavour to remove any barrier to the hiring process to accommodate you if you have any disabilities.

Pay: $65,000.00-$85,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sarnia, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)