Manager of Purchasing and Contracts

For over 50 years, Yurek has set the standard of pharmaceutical care in Southwestern Ontario. Headquartered in St. Thomas, Ontario, Yurek has three divisions in London and St. Thomas to meet our clients’ healthcare needs. Yurek Pharmacy & Home Healthcare supports clients’ retail pharmacy, mobility, healthcare, and other specialized needs. Yurek Mobility supports our clients with delivery, set-up, repair, and maintenance services for various home medical and mobility equipment options (including wheelchairs, power wheelchairs, and lifts) to keep them independent and on the move. Yurek Specialties Limited is a state-of-the-art processing facility in London, which features the latest equipment to support the processing, production, and delivery of medical supplies and infusion equipment, along with related supplies, to clients on contract with the Home and Community Care Support Service, South West.

We are currently looking for a full-time **Manager of Purchasing and Contracts **to join our team. This role will be based out of our London Yurek Specialties division, but will need to travel locally to support all Yurek sites in St. Thomas and London, as required.

**Job Summary**:
The Manager of Purchasing and Contracts supports the delivery of procurement and contract projects at varying levels of complexity. Under the direction of the Director of Supply Chain Operations, they will work collaboratively with cross functional teams at Yurek, external partners and customer agencies. The objective of the role is to be compliant in policies, procedures, and workflows in awarded contracts and internal business strategy. The incumbent will also accountable for overseeing administration within the HCCSS and external partners in all aspects of the prime and subcontract contract management and administration.

The Manager of Purchasing and Contracts must have strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience in building and leading teams to excel.

**Job responsibilities will include**:
Contract Management:

- Understand and execute the supply agreements, services agreements with Suppliers, Fulfillment teams and Logistics providers.
- Combine project management, business, and purchasing expertise to evaluate, and execute procurement and contract deliverable, including but not limited to terms and conditions and
- Ensure Program compliance and contract standards and requirements and engage the appropriate support, as needed.
- Conduct direct negotiations with vendors, monitor vendor performance and review vendor invoices to ensure accurate billing.
- Monitor and report on budget and expenditures for associated contracts.
- Manage and communicate issues and risks associated with assigned contracts to leadership.

Purchasing:

- Develop strategy for maintaining contract stock levels for all contracts based on supply chain attributes.
- Implement purchasing strategies for all non-pharmaceutical parts Company wide.
- Review materials requirements in ERP and ensure planners place purchase orders to suppliers.
- Maintain appropriate inventory levels, monitor receipt performance and accuracy.
- Coordinate and expedite the flow of materials across all sites.
- Manage projects as assigned within the stock materials group: new product introductions, product discontinuations, substitutions, process documentation, space planning and utilization analysis, 3PL management etc.
- Collaborate extensively with Logistics and Customer service to improve and standardize relationship and processes with key external suppliers.
- Develop policies, practices, and procedures for utilizing ERP system and deploying state of the art planning/purchasing and control techniques.
- Establish sustainable processes to set, review and audit key planning parameters and planning master data.
- Utilizing Lean Office methodology, teach and facilitate daily management, problem solving and run Kaizen events to drive rapid changes and generate savings.
- Verify invoiced prices with the accounting department, compare them with purchase orders, and validate any discrepancies with suppliers if necessary.
- Maintain up-to-date price lists and any other relevant information for the purchasing department in the ERP system.
- Generate regular reports based on established KPIs (costs, expenses, inventory levels, purchasing performance, etc.), provide analysis and recommendations to improve processes in place.

**Qualifications**:

- 5-7 years in leadership role, managing purchasing, contracts, and inventory.
- 3-5 years in Procurement or Operational Purchasing role
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office products: MS Project, Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; knowledge of SharePoint,
- Experience with demand planning and tactical buying, replenishment models
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to translate technical decisions/strategies into business terms and implications.
- Demonstrated experience with contracts and subco