Buyer - Critical Environments

**What We Offer**:

- Health and Dental - Employees and their families enjoy flexible benefits options covering an extensive list of medical and dental expenses and services.
- Life and Disability - You will be provided with life insurance in a multiple of your salary with an option to purchase additional coverage.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) - You and your family will have free access to consultation and support for your mental, emotional and financial well-being.
- Pension Matching Program - Invest in your future with each pay cheque through our Defined Contribution Pension Plan and we will match your contribution (up to 3% of your salary).
- EQ Care® - You and your family will have free access to speak with a doctor by phone or app from wherever you are.
- Gym Subsidy Program
- Employees are eligible for a gym membership reimbursement of up to $240 per year, this includes Fitness related App’s.

**Buyer - Critical Environments**

**Functional Responsibility**: Responsible for the efficient procurement of a variety of materials and services. The incumbent shall exhibit sound judgment ensuring procurement decisions achieve best overall value for the corporation.
- Creation of Purchase Orders for material and services within Corporate Purchasing Procedures.
- Monitor Open PO reports and expedite when appropriate.
- Manage safety stock levels.
- Provide highest levels of service to production customers.
- Develop and maintain business relationships with suppliers and business associates.
- Participate in supplier ratings.
- Assist Intermediate and Senior Buyers in RFP process.
- Have the ability to execute small RFQs unassisted.
- Analyze cost reduction opportunities and provide recommendations to Purchasing Supervisor.
- Ensure all relevant documentation is completed with all required information for the purposes of obtaining approvals and recording and reporting business.
- Participate in training opportunities as per annual development plans.
- Participate in cross training opportunities throughout the department.
- Support Lean initiatives.
- Principal duties are intended to be an accurate reflection of the main duties essential for this position. They are not designed to be an exhaustive list of all duties, tasks and responsibilities._
- High School Diploma and minimum 3 years’ experience _OR_
- SMT and minimum 2 years’ experience _OR_
- 4-year University Degree.
- Basic understanding of Corporate Purchasing procedures.
- Demonstrated initiative and motivation to simultaneously handle moderately complex procurement assignments in a team environment.
- Understanding of the various functions and responsibilities of the various departments and divisions throughout the corporation.
- Practical knowledge of the various material and services used throughout the corporation.

**This position requires demonstrated ability of Price Core Competencies**:
**Relentless Service**:

- Keeps the customer (internal or external) as the focal point of all activity and strives to address customer needs and concerns. This perspective includes:

- Putting yourself at the receiving end of the decision being made.
- Exhausting all reasonable avenues of service.
- Willingness to step-up and go above and beyond to get the job done.
- Believing the evidence of the customers' eyes.
- Strives to always out-distance the competition in customer satisfaction.
- Demonstrates Price’s strong commitment to customers by ensuring timely and high-quality support and high-level presence during critical times or events.

**Action Oriented**:

- The ability to gather and/or interpret information quickly and take appropriate action. At Price action-oriented means that the organization and people within the organization are nimble and have the ability to move forward quickly by using experience-based knowledge and reasonable analysis.
- The natural inclination is to move over obsessively analyzing.

**Balance**:

- Maintains a conscious balance between work and personal life so that one doesn't unduly dominate the other; is not one-dimensional; knows how to attend to both and is able to get what he/she wants from both.
- It is recognized that in each individual instance, balance must be defined and achieved as individual circumstance dictates. Achieving balance does not always necessitate a 50/50 split—it’s about making it work in a way that is successful for the person and the business. At Price achieving balance requires flexibility and a commitment to personal and professional responsibilities.
- Work is a moral necessity - we weren’t put on earth to coast but to leave a legacy.
- Nothing more important than family and nurturing.

**Learning**:

- Picks up on technical aspects of the job quickly in order to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.
- Has a keen interest in continuous learning and has the ability to learn new skills quickly.
- Analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement.