Purchasing Team Lead

Your opportunity
By joining the Kardium team, you can help make a difference in the lives of millions around the world. We have developed a ground-breaking medical device for the diagnosis and treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation – which can cause stroke, heart failure, and other heart-related complications.

Kardium's mission is to deliver the best treatment for atrial fibrillation. To achieve this, we have developed The Globe Pulsed Field System – a revolutionary solution designed by our world-class technical team. The Globe System offers strong, unique, and customer-valued advantages over other treatments on the market, and leading physicians are already using it and helping to share our story.

We have obtained FDA approval and officially begun the commercial launch of the Globe Pulsed Field System. This is a pivotal and exciting time in our journey, as we bring this life-changing technology to patients

We are seeking a Purchasing Team Lead who is responsible for overseeing daily purchasing activities and driving operational excellence within our growing medical device manufacturing environment. This role is ideal for a hands-on leader who thrives in a fast-paced, regulated setting and is passionate about improving systems, processes, and supplier performance.

Please note, this opportunity is a hybrid work arrangement, located in Burnaby, BC.

Meaningful work you will be a part of
Your Responsibilities Will Be To

• Lead, mentor and conduct performance reviews for members of the Purchasing team
• Identify resource requirements necessary for the purchasing team to meet all deliverables
• Ensure inventory is maintained at planned target levels
• Ensure suppliers are on target for meeting required manufacturing ramp volumes
• Monitor and identify trends and drive continuous improvement of purchasing metrics
• Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve supplier performance
• Work with category managers to develop and implement inventory and cost reduction and supply risk mitigation strategies
• Source new suppliers and support supplier qualification and onboarding and part approval processes
• Act as the subject matter expert for the purchasing function and lead or support purchasing projects and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure purchasing activities comply with company policies and applicable regulatory requirements
• Perform other duties as assigned

What You Bring To The Team
Our Kardium team is smart, creative, and passionate about developing cutting-edge medical devices to help improve people's lives. We work in a collaborative environment based on trust and respect. We understand that only by working together can we solve what was thought unsolvable.

You will be successful in this role because you possess these attributes:

• A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of purchasing or supply chain experience, ideally within the medical device or regulated manufacturing industry.
• Minimum two years of team leadership or supervisory experience.
• A proven track record in vendor management, negotiation, and performance improvement.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of ISO 13485, FDA QSR, and other relevant regulatory requirements (preferred).
• Experience with SAP or other ERP systems, with demonstrated success in sourcing and implementing process improvements.
• Willingness and ability to travel domestically and internationally, as required.

Compensation
Kardium has listed the total cash compensation range (base salary + 5% RRSP contribution) that we expect to pay applicants for this role, as of the time of this posting. Pay offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. For candidates with more or less experience than listed above, the pay range will be adjusted.

As a permanent employee, you will also participate in Kardium's stock option plan.

• $93,000 – 127,000 (CAD Annually)

Your Benefits & Well-being
Total cash –
the total cash we've listed for this position includes a base salary, plus a contribution to a Registered Retirement Savings plans (RRSP) to help support your financial goals.

Comprehensive medical & dental coverage –
for all permanent employees – effective as of Day 1, with no waiting period.

Work-day flexibility
– additionally, we provide 3 personal days per year.

Support –
for you (and your dependents) overall well-being.

Career progression and learning support.
Professional membership support.
Family building –
we provide top up for both maternity leave & adoptive leave. Employees can also enroll in benefit coverage for fertility drug treatment
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Life at Kardium
What makes us a great place to work?

• Our Purpose
• Our People
• Our Culture

At Kardium, we embrace diversity of background, experience, and perspective and we're committed to inclusion and equity at every level. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates who represent the full diversity of all communities.

We collaborate with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), as volunteer-led groups who share a common dimension of diversity and come together to provide support, education, and other opportunities across Kardium. Examples of our ERGs include Women ERG, Pride ERG, Race Ethnicity & Cultural Heritage (REACH) ERG, Truth & Reconciliation ERG, Persian Community ERG, Chinese ERG, Barangay Kardium (Filipino) ERG, Brazilian ERG and Irish ERG.

As part of your application, we encourage you to note if you require an accommodation for the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms or other accommodations). There will be an optional section in the application form where you can provide this information to the recruitment team.

And our employees think we are great too – check out Glassdoor to learn more