Address- Develops solid understanding of the business needs
- Identify material/service needs of the organization, find service providers who can supply, negotiate prices and arrange for purchase and delivery of the goods
- Create, issue and filing of all purchase orders in a timely fashion
- Coordinating with sales group on contractual business and corresponding inventory levels
- Provide supplier pricing and lead times to sales group on all customer inquiries
- Aligns with regional Procurement Manager to deploy metal supply chain practices within the branch and drive improvements, specifically inventory efficiency
- Provides Procurement and Supply Chain Leadership and guidance to sales group
- Maintain all open purchase orders to ensure accuracy and expected delivery dates are kept current
- Ensures procurement practices at the local/plant organizations are consistent with enterprise-wide procurement practices in terms of execution and processes
- Daily review of branch inventory and open orders
- Other responsibilities as assigned
- Post-secondary degree and/or specialized diploma, or related field or equivalent work experience
- 3-5 years of procurement experience or commodity expertise, ideally within metal processing, Mill/Service Center industries
- Prior experience in buying steel, aluminum commodities directly from Mills, Metal Service Centers will be of significant advantage
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Understands supply chain concepts as related to inventory management and risk mitigation. Have gained very good understanding of forecasting and replenishment concepts as part of a supply chain organization directly or indirectly
- Data driven with strong analytical skills; able to generate a wide range reports and process data that forms the basis for solid decision making
- Solid understanding of concepts such as cost drivers and cost analysis
- Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Possess the ability to work with minimum supervision
- Good organization and time management skills as well as the ability to meet deadlines
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
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