Procurement Specialist

We are currently assisting with recruitment for a Procurement Specialist to join a busy team in Sarnia Lambton.

Job Responsibilities:

• Leads and supports the development and execution of sourcing strategies for assigned areas of spend within the site and across the company.
• Promote the clients site procurement and materials control organization by aligning with the strategic direction of the company-wide function, all appropriately integrated with relevant business functions.
• Provide support in identifying and implementing best practices in all procurement processes, and builds supportive internal and external relationships within procurement with other functions.
• Procurement function in alignment with the business and site specific plans.
• Participates in the long term strategic plan and the annual goal setting process addressing the key areas of cost, safety, risk, reliability, continuous improvement, technology adoption, supplier innovation and service.
• Contributes to improvement in turnaround and capital planning, contracting and execution.
• Understands and leverages knowledge of the company’s and competitor’s products, industry trends, and superior business practices, and integrates the same into procurement operations in ways that achieve competitive advantage.
• Contributes to the development and execution of the risk management plan that addresses key risks in contract management, supply, supplier management and procurement processes.
• Manages supplier relationships in conjunction with stakeholders to increase alignment and value generation between the supplier and the client.
• Suggests improvements for and supports process standardization and optimization in procurement strategies as well as within the areas of supplier management, risk management, supplier qualification and the procure to pay process.

To be successful within this role:

• Bachelor’s Degree required preferably in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering or other related disciplines.
• Three or more years of experience in procurement, supply chain, engineering or other commercial experience.
• Experience in developing and deploying procurement strategies and processes.
• Certification in procurement or supply management desirable.
• Experience in managing supplier relationships.
• Strong technical knowledge of good procurement practice including negotiation, demand management, supplier qualification, sourcing, bidding and contracting, supplier performance management and risk management.
• Knowledge of SAP, Ariba and other procurement systems.
• Experience in heavy industrial environment, knowledge of chemical manufacturing and major capital projects.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Salary: From $80,000.00 per year

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:

• purchasing: 3 years (required)

Work Location: In person