Strategic Supply Chain Lead

The Strategic Supply Chain Lead will be responsible for the following:Role: A Strategic Supply Chain Lead works with a team of purchasers to ensure to ensure all materials, consumables, and components for manufacturing are ordered in a timely manner. They will lead the strategic growth and continuous improvement efforts with our supply chain, write purchase orders to vendors, review purchasing specifications, request quotations, and work with vendors to streamline production. They will ensure all required documentation for purchased items are accounted for and appropriately filed in our system to ensure compliance and traceability. They will work with our ERP system to ensure accuracy and accountability with our purchased items.
Duties Include:
Lead continuous improvement efforts in purchasing and procurement
Lead and guide the purchasing team to ensure efficiency
Handle internal requests for purchased materials, tooling, services, or outsourcing
Manage tooling and vending machine stock items as required
Handles communication to suppliers when obtaining, and negotiating pricing, timing, and quality
Follow up with suppliers as required after P.O. is issued to make sure progress is being made and that delivery of purchased product or service will be on time
Communicate with receiving on expected shipment deliveries
Assist with receiving of purchased items as required, review compliance and documentation
Work with quality department on any specific testing or inspection requirements on purchased items
Manage any quality or timing related issues that occur at an outsource or service vendor and communicate with Project Manager
Manage approved vendor list. Including all vendor information listed, including adding of new vendors
Assist with compliance and regulatory needs as required
Manage periodic inventory counts and reconciliations
Qualifications:
Minimum High School education or equivalent
Certification in manufacturing or purchasing considered and asset
Certification or training in leadership
Mandatory that this role take part in a criminal record check and controlled goods screening
Experience:
5+ years of work experience in purchasing, preferably in a manufacturing environment
Strong experience leading teams, preferably in a supply chain setting
Experience reading engineering and manufacturing drawings an asset
Experience in the machining industry is considered an asset
Experience working in an ERP systems is considered an asset
Experience with Excel, Word, and Outlook is required
Core Work hours:
7:30am-4:00pm Monday – Friday
Compensation:
Competitive wages based on experience and knowledge level
Employee benefits with medical, dental and life
A fun, friendly and casual work environment with company sponsored events
2 Paid Flex days per year
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