Purchasing Agent - Permanent Full time

Reports To: Director, Capital Equipment & Supply Chain
Rotation: Hybrid 5/2 (MON-FRI) 3 Days/WK In Office
Shift: 8HRs/Day (8am-5pm w/Hour @ Lunch)
Permanent Full-Time
Dumas has a comprehensive benefits package offering life insurance, health/dental/vision/fitness provisions, and pension and employee assistance program(s) that support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
Artificial Intelligence is not used during any stage of the hiring process.
To be considered, you must be a Canadian citizen, or authorized in writing to work in Canada under federal immigration requirements, and currently be residing in Canada.
Apply/Contact: Via our website Employment Opportunities, or via email at View email address on jobs.jobvite.com is a leading full-service mining contractor operating in the Americas. Dumas is the contractor of choice for the most technically challenging underground projects, including mine construction, full-scale mine development, production mining, mine services and engineering.
Dumas seeks a motivated and detail-oriented Buyer to support procurement activities across the organization. The Buyer will be responsible for sourcing and purchasing materials, parts, supplies and equipment in accordance with established purchasing policies and procedures.
The successful candidate will work closely with operations, maintenance, finance, project teams and suppliers to ensure purchasing requirements are fulfilled accurately, efficiently and cost-effectively. This role is ideally suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, demonstrates sound judgment and can build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, contractors and suppliers.
Two-year college diploma in Business or an equivalent combination of education and training.

• PMAC (Purchasing Management Association of Canada) courses would be considered an asset.
• Knowledge of mine materials, equipment and maintenance parts.
• Working knowledge of accounting principles, inventory management, and budgetary practices.
• Advanced knowledge of Sage, Guide and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to corporate purchasing practices.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends when required.

Customer Service Orientation – Actively and continuously seeking ways to assist personnel and clients.

• Independence – Working effectively with minimal supervision.
• Relationship-Building – Developing and maintaining constructive and cooperative working relationships.
• Procurement and Purchasing
• Be responsible for all procurement and purchasing activities for assigned projects.
• Analyze purchasing requirements to obtain favorable pricing, delivery times and terms for regular purchases and blanket orders.
• Coordinate procurement activities and obtain competitive quotations for direct-charge items and materials.
• Coordinate requests for quotations related to inventory contracts.
• Select products for purchase by testing, observing or examining items.
• Determine the appropriate procurement method, including direct purchase or competitive bid.
• Prepare purchase orders and bid requests.
• Prepare supply and service contract documents for review by the Supply Chain Manager.
• Support departments in preparing estimates by contacting vendors to obtain budgetary pricing for equipment and materials.
• Work with inspection or Quality Assurance/Quality Control personnel, users, vendors and other stakeholders to address defective or unacceptable goods or services, determine the source of the issue and implement corrective action.

Records, Inventory and Reporting

• Maintain accurate manual and computerized procurement records, including purchased items and services, costs, delivery information, product quality and performance, and inventory levels.
• Maintain records of business transactions and product inventories, reporting information to the company or government agencies as required.
• Prepare various reports for the Supply Chain Manager.

Provide coverage during absences of the Senior Purchasing Agent and Warehouse Coordinators.
~Work evenings and weekends when required.

You can apply direct via our website Dumas Miningunder the Career tab, or you can send your resume to View email address on jobs.jobvite.com.