Strategic Supply Chain Lead in Calgary

The Strategic Supply Chain Lead will be responsible for the following:

• Work with a team of purchasers to ensure all materials, consumables, and components for manufacturing are ordered in a timely manner.
• 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.
• Ensure all required documentation for purchased items are accounted for and appropriately filed in our system to ensure compliance and traceability.
• Work with our ERP system to ensure accuracy and accountability with our purchased items.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts in purchasing and procurement.
• 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.
• Handle communication to suppliers when obtaining and negotiating pricing, timing, and quality.
• Follow up with suppliers as required after P.O. is issued to ensure progress and timely delivery of purchased products or services.
• Communicate with receiving on expected shipment deliveries.
• Assist with receiving of purchased items as required, review compliance and documentation.
• Work with the 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 the Project Manager.
• Manage approved vendor list, including adding 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 an asset.
• Certification or training in leadership.
• Mandatory participation 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 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.