Purchaser

Help Build What Keeps Heavy-Duty Transportation Moving. Imagine a transportation industry where specialized equipment does not have to compromise. At KG Industries Ltd. (KGI), we build specialty heavy-duty axles for demanding applications across transportation, forestry, mining, heavy haul, off-highway, and other specialized industries. Our mission is simple: We Advance Specialty Transportation. And every material, component, supplier commitment, and purchase order behind our products matters.

You will join KGI’s Supply Chain & Materials Team and work closely with Planning, Quality, Operations, and our supplier network. Your job is bigger than placing purchase orders. You will make sure the materials and external services our team depends on arrive at the right time, at the right quality, at the right cost, and with an acceptable level of risk. You will also help develop stronger, more capable suppliers as KGI grows.

When purchasing works well, production moves. Customer commitments stay intact. Problems are identified early instead of becoming emergencies. And our team can focus on building quality products for customers who rely on us.

We work as one team and stay united behind the strategy. We act with precision, challenge what can be improved, and protect quality above all. We build authentic relationships—but accountability still matters. Those expectations reflect KGI’s five core attributes: United in Strategy, Learn, Adapt, Improve, Precision-Driven Action, Quality Above All, and Authentic Connections.

As KGI’s Purchaser, you will own the day-to-day execution of purchasing and a significant part of our supplier relationships. You will convert purchase requirements into accurate purchase orders and dependable supplier commitments. You will keep purchase orders, confirmations, expected dates, lead times, pricing, and vendor information current in Genius ERP. You will actively manage delivery and cost exceptions and raise supply risks early enough for the team to respond before customer commitments are affected.

This is a role for someone who combines commercial awareness with operational discipline. You need to care about cost. You need to care about relationships. And you need to care deeply about whether the information in the system is actually correct.

KGI cannot advance specialty transportation without a dependable supply chain. Your work helps ensure our production team has what it needs to build. You will strengthen supplier performance, reduce unnecessary risk, recover shortages, improve cost and capability, and help create a supply base that can support KGI’s future growth.

Six Things You Will LOVE Doing:

• Turning demand into action: Create and manage accurate purchase orders. Secure supplier commitments. Keep confirmations, due dates, pricing, lead times, and purchasing information current.
• Chasing problems before they chase us: Expedite materials. Investigate delays. Recover shortages. Communicate risks early enough for Planning and Supply Chain to respond.
• Negotiating with purpose: Work with suppliers on pricing, delivery, capacity, terms, and commercial expectations.
• Building suppliers—not just buying from them: Own supplier relationships and performance. Help develop stronger capability, better delivery, improved cost performance, and alternate sources where needed.
• Protecting KGI from supply risk: Identify vulnerabilities involving single-source items, long lead times, geography, capacity, and supplier performance.
• Working across the business to make the system stronger: Partner with Quality on supplier qualification, defects, corrective actions, and supplier development.

The Person We Are Looking For:

• You Are Persistent: A supplier saying, “We’ll get back to you,” does not end the conversation. You follow through.
• You Are Commercially Astute: You understand that the lowest price is not always the lowest cost.
• You Are a Strong Negotiator: You can have direct conversations. You ask questions. You challenge assumptions.
• You Build Relationships Without Losing Accountability: Suppliers should enjoy working with you.
• You See Risk Early: You do not simply report that something is late.
• You Are Exceptionally Accurate: Dates matter. Pricing matters. Lead times matter.
• You Are Responsive: People should not have to chase you for answers.
• You Are Improvement-Minded: You learn. You adapt. You improve.

What You Will Bring: Experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, or a related environment will help you succeed. You should be comfortable working with purchase orders, supplier communications, lead times, pricing, expediting, shortage recovery, and supplier performance. Experience with an ERP/MRP system is important. More importantly, you need the judgment and drive to own the outcome.

If you want to take ownership of supplier commitments, solve real operational problems, build stronger supplier relationships, and help a Canadian manufacturer grow— We want to hear from you.

Benefits: Casual dress, Company events, Dental care, Extended health care, Life insurance, On-site parking, Profit sharing, RRSP match, Vision care.

Ability to commute/relocate: Cawston, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required).

Experience: Purchasing: 2 years (required).

Language: English (required).

Licence/Certification: Driving Licence (required).

Location: Cawston, BC (preferred).

Work Location: In person.

Pay: $50,000.00-$70,000.00 per year.