Our client, a leading manufacturer of consumer products, is looking for a Purchasing Coordinator to join their team. We are looking for individuals with at least 2 years of procurement experience, a University degree, and superior negotiation and communication skills.
Perm role, Full-time
Location: Concord, ON
Salary: 65K
Job Responsibilities:
- Analyze spend and identify margin enhancement opportunities
- Request quotes from vendors, evaluate price, and set up new items in the system
- Evaluate supplier quotations and develop negotiation strategies focused on improving our competitive position in the market place.
- Monthly price Impacts: Compare new price to current price and analyze increase/decrease in annual spend
- Generate Purchase Order History reports and analyze monthly and annual spend
- Resolve invoices and purchase orders price discrepancies
- Generate annual forecasts report and analyzing future annual spend
- Generate specs report for all current items and evaluate savings opportunities
- Compare different vendors’ pricing and advise on best vendor
Job Requirments:
- A minimum of 2 years practical procurement experience with a University Degree is required
- Well-developed negotiation skills and experience are required
- Experience with SAP and JDEdwards, E1 is an asset
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills with a customer service focus
- The ability to maintain confidentiality and interact professionally with diplomacy and tact is a must
- A strong sense of urgency and time management skills with excellent initiative and follow-up capabilities are mandatory in this role
HOW TO APPLY:
Please send your resume to careers@gc-employment.com with the subject line "Purchasing Coordinator"