Procurement Purchaser - Acheson, Canada - CES Corporation

Description

CES is an Alberta-based business working with organizations to build infrastructure for data centres, produces a start-to-finish solution called Intelliflex, purpose-built for today's data centre.

We are currently seeking a
Procurement Purchaser who is looking for steady employment, working at our Manufacturing Facility in Acheson.

• Negotiating best prices and administering purchases with suppliers and vendors.
• Research potential vendors.
• Prepare purchase orders, solicit bid proposals, and review requisitions for goods.
• Source new products and replacement parts in an expedient manner.
• Maintain adequate inventory levels for operations and adjust reorder points to suit business requirements.
• Track orders and ensure timely delivery.
• Proactively monitor and resolve potential material misses and track, expedite, critical orders
• Obtain materials, components and equipment as required by the production schedule.
• Responsible for resolving invoice discrepancies in conjunction with payables.
• Dealing with overseas vendors evening availability periodically due to time zones
• Identify areas of cost reductions.
• Forecast future product requirements.
• Enforce quality requirements on vendors.
• Maintain and monitor progress of purchase orders including daily or weekly communication with suppliers to obtain purchase order status updates and take proactive actions to ensure that company quality and delivery requirements are achieved.

• 5 years' experience in purchasing and inventory control.
• Post secondary diploma/degree is an asset.
• Electrical and/or instrumentation experience is an asset.
• Experience with strategic supplychain activities such as supply planning, sourcing, contracts, and supplier performance management.
• Excellent computer skills
• Experience with Inventory software.
• Ability to prioritize requests within multiple depts.
• Must be excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to use solid judgement and decisionmaking skills in a fastpaced environment.
• Ability to work independently as well in a teamoriented environment.
• Project management and leadership skills are strongly preferred.
• Adaptable and able to work effectively in a fast paced and constantly evolving business environment.

CES Corporation would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this position, however, only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

• Monday to Friday

• Secondary School (preferred)

• Acheson, AB T7X 6P7 (required)