Buyer - Saint-Eustache, Canada - Lafarge Canada Inc

Lafarge Canada Inc
Lafarge Canada Inc
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Saint-Eustache, Canada

4 weeks ago

Sophia Lee

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Why work for Lafarge?:
As the global leader in innovative and sustainable building materials, we're committed to shaping a

greener,

smarter and

healthier world. At Lafarge Canada Inc.,

safety comes first,

collaboration matters and

diversity is celebrated with people who share our desire to continually

make our materials better.
Do you have the drive, the skills, and the passion to join us?

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Overview:


The incumbent will support and execute the operational and tactical procurement of goods and services for the St-Eustache quarry and asphalt plant.

Supporting the implementation of procurement strategies, the incumbent works in close cooperation with Procurement team and the St-Eustache managers.

In coordinating the operational and tactical procurement of local goods and services, you will be responsible for contract implementation, category strategy execution, and communicating supplier performance through the procurement team.


Responsibilities:


Health and Safety:


  • Ensure that all contracts and work sites meet the requirements of Lafarge's safety policy for employee safety.

Procurement Processes:


  • Support and execute the procurement of goods and services in accordance with category strategies, as well as applicable policies, procedures, and specifications.
  • Create local purchase orders for supplies, equipment and services within authorized signature limits with prequalified suppliers.
  • Solicit quotes or generate RFQ's in accordance with procurement policy in collaboration with operations and other stakeholders.
  • Drive the realization of savings, supply efficiency, quality, and process improvements in own country, in line with zone and global strategies.
  • Support category projects and initiatives at the local level.
  • Provide Category and Operational Management with information and support for the integration of local volumes, processes, quality levels and prices into strategy development

Payment Processes:


  • Coordinate with the business and shared service center regarding resolution on P2P issues as they occur and perform root cause analysis to ensure that best practices are captured and shared amongst team.
  • Coach Requisitioners on Buyways and P2P process to enhance their understanding of purchasing process and the use of SAP

Purchase Orders:


  • Maintain the Integrity of spend classification and other PO requirements

Vendors:


  • Assist with new vendor qualifications and onboarding as required

Relationships with other Jobs:


  • Operational Staff & Management
  • Purchasing team

Specific accountabilities:


  • Purchase order create, followups and timely payment

Dimensions:


  • Budget: $15 million
  • Production: 2.3 M tons of aggregates, recycled material (200 k tons) and snow deposit (1 M m3 )
  • Direct reports: 0
  • Indirect reports: 0
  • Heavy mobile mining equipment contractors

Qualifications:
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Education and Work Experience:
_**- Bachelor's/Undergraduate Degree in a related field preferably in Business or Supply Chain.

  • 2 to 3 years of related experience

_ Knowledge and Skills:
_

  • Bilingual
  • Experience in a previous procurement role (buyer, sourcing, operations) with exposure to supply chain management, strategic sourcing and optimal procurement processes and standards
  • SAP Materials Management Module experience
  • Analytical Skill and power Microsoft Office and Power BI user
  • Demonstrated performance in working within crossfunctional teams, with requisite drive and energy to ensure that a challenging benefits and capability building agenda is successfully delivered

_ Job Specific Competency Profile:
_

  • Good written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively/convincingly at most levels (including technical and operational) and with most functions in the local language
  • Effective time management, planning and organization skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and drive tasks to completion in a fixed timeframe and in a pressured environment
  • Ability to work with crossfunctional teams and build relationships across multiple functions
  • Ability to deal with ambiguities, conflicts and adversarial relationships
  • Basic negotiation skills
  • Proven ability in analysis and interpret data
  • Ability to identify problems quickly, make sound judgments, establish, and implement solutions

LafargeHolcim:
As we are reinventing the way the world builds, we need world-class talent to join our Lafarge Canada team: people who are

passionate, driven by

curiosity and keen to

grow,

learn, develop and

thrive in our high-performance culture.

Whatever you do, you will make a difference here. Because we know that your passion and curiosity are the natural resources the world needs.

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