Erin Wells

A Procurement Specialist with 10 years of experience in materials management and logistics planning within Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Public, and Defence environments. I ensure that accurate BOMs are delivered in alignment with forecast production schedules within contract requirements. I facilitate cross-functional cooperation to foster accessible and transparent procurement processes, improved services with accurate consultative sourcing, and opportunities for cost saving efficiencies with dynamic sourcing strategies.

Professional Experience

Irving Shipbuilding                                                    2023–Curr 

Procurement Specialist (2023) | CSC Procurement
  
As a Procurement Specialist at Irving Shipbuilding, I oversee the sourcing strategy development and procurement planning for structural sub-IPT packages for the upcoming production of the Canadian Surface Combatant fleet. I negotiate contracts to support long-term manufacturing strategies while ensuring that materials are delivered to support technical SOWs and real-time production capabilities. During my time at Irving I have identified planning and operational gaps within the established procurement strategies to convert business area and customer requirements into executable strategies. 

Duties: 

• Manage procurement events (RFI, RFP, RFX) in accordance to established processes
• Coordinate cooperatively with Engineering, Quality, Platforms, Information Management, and Security to meet internal and external stakeholder requirements
• Building and managing supplier relationships to support material program plans and subcontract management plants

Halifax Regional Municipality                                   2022–2023

Procurement Support Representative (2023) | Finance and Asset Management  
Buyer (2022)| Finance and Asset Management
  
As an Buyer within HRM, I managed the stock purchasing for inventory, parts, and equipment for all of the HRM general stores locations. Showing an aptitude for quickly learning new roles; I successfully oversaw the work of three absent personnel while training and coaching multiple new hires. After onboarding several new candidates, I was promoted to the position of Procurement Support Representative where oversee the procurement of goods and services for Halifax Transit at the largest transit repair facility in the municipality.

Duties: 

• Monitor and adjust inventory levels of the planned maintenance kits for Transit operations
• Timely and accurate sourcing of goods in response to requests from the inventory team
• Order monitoring and management of supplier relationships and contracts

SNC-Lavalin Defense                                                2017–2022

Purchaser | Minor Warships and Auxiliary Vessels 

In my role at SNC Lavalin Defense, I used my knowledge of private sector procurement to assist my team in innovating new back-end processing functions to eliminate document backlog and reduce data leakage risks. Employing my administrative skills, I generated new security procedures for our Engineering and management team to access secure sites, saving time and money for both my employer and our client. 
Duties: 

• Evaluate bids for compliance with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS 18001 standards. 
• Prepare and receive bid packages and requests with efficiency and best practices. 
• Audit bidders meetings while taking minutes and responding to inquiries from bidders.

Insight Enterprises                                                   2015–2017 

Buyer Associate 

At Insight Canada, I negotiated with potential client-partners to foster innovative sourcing and procurement strategy for unique project developments. I’ve taken this training in cooperative communication to ensure that requests for proposals are presented succinctly, mitigating risk to my client while facilitating fair proposal evaluations. 

Duties: 

• Overseeing orders with non-channel vendors to ensure efficient order delivery. 
• Negotiating order procedures with new and potential suppliers. 
• Cooperating with sales to maximize event efficiency and supplier recruitment.  

Peerless Clothing                                                                           2013–2015 
Quality Control Engineer Canadian Production

Proficient in resource scheduling and allocation, I managed the materials resource planning for over $20 million in annual production materials cost as a Quality Engineer for Peerless Clothing, the largest manufacturer of fine tailored clothing in North America. In my current role I use this knowledge to ensure that tenders are processed efficiently to align with project schedules. 

 

Duties: 

• Create the Bill of Materials (BOM) for all product lines entering Canadian production
• Ensure that BOM metadata is accurately embedded to ensure material availability and inventory management to support production scheduling
• Execute mass change transactions in SAP to reflect forecasting analytics and mitigate risk

NSCAD University Bachelors Degree| Halifax, Nova Scotia                    2013

Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute | Jingdezhen, China                              2011 

HACC College | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania                                            2010