Vendor Manager - Burnaby, Canada - Greenlane Renewables

Greenlane Renewables

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Burnaby, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Title Vendor Manager

Location Burnaby, BC

Reports to Vice President, Supply Chain Management & Strategic Sourcing

Summary
Greenlane Renewables Inc., headquartered in metro Vancouver, Canada, is a pioneer in the rapidly
growing renewable natural gas ("RNG") industry. As a leading global provider of biogas upgrading
systems, we are helping to clean up two of the largest and most difficult-to-decarbonize sectors of

the global energy system:
the natural gas grid and the commercial transportation sector. Our
systems produce clean, low-carbon and carbon-negative renewable natural gas (RNG) from
organic waste sources including landfills, wastewater treatment plants, dairy farms, and food waste.
Greenlane is the only biogas upgrading company offering the three main technologies: water wash,
pressure swing adsorption, and membrane separation and has over 30 years industry experience,
patented proprietary technology, over 100 hydrogen sulfide treatment systems sold, and over 135
biogas upgrading systems sold into 19 countries, including many of the largest RNG production
facilities in the world. Greenlane is a publicly-traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange
(

TSX:
GRN).

The Vendor Manager is a strategic position and will be responsible for leading the global search for
the identification, assessment and selection of long-term suppliers that align with Greenlane's biogas
upgrading system technologies. The Vendor Manager will exercise their acute business and
technical savvy to oversee the negotiation and execution of master supply agreements with selected
suppliers. This role will work closely with Procurement, Logistics, Product Engineering, Supplier
Quality Engineering, and our Sales teams. Collectively they will work as a team to ensure strategic
suppliers will fully meet Greenlane's cost, quality, and delivery objectives while taking into account
the global geographic disbursement of our customers.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Responsible for leading the global search and identification of potential strategic suppliers,

taking into account the geographical location of our customers.

Collaborate with Product Engineering to identify manufactured modules and commercial

components required for Greenlane's product solutions and customer projects globally.

Coordinate with Supplier Quality Engineering to conduct formal supplier assessments and

qualification processes.

Drive continuous improvement of supplier's quality, cycle, and delivery performance.
Lead the negotiation of master supply agreements with selected suppliers, at all times keeping

- the Product Engineering and Supply Chain teams informed.

Ensure all master supply agreements clearly define the scope of supply, optimize our costs,

provide reliable delivery, meet Greenlane's quality standards, and provide continuous support
over the term of the agreement.

Collaborate with the Procurement, Logistics, Sales and Product Engineering teams on supply

chain and product strategies.

Design, implement and assess supplier performance metrics (cost, delivery, service, quality,

innovation) and lead corrective actions as required.

Participate in the implementation of internal business process initiatives and improvements.
Drive continuous improvement in all aspects of the business through participation in

lessons-learned, risk register reviews, and other process and performance improvement
initiatives.

Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree,MBA preferred, plus a minimum of 10+ years' experience of strategic

sourcing and supplier relationship management, ideally in the renewable natural gas sector.

Strategic thinker with the ability to effectively collaborate with internal teams to establish and

deliver on key company objectives.

Significant experience with suppliers in the sectors of custom manufacturing, mechanical,

electrical and electronic components and with third-party professional engineering and technical
services.

Proven commercial negotiation skills with suppliers with a track record of establishing winwin

relationships with key suppliers.

Relentless in the pursuit of cost reduction opportunities.
Demonstrated success maintaining positive interpersonal relationships which encourage

openness with team members and suppliers using exceptional influencing, facilitation and
collaboration skills.

Strong work ethic and the ability to provide exceptional teamwork in order to fully support

internal teams in meeting tight deadlines.

Great attitude, personable, courteous and a great team player.
Strong planning, organizational skills and attention to detail.
Good written and oral communication skills.
Cando, positive, proactive attitude and capable of working independently with mínimal

- supervision.