Buyer- Order Fulfillment - Oakville, Canada - Veolia

Veolia

Verified Company

Oakville, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Summary about the area and the role:

At WTS, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We're an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We offer challenging and meaningful careers, with competitive benefits and flexible work arrangements.

As an Order Fulfillment Buyer/ Expeditor within the Sourcing team, you will interact with PSI, Plant Production, Logistics, Category Management, Sourcing, quality assurance, accounts payable, and suppliers to help support production activities and schedules.

You will be responsible for purchase orders and their contents from the moment they are issued until they are closed out i.e. setting contract terms, maintaining Outline Agreements, order confirmation, expediting deliveries, maintaining accurate delivery dates in SAP, Coordinating with Quality and Logistics, resolving any payment issues to the supplier, financial tracking of costs recognition, and any other tasks as assigned by the manager.

Key Characteristics

Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to interact effectively with senior management and Suppliers

Good Expediting skills, along with the ability to analyze problems and solve them

Self-governed and motivated to perform tasks within established guidelines

Duties & Responsibilities

PO creation, and interfacing with suppliers to ensure PO is received/acknowledged, schedule received, and ship date is met.

Ensure planned ship date aligns with production needs and, if not, work with supplier to improve delivery.

Manages Quarterly Price Adjustments and maintain Outline AgreementsRegularly assessing deliveries and expediting as necessary

Collaborating with Internal and External stakeholders

Ensure Master Data is accurate

Invoice resolution with supplier and Accounts Payable

Coordinating with Logistics to ensure goods are shipped safely and in a timely manner

Other tasks as assigned

Hard Skills

Excellent Expediting skills, preferably related to Engineering equipment

Familiarity with purchase order conditions, INCOTERMS, domestic and International Logistics

Good communicator having strong interpersonal, presentation and facilitation skills

Strong quantitative and analytical skills

Time Management skills

Capable of working in a team, prioritizing, multi-tasking, and organizing

Agile and adaptable to changing priorities

Purchase order life cycle management

Proficient in MS Excel, Outlook, and Word

SAP Knowledge

Soft Skills

Strategic:
Gets the big game. Understands long term. Respects short term but doesn't get hung up in the noise.

Inspirational:
Ability to inspire/ motivate others.

Curious:
Ability to pose high impact questions, seeing opportunities in areas where others see problems.

Courageous:
Champions ideas and helps transform them into actions.

Humble:
Respectful towards peers, team members, leadership and stakeholders.

Holistic:
Think customer and Company first.

Accountable:
Demonstrates responsibility ownership and commitment. Taking responsibility for making tough calls when necessary.

Ambitious:
Identifies underlying truths and comes up with ideas that change the way we conceptualize issues, depicts vision of future that rallies teams to compete in new ways.

Education & Experience

Required:

Bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) in an applicable or related field to /Sourcing/Procurement/Supply Chain/ Business Administration

5 years minimum experience in increasing roles in purchasing, expediting or supply chain.

Preferred (if applicable):

Preferred global experience

Working Conditions
**Annual travel required. 10%