Procurement Specialist - Mississauga, Canada - SNC-Lavalin

SNC-Lavalin

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Mississauga, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Why join us?
SNC-Lavalin provides cutting-edge engineering, procurement, construction and financing solutions to projects in more than 100 countries around the world.

From the Canadian Arctic to the Southern African region and Australasia, our multicultural workforce is driven by a fierce pride in their work and a pioneering vision.

SNC-Lavalin is truly a global leader in its field and has been chosen to design and build some of the most prestigious projects in the world.

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How will you contribute to the team?

The Procurement Specialist is responsible for participation in development, testing, and rollout of purchasing systems, conducting training sessions and preparing training materials, manuals, presentations, etc., and acting as a single point of contact (SPOC) for all system related issues for requestors, buyers and material control.

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Actively participate in the development and testing of purchasing systems and the roll out including required process and procedure updates.
Act as a facilitator to ensure the technical requirements are correctly identified to facilitate material coding, requisition setup, and execution.
Acts as a single point of contact (SPOC) for all system related issues for Requestors, Buyers, and Material Control, logging and resolving all issues.
Work with Training and Development to plan and execute both classroom and oneonone sessions for users performing procure to pay activities.
Responsible for classroom and oneonone user training: Procurement processes and procedures, CMMS Express, SQD, Oracle iRequisition, myTRAK, as it relates to the following procurement touchpoints: Material Coding, Requisitioning, Request for Proposal, Purchasing, Supplier document deliverables, records, etc.
Prepare training material, manuals, checklists, presentations, and syllabus
Interface with Training and Development, Purchasing, Technical Community, and Material Control
Coordinate software enhancements between Procurement and IT/Engineering Tools
Update purchasing database to ensure all fields are complete and accurate.

What will you contribute?

Postsecondary degree or equivalent job experience

Good knowledge of organizational structure, activities, policies, and procedures

Experience in training or public speaking is essential

Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills are essential

Must possess a high level of tact, initiative and diplomacy

Capable of working and responding to queries without guidance/direction in the absence of management

Must be a team player

Visual concentration is required for working in various systems

Willingness and ability to spend a lot of time training in a classroom and travelling from building to building conducting oneonone user training

Exceptional public speaking and customer service skills are required

Must be able to resolve issues that develop during requisitioning and evaluation of proposals/bids.
Must be able to analyse competitive proposal/bids and provide a summary and recommendation to Management.
Visual concentration is required for working in various systems and reviewing reports.
Ability to spend a lot of time training in a classroom and travelling from building to building conducting oneonone user training.