Bilingual Buyer

What is the Opportunity?

Aecon is a market leader with a self-perform competitive advantage and core local strength in key markets. We’re proud of our work helping to expand and improve Canada’s infrastructure and transportation networks, and we’re ready to build the future of our country.

At Aecon, we aim to be the partner of choice for end-to-end delivery of civil infrastructure projects and as such we are looking for our next Bilingual Buyer to support our Civil East division in Quebec on the Contrecoeur Project.

Aecon is currently seeking a Bilingual Buyer to join our Contrecoeur Project based in Contrecoeur which is 40km away from Montreal. The successful candidate will be a key contributor to a broad array of supply chain program management initiatives to support the project. The Bilingual Buyer is responsible for all procurement-related activities and for satisfying our internal customers with superior delivery, cost, and quality, as well as tracking open orders.

What You’ll Do Here:

• Accountable for project procurement plan and on-time delivery.
• Responsible for the procurement process in SAP.
• Negotiating low-value contracts with vendors and service providers.
• Adherence to Aecon's preferred supplier sourcing footprint.
• Accountable for driving towards zero exceptions in the procure to pay process.
• Real time solution of price, delivery, account assignment, material, and service-related exceptions.
• Actively participates and aids in the development of vendor improvement plans.

What You Bring to the Team:

• An undergraduate degree in Business Administration or Engineering preferred.
• Proven organizational skills and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks within a fast-paced work environment.
• Advanced communication skills demonstrated through previous experience in the following contexts: multi-disciplinary project & program meetings, technical reviews with solution provider / vendor / supplier and subject matter experts.
• Experience in program management would be considered an asset.
• Ability to interpret process flow charts to understand what data is captured and how it travels between various applications.
• Ability to build positive working relationships with professionals within industry and internal clients.
• Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Attention to detail, mathematical and analytical skills.
• Solid research skills and commitment to continually learn about new products / technologies / processes.
• Proficiency using Microsoft office (Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint) and SAP (Procure to pay).