Overview

• Lead the organization of the warehouse.
• Develop and implement best practices for Warehouse management.
• Provide support and reporting for Purchasing Manager and Plant Management Team.

Responsibilities

Safety :

Serve as a role model in the areas of safety, leadership, teamwork, customer focus, and continuous improvement to ensure alignment with the company’s vision and critical success factors.

Support local businesses with Contractor Safety Management (CSM) compliance and training, and third party pre-qualification platform process simplification and accountability on deliverables.

Operational Procurement :

Direct business lines towards improved operational discipline in procurement processes (POATF, Buyways, eCatalogs, Pcard Policy and other).

Attend to procurement challenges raised by local management, devise cross-functional solutions and execute on these solutions.

Manage all aspects of warehousing in a time sensitive manner, including but not limited to : handling stock reconciliation, incoming goods, issuing goods, receiving returned goods, inventory, quality and inspection stock as necessary.

Negotiations & Savings :

Drive the realization of savings, supply efficiency, quality, and process improvements in the local market area.

Identify saving opportunities and initiate individual projects and initiatives at all operational levels.

Negotiate in close coordination with Category Management for local volumes, processes, quality levels and prices.

Secure best supply options while minimizing risks of supply chain for newly sourced items and negotiate agreements with the current supply base as well as new / potential suppliers.

Identify procurement saving opportunities and initiate individual projects & initiatives at all operational levels.

Process Management & Improvement :

Drive for efficiency and simplification of processes along with the Canada Process and Performance management team, the Canada Project and Development team, and American Business Service Centre (ABS) regarding automation and digital transformation.

Reporting & Performance :

Ensure the implementation and tracking of performance indicators and achieved results.

Tasks :

Take responsibility to receive, store, and dispatch goods; track shipments; coordinate import and export activities; and interface with internal and external customers and suppliers as necessary

Complete responsibility for the inventory reorder process

Acts as parts coordinator with respect to SAP

Purchase consumables

Handle damaged freight disputes

Handle delivery errors with Vendors

Ensure parts identification and labeling

Ensure timely receipt of all raw materials and parts

Ensure compliance with inventory control

Supervise stores hourly personnel, including training, disciplinary issues, time entry, scheduling, compliance with safety requirements of stores personnel, ensure storage meets all the safety requirements

Train and update plant and terminal employees as required on P2P / JiVS systems.

Month End Reconciliation

Run Reorder reports

Validate reorder data to ensure items are actually needed and the data on report is accurate

Interfaces with Item Master group

Inventory accuracy and cycle count process

Develop working capital reduction plan

Run and review obsolescence reports

Create new item #’s

Vending Machine and Vendor managed inventory coordination

Implementation of Parts Agreements

Manage Stores Suppliers

Maintenance of stores facilities and stores mobile equipment

Responsible for maintaining security of stores inventory to prevent loss from theft

Provide support in absence of Purchasing Manager

Provide support to Eastern Canada Stores Supervisors

Relationship with Other Jobs :

Internal : Works closely with Plant Management towards the successful coordination of combined objectives and purchasing best practices implementation Interfaces with Item Master group Direct cooperation with technical specialists in the definition of specifications

External : Vendors / Suppliers

Qualification Profile

Education & Experience

Bachelor Degree with at least 3 years of experience or High School Diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience

Inventory Management experience preferred

Plant-level and / or divisional operations or maintenance experience

Field of Study Preferred : Purchasing, Logistics, Planning

Required Work Experience : At least 3 years in purchasing or warehouse management or 3 years in a manufacturing environment, production or maintenance

Required Computer and Software Skills : Proficient in MS Office, Good SAP knowledge

Travel Requirements : Low

Experience in cement or heavy industrial setting an asset.

Technical / Functional Skills :

Demonstrated performance in working within cross-functional teams, with requisite drive and energy to ensure that a challenging benefits and capability building agenda is successfully delivered.

Excellent computer skills.

Ability to understand the technical aspects of LafargeHolcim product lines from a procurement perspective.

Leadership & Managerial Competencies :

Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to communicate effectively / convincingly at all levels (including technical and operational) and with all functions in English.

Effective time management, planning and organization skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and drive tasks to completion in a fixed time-frame and in a pressured environment.

Ability to work with cross-functional teams and build relationships across multiple functions.

Ability to deal with ambiguities, conflicts and adversarial relationships.

Superior negotiation skills.

Proven ability in analysis and interpretation of data.

Proven ability to identify problems quickly, make sound judgments, establish and implement solutions.

Languages :

English

Dimensions (indicative) :

External annual spend of $75M to $M.

Direct Reports :

We thank you for your interest. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Lafarge is committed to the principles of employment equity and encourages the applications from women, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Lafarge Canada Inc. welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. In Ontario, our organization / business is committed to fulfilling our requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.