Purchasing coordinator Jobs in Burnaby, BC

The Inventory Coordinator is responsible for inventory reporting, Equipment and material disposition, capacity/utilization analysis and reporting of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics for Services tooling and equipment in support of new vessel construction and repair/refit Programs at Seaspan Vancouver Shipyards (VSY).

Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 50 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.

What you’ll do

• Generate inventory cycle counts for all areas of the services department, including inventories held at auxiliary production sites. Review cycle count results and investigate variances.
• Create inventory on hand accuracy reports and perform trends analysis, resulting in recommendations for continuous improvement of inventory accuracy.
• Ensure cycle count processes and frequency of counts aligns with inventory management policies and contractual requirements.
• Analysis of inventories at multiple production sites with ongoing reporting of obsolescence, shelf life expiration and dead stock.
• Business lead for disposition of damaged/defective materials, including dead stock and obsolescence tracking.
• Analyze and report warehousing capacity and utilization against plan, to provide visibility to the business for budgeting and strategic planning.
• Ongoing review of distributed inventory issued to Operations, to maintain WIP alignment with production capacity.
• Oversee Kanban replenishment for materials currently managed in this manner and explore additional Kanban opportunities.
• Oversee VMI replenishment for materials currently managed in this manner and explore additional VMI opportunities.
• Collect, validate, interpret and organize various types of data into relevant metrics and reports and/or summaries.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned by management.
• Manage yard trailer CVIs, load information and available capacity.

What you’ll bring

• Post-secondary degree in a relevant field. An equivalent combination of education and/or work experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated experience in the responsibilities of this role.
• Minimum of 5 years inventory management and reporting experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience using MRP/ERP and CMMS systems.
• Experience with Kanban inventory management systems.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Excel, including pivot tables, macros, charting, and data analysis, with the ability to interpret KPIs and present insights clearly to diverse audiences.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, including data mining, performance measurement, and experience with ERP/MRP systems such as Oracle and IFS.
• Extensive knowledge of warehouse and manufacturing operations, including the development and management of Kanban systems to support production efficiency.
• Excellent communication, customer service, and problem-solving abilities, with a proven track record of collaborating effectively across all organizational levels in fast-paced environments.

Why you’ll love working here

• This is a full-time, permanent position. With multiple operations and long-term projects, Seaspan employees enjoy job stability as we look ahead to build ships for decades to come.
• In addition to an annual bonus and pension plan matching, this role provides you a very competitive salary in line with the successful candidate’s experience.
• We also provide a best-in-class health and wellness benefits package for this position, including such things as full health care (. unlimited physiotherapy), dental, vision, life insurance, medical leave coverage, parental leave coverage, childcare benefit partnership, Personal Spending Account, and an Employee Family Assistance Program (EFAP).
• Free on-site gym.
• Parking is included.

The estimated salary for this position is $73,800-$90,200. In determining final salary, Seaspan considers many factors including the successful Candidate’s skillset and experience as well as position location and internal equity. The final base salary offer will be at the Company’s sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.

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