Administrative Assistant - Procurement

Job Description

As the Administrative Assistant for the Procurement team, you will contribute to Laura’s success by coordinating supplies purchases for the stores, the Head Office and the Distribution Centre.

You will ensure optimal service for all employees at stores and Head Office and ensure efficiency for inventory management.

How will you support the team?

• Ensure supplier system information and costing remain up to date in order to avoid purchasing and sales errors.
• Ensure that information on invoices matches purchase orders before sending them to the Accounting Department.
• Receive, treat and invoice store requests with a high sense of urgency, or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.
• Separate and prioritize received requests and communicate with the Warehouse Foreman regarding resources needed.
• Prepare purchase orders.
• Prepare and maintain purchasing files, reports and records.
• Process purchases, files and paperwork.
• Obtain price quotations from catalogues and suppliers.
• Participate in meetings with store teams for needs assessments.
• Ensure regular store requests on supplies order forms are being addressed adequately.
• Ensure special requests from stores and Head Office are being addressed and actioned out effectively and within the timeframe expected.

Qualifications

The people who thrive with us have :

• Strong mathematical skills
• A strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook) is a must.
• Strong organization and the ability to prioritize.
• The ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Proficiency in French and English (written and spoken) to efficiently communicate with internal and external partners.

Don't miss this opportunity to join an exceptional team!

Additional Information

Laura Canada is a family-owned retailer housing two iconic women’s fashion apparel brands, Laura and Melanie Lyne. Based in Laval, Quebec, we design, produce, market and sell our fashion collections across Canada.

We proudly employ over 2,000 dedicated team members and operate more than 140 retail store locations as well as operating laura.

ca and melanielyne.com. We attribute our success to the unwavering commitment of our teams to delivering outstanding customer experiences while embodying our shared values of integrity, respect, teamwork, performance, and passion.

We believe that delivering an outstanding customer experience is driven by our commitment to an outstanding employee experience.