Strategic Procurement Specialist & Analyst

Job Purpose & Description

We are seeking an eager strategic procurement professional looking for a challenging and rewarding career in End to End procurement. This individual will report to the Director of Procurement and will spend majority of their time evaluating the North American packaging supplier network to find efficiencies which drive cost savings and / or operational excellence. The individual will also review external data and calculate pricing as well as forecasting. Aside from deep critical analysis, the Sourcing Specialist will regularly interact with both internal and external stakeholders to negotiate agreements and address the qualitative requirements of sourcing activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the company wide packaging spend sourcing strategy for North America in conjunction with the overall procurement global / regional strategy.
• Develop and implement spend category / sourcing strategies to achieve business objectives for key stakeholders.
• Pursue implementation of ‘category management’ processes and bring innovation, change management and new opportunities to the company to ensure total cost reduction for the category.
• Conduct tender for major packaging acquisition, support commercial and risk analysis through interviews, ensure sufficient levels of competition and pursue creative supply strategies.
• Negotiate and finalize contractual agreement with key suppliers.
• Calculate resin price and forecasting
• Actively contribute to the global community of category managers in moving toward standardization and integration of processes, systems and practices.

Job Requirements

Education & Certificates :

Technical Skills & Experience :

Competencies

Key Relationships

Support to manufacturing plants and Distribution Centers in the acquisition process by providing total cost of ownership value to development and replacement project. Additionally,

Frequent communication with both internal and external customers, communicates regularly with employees at all levels, including senior executives and global, Collaborates with peers on a regular basis.

Working Conditions

This position is based out of the company's corporate office in Oakville, ON but may require travel to vendor locations and various company plants / distribution centres throughout North America. The job will require the successful candidate to be on site a minimum of three times a week

Travel

Employee will be required to travel 10% of the time; Employee may need to occasionally visit other company locations.