Accu-staff Resource Systems Enterprises LTD
Location
Windsor, ON | Canada
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Purchasing Manager for a top Global organization in the Windsor ON area!
Responsibilities include:
- Overseeing the day-to-day sourcing of goods and services, equipment, and managing vendors. Collaborate with other members of the leadership team to align all improvement activities with corporate and plant directives.
- Participate in product development teams representing the needs of procurement/plant operations in development initiatives and through issue resolution.
- Responsible for aligning strategic procurement activities across all commodities to the Global Procurement team objectives.
- Establishes buyer goals based on the Windsor Facility goals and career objectives, monitoring and revising as required.
- Independently makes decisions with regard to assigned areas of responsibility.
- Establish and implement Windsor purchasing policies, procedures and best practices.
- Ensure alignment to IATF 16949.
- Performance manage, development and motivate purchasing staff. Oversee the operations and daily activities of the purchasing department.
- Develop and manage purchasing budgets and forecasts.
- Ensure the purchasing and repair & maintenance budgets remain within the established limits. When these limits are not met, display the variation utilizing standardized reporting formats, and recovery plans.
- Solicit pricing, selection and manage the cost tracking of programs from initial customer requests through to end of life requirements.
- Manage the supplier selection process based on price, quality, support, capacity and reliability. Responsible for managing component supply in support of product launch and changes, ensuring plant expectations are met.
- Creation and tracking of incoming component plans in support of new program launches and engineering changes to the plant, whether driven by cost, technical or process.
- Manage, negotiate and administer purchasing contracts with ensuring legal and organizational requirements are met.
- Troubleshoot cost, quality and delivery concerns.
- Direct continuous improvement of purchasing processes in line with changing organizational needs and market conditions.
- Monitor supplier and vendor performance
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Able to work with limited oversight.
- Requires good oral and written communication skills in English as well as computer skills.
- Must think logical with sound problem-solving abilities.
- Requires product documentation development and execution skills.
- Knowledge of project management, including the use of standard project management tools and techniques.
- Capable of planning, organizing, directing, and prioritizing tasks and projects.
- Requires knowledge of technology development as it relates to new products and/or product enhancements.
- Good technical knowledge of components and related processes. Ability to organize and facilitate cross-functional meetings.
- Experience in partnering with business leaders on developing and driving global initiatives.
- High Level interpersonal and leadership skills; must be able to influence and coach across multiple levels within the company and locations; including establishing global partnerships.
- Ability to staff and develop an effective and capable team.
- Demonstrated understanding of regulatory environments
- Demonstrated business acumen
- Change management leadership capability
- Experience with acquisition integration preferred.
ACCU-STAFF has an accommodation process in place and provides accommodations for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or a medical need, please contact Human Resources so that arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodations to be in place before you begin your employment. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified.
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