Job Title: Procurement Specialist

Job Description

Join a dynamic team as a Procurement Specialist, where you will play a crucial role in tracking, monitoring, and maintaining purchase order deliveries to ensure on-time delivery schedules. You will communicate with suppliers, negotiate prices and discounts, and manage supply chain strategies to maximize value.

ResponsibilitiesTrack, monitor, and maintain purchase order deliveries to drive on-time delivery to schedules.Communicate with, evaluate, and approve suppliers to ascertain their ability to meet company requirements, goals, and objectives.Negotiate prices, discounts, and delivery arrangements with suppliers.Perform ongoing reviews of product, service, equipment, and expense usage to identify new opportunities for cost savings.Utilize historical and other benchmarking data to ensure competitive pricing.Manage cost containment, product standardization, supplier consolidation, and benchmarking reports.Act as a key resource by assisting in the research and development of products, services, and equipment alternatives.Maintain favorable terms and conditions and focus on vendor capacities for low-cost design.Advise new product design teams regarding supplier capabilities to achieve compliant solutions.Provide early input on product design ease and cost of supply.Engage suppliers early in project life to gain their input into product solutions.Support engineering design methodology from a supply chain perspective.Maintain a preferred parts list to drive selection of common parts across projects.Devise and implement a project procurement plan.Ensure timely project parts delivery through all phases.Maintain regular product material cost metrics and achieve project cost requirements.Essential SkillsMinimum 5 years’ experience in PurchasingProficiency in custom manufacturingAdvanced skills in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables & VLOOKUPVendor negotiation and management expertiseKnowledge of PMPExperience with JDE or JD EdwardsStrategic sourcingUnderstanding of engineering drawingsAdditional Skills & QualificationsProcurement administrationVendor relationship managementExcel database proficiency
Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $48.08/hr.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Cambridge,ON.

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\n À propos d'Aston Carter:\n

Aston Carter fournit des solutions de talent de classe mondiale à des milliers de clients à travers le monde. Spécialisés dans la comptabilité, la finance, les ressources humaines, l’acquisition de talents, la chaîne d’approvisionnement et certaines professions administratives, nous étendons les capacités des entreprises à la pointe de l'industrie. Nous nous appuyons sur notre profonde expertise en matière de recrutement et sur notre réseau expansif pour répondre aux besoins évolutifs de nos clients et de notre communauté de talents avec agilité et excellence. Avec des bureaux aux États-Unis, au Canada, en Asie-Pacifique et en Europe, Aston Carter est au service d’un grand nombre d’entreprises du Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers d’avoir remporté le double diamant ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® pour notre service aux clients et aux talents.\n

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Aston Carter est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de l’âge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut d’ancien combattant, d’un handicap, de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

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Si vous souhaitez faire une demande d’accommodement raisonnable, tel que la modification ou l’ajustement du processus de demande d’emploi ou d’entrevue à cause d’un handicap, veuillez envoyer un courriel à astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com pour connaître d’autres options d’accommodement.

\n\n \n About Aston Carter:\n

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.

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The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.

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