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Buyer/Planner

by Canduct Industries Limited

Position Type: Full-time
Location: London, ON
Date Posted: May 07, 2022
Experience: 3 Years
Education: College Diploma (3 years)
Canduct Industries Limited

Job Description

We are seeking a Buyer / Material Planner to join our Supply Chain Operations team.

This fulltime position provides support though managing day to day purchasing tasks, material requirements planning, supplier relationship management, product life cycle, logistics and on time deliveries to ensure production requirements are met.
Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, our ideal candidate will combine their professional experience, skills and knowledge of supply chain, scheduling, and planning activities.
The candidate must have strong analytical and critical thinking skills and the ability to anticipate changes in work demands and seek alternative solutions. Working as part of a strong team demonstrating flexibility in completing tasks while following establish processes that deliver exceptional results.

What you’re responsible for:

General
  • Willing and able to be ‘hands-on’ as needed to participate in physical counts
  • Establish and maintain strong relationships with Suppliers and negotiate details
  • Develop reports and perform administrative tasks
  • Develop the capacity to think in a careful and discerning way to solve problems, to analyze data, to recall and apply information.
  • Work with production, quality, and accounting departments.
  • Change, elaborate, adapt, support, and implement continuous improvement projects to
  • improve on ideas and processes related to strategy, supplier identification, assessment, negotiation, selection, and qualification.
Buyer
  • Issue and manage purchase orders
  • Issue and manage Requests for Quotations with suppliers
  • Manage assigned suppliers to assure on-time delivery of supplies at the best total cost.
  • Work with established suppliers to ensure continuous supply and availability of all production materials
     
Planner
  • Gather information, analyze inventory data and other reports to plan material purchasing
  • Expedite shipments with supply base when needed
  • Plan orders for production activity to maintain appropriate scheduling of material to control sufficient capacity of materials.
  • Complete planning tasks for buying domestically and overseas


To join our team:
  • Purchasing/Planning and inventory control experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Microsoft Office Suite experience, with excellent Excel skills and Visual is an asset
  • Experience with long lead time and overseas planning
  • Experience with MRP/ERP database systems.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize work
  • Meticulous attention to detail
  • Analytical person who meets deadlines
  • Flexible team player
  • Ambitious and eager to learn
What we Offer You:
  • Opportunity to work for a very well respected, and established leader in the energy sector
  • Excellent growth and advancement opportunities
  • A competitive compensation package including a benefit package, potential for annual bonus and RRSP program
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program
  • Regular hours with no weekend work - Monday – Friday 8am-4:30pm
Join our Team
If this sounds like an opportunity for you, apply today! Submit your resume and cover letter to:
Lee-Ann -  lconnelly@canduct.ca

We thank all candidates who apply for this role, however, please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted.