Procurement Specialist

Are you a highly motivated, team player, who wants the opportunity to challenge yourself?

Located in Barrie, Ontario, Innovative Automation designs and delivers advanced custom automation solutions for global manufacturers, including Fortune 500 companies. At Innovative Automation, we lead globally, industry-wide, and locally—with passion and pride. We foster a culture where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are part of everyday work, and where people are supported to grow both technically and professionally.

• Invest in employee growth through training, development, and advancement opportunities
• Encourage a "work hard, play hard" environment
• Support community involvement and team connection through events and fundraisers
• Value safety, family, and well-being alongside performance and quality

• Employer Matched RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Program)
• Flex-time Policy (flexible start and end times)
• Extended Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Paramedical, EFAP Benefits
• Healthcare Spending Account
• Employee Events
• Educational Assistance Programs
• Professional Dues Reimbursement
• Costco Membership Reimbursement
• Safety Boots and Safety Glasses Allowance

The Senior Procurement Specialist serves as a key link between Innovative Automation's project teams and its external supplier network. Success in this role requires strong technical procurement capability, supplier market knowledge, understanding of supplier shop load and delivery performance, and the ability to select the right supplier for the right work at the right time. The position is responsible for ensuring purchased materials and outsourced manufacturing services are delivered with the required quality, timing, and cost effectiveness to support successful project execution.

• Obtain competitive quotations for machined components, traditional machining work, welded fabrications, machined and welded frames, structural frames, and purchased materials.
• Review drawings, specifications, quantities, and delivery requirements to ensure RFQs are clear, complete, and aligned with project needs.
• Analyze quotations for technical compliance, supplier capability, delivery commitment, quality performance, commercial value, and overall project risk.
• Select suppliers based on demonstrated capability, historical performance, shop load, available capacity, lead time, quality record, responsiveness, and cost competitiveness.
• Generate and manage purchase orders within the ERP system, ensuring pricing, delivery dates, specifications, and contractual requirements are accurate.
• Negotiate pricing, delivery schedules, payment terms, currency considerations, and other commercial conditions as required.
• Ensure purchased products and outsourced manufacturing services meet project specifications, quality requirements, and schedule expectations.

• Develop and maintain a clear understanding of each supplier's manufacturing capabilities, equipment, capacity, certifications, technical strengths, and limitations.
• Identify suppliers best suited for machining, welding, fabrication, finishing, specialty manufacturing, and frame-building requirements.
• Maintain supplier performance knowledge based on quality, delivery, responsiveness, communication, and ability to meet Innovative Automation project requirements.
• Evaluate supplier performance on a regular basis and use performance history to guide sourcing decisions.
• Work with suppliers to resolve delivery, quality, capacity, and communication issues while supporting continuous improvement of the external supply base.
• Support the development of supplier scorecards, capability matrices, and preferred supplier lists for key purchasing categories.

• Develop an understanding of supplier shop load based on Innovative Automation orders placed with each supplier, committed delivery dates, open purchase orders, and supplier delivery performance.
• Assess supplier capacity and timing risks before awarding new work, particularly for machined and welded frames, fabricated assemblies, and critical-path project components.
• Proactively identify supplier overload, supplier bottlenecks, long-lead issues, and project schedule risks before they impact customer commitments.
• Perform regular expediting activities and maintain accurate supplier delivery updates for internal stakeholders.
• Communicate timing risks, recovery plans, and delivery status updates to Project Management, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain leadership.
• Balance workload across qualified suppliers where appropriate to improve delivery performance, manage risk, and support project execution.

• Develop sourcing strategies for recurring commodity groups, machined components, welded fabrications, frames, and custom manufacturing requirements.
• Identify and qualify new…