Strategic Supply Chain Lead

The Strategic Supply Chain Lead will be responsible for the following:

Role: A Strategic Supply Chain Lead works with a team of purchasers to ensure all materials, consumables, and components for manufacturing are ordered in a timely manner. They will lead the strategic growth and continuous improvement efforts with our supply chain, write purchase orders to vendors, review purchasing specifications, request quotations, and work with vendors to streamline production. They will ensure all required documentation for purchased items are accounted for and appropriately filed in our system to ensure compliance and traceability.

They will work with our ERP system to ensure accuracy and accountability with our purchased items.

• Lead continuous improvement efforts in purchasing and procurement
• Lead and guide the purchasing team to ensure efficiency
• Handle internal requests for purchased materials, tooling, services, or outsourcing
• Manage tooling and vending machine stock items as required
• Handles communication to suppliers when obtaining, and negotiating pricing, timing, and quality
• Follow up with suppliers as required after P.O. is issued to make sure progress is being made and that delivery of purchased product or service will be on time
• Communicate with receiving on expected shipment deliveries
• Assist with receiving of purchased items as required, review compliance and documentation
• Work with quality department on any specific testing or inspection requirements on purchased items
• Manage any quality or timing related issues that occur at an outsource or service vendor and communicate with Project Manager
• Manage approved vendor list. Including all vendor information listed, including adding of new vendors
• Assist with compliance and regulatory needs as required
• Manage periodic inventory counts and reconciliations

• Minimum High School education or equivalent
• Certification in manufacturing or purchasing considered and asset
• Certification or training in leadership
• Mandatory that this role take part in a criminal record check and controlled goods screening

• 5+ years of work experience in purchasing, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Strong experience leading teams, preferably in a supply chain setting
• Experience reading engineering and manufacturing drawings an asset
• Experience in the machining industry is considered an asset
• Experience working in an ERP systems is considered an asset
• Experience with Excel, Word, and Outlook is required

• 7:30am-4:00pm Monday – Friday

• Competitive wages based on experience and knowledge level
• Employee benefits with medical, dental and life
• A fun, friendly and casual work environment with company sponsored events
• 2 Paid Flex days per year