Supply Chain Specialist

Convergint is currently recruiting for a Supply Chain Specialist to join our growing team in our Calgary, Edmonton, Fort McMurray or Vancouver locations. As the Supply Chain Specialist, you will provide support to effectively purchase product, supplies and equipment based on price, service, quality and warranty to ensure uninterrupted and timely supply of product to the Convergint Technology Centre warehouses Canada wide.

This role has an emphasis on timely generation of documentation in support of the Convergint Technologies Materials Management Program and motivation in building effective business relationships with vendors and customers alike.

You have a passion for providing world-class service to customers, colleagues and communities. You are a person of integrity with a commitment to growth, accountability and delivering results. You want to join an organization with a positive culture that embraces inclusion and allows everyone to be the best version of themselves at work and home. You want to grow with us and deliver results as an exceptional Supply Chain Administrator.

With 20-years of proven growth and exceptional performance, our mission is to be our customer’s best service provider. We realize the importance of diversity in achieving that goal. Our company was built upon a solid foundation of 10 Values and Beliefs which drive our unmatched culture, making us the #1 global, serviced-based systems integrator in the industry. We take great pride in protecting the lives and assets of our customers and their communities with the solutions we provide.

• Invite, assess, and award/recommend supplier tenders, bids, quotations, and proposals.
• Examine, select, order, and purchase goods and services at optimal cost consistent with specification requirements, and other factors in both project and service-based scenarios within purchasing authority.
• Consult with functional teams such as project managers, service coordinators, sales, operations, finance, and engineering/estimating to obtain relevant data and business intelligence.
• Analyze and choose the best modes of transportation for international and domestic shipments and assist with scheduling and coordinating shipments from suppliers to CTCs or CTC to CTC.
• Interact with suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors on an on-going basis, which may include negotiating prices, discounts, credit terms, and logistics.
• Source, negotiate, price, and prepare any RFx requests from sales, estimating, engineering, service, or operations.
• Support reverse logistics processes by working with administrators to authorize payment of invoices or return of material.
• Negotiate and arrange transport of goods with shipping or freight companies, and quote fare and rates for all shipment modes.
• Track product flow from origin to final delivery point.
• Trace lost or missing shipments and work with carriers/suppliers to initiate and complete freight claim processes.
• Expedite and follow up with suppliers to schedule deliveries, resolve material/value discrepancies, outstanding and overdue delivery of materials, warranty claims, damages, and return of materials.
• Collect and organize information from a variety of sources to present options regarding material and logistics to internal stakeholders to demonstrate sound decision making.
• Apply analytic methods or tools to understand, predict, or control supply chain operations or processes, such as data mining, data modelling, or cost/benefit analysis.
• Interpret data on logistics, availability, maintainability, reliability, transportation, and other supply chain focus areas. Collaborate and communicate knowledge (e.g. market information, customer insights, trends, etc.) across the business.
• Maintain product, service, and technical knowledge and apply new knowledge to management tasks for the improvement of customer service activities.
• Identify opportunities to add value beyond problem resolution to relevant business areas.
• Conduct logistics studies and apply logistics modeling techniques to address issues such as operational process improvement.
• Review and assess risk to…