Buyer Jobs

Introduction

Our petrochemical industry client is seeking a Buyer to join their team in either Joffre, Alberta or Sarnia, Ontario. In this role, you will assist the company in handling high-volume purchase requisitions. Your responsibilities will include verifying and completing requisitions, obtaining necessary approvals, ensuring supplier qualifications are met, and ensuring contract compliance. By following established guidelines and timelines, you will create purchase orders to facilitate timely delivery.

Responsibilities

• Identify cost improvement opportunities for assessment and achieve improvements in operational efficiencies and cost savings.
• Escalate issues timely and appropriately to mitigate business risk.
• Interface with receiving and stakeholders to resolve blocked good receipts.
• Receive and review order acknowledgements from suppliers.
• Interface with expediting to validate delivery dates, order accuracy, ship method, and payment terms.
• Apply Technical Procurement best practices and participate in the standardization of business processes.
• Interface with accounts payable with invoice issues related to purchase order discrepancies and capture of early payment discounts.
• Manage daily transactional activities following the procurement operations process in accordance with the risk, spend and scope of work complexity.
• Effectively engage, consult, and collaborate with other service groups within NOVA Chemicals including but not limited to Stores, Expediting, Logistics, Legal, Tax, and Risk, as required.
• Maintain information on supplier performance indicators, such as on time delivery, quality and other Purchase Order (PO) requirements.
• Provide inputs to the Technical Procurement reports for distribution to our stakeholders.
• Perform follow-up with suppliers to resolve transactional issues on a daily basis.
• Record material source and information within the system to streamline future purchases.
• Understand and apply requirements that meet company interests and protect through compliance and risk mitigation.
• Execute high volume companywide purchase requisitions - verify purchase requisitions for accuracy, completion, required approvals, supplier qualification and contract compliance in order to create purchase orders within established guidelines/timelines and to ensure on-time delivery.

Requirements

• Proficiency in Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, and PowerPoint).
• Ability to persuade and educate stakeholders such that they gain a full appreciation for the various procurement risks and realistic service levels and associated cost.
• Knowledge of eProcurement and eCatalog management systems is an asset.
• Good interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• A University degree, college diploma and/or Professional Designation, with a minimum of 1-3 years related experience and a progressive record of professional development OR a minimum of 5-7 years combination of post-secondary education and related experience with continued professional development.
• Pursuing a Professional Designation is an asset.
• Strong organizational skills, time management and results oriented.
• An understanding of local/regional laws as may be applicable for both domestic and international purchase.
• Demonstrated ability to form effective relationships with key stakeholders under challenging deadlines and/or market conditions.
• Proficiency in Source-to-pay/Procure to pay tools (e.g., SAP MM, Ariba).

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