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Aplin has partnered with an Edmonton based company to hire a Procurement Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Vendor discovery and commercial evaluation thereof.
• Following global procurement developments and trends, and leveraging this knowledge to inform operational tactics and procurement strategies.
• Discover suppliers
• Optimize costs through value-engineering and smart procurement
• Building KPI reporting to ensure continuous, high-performance of the function.
• Taking responsibility for resource governance of the Procurement Engineering Function.
• Building an internal knowledge base on employment law and other business-relevant regulations.
• Identify opportunities to improve execution, and to capture and incorporate these opportunities into daily operations
• Driving performance management and compensation management processes.
• Creating and implementing a Procurement and Engineering Strategy that consistently delivers results, manages risk, and advances corporate objectives.
• Recruiting, developing, and managing the performance of teammates to drive world-class execution.
• Building, training, maturing, and improving a team that works cross-functionally, and in partnership with vendors to:
• Design, engineer, and validate consumer products

Qualifications:

• 10+ years experience with global and domestic procurement, preferably with experience in consumer goods, manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics.
• Proven track record of building and leveraging relationships with suppliers.
• Demonstrable knowledge of negotiation best practices and commercial awareness.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Procurement best practices and strategy.
• Industry designations considered assets, but not required.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• 5+ years experience leading and structuring teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, science, engineering, or other related field.