Purchasing Manager Jobs

About Us:

With over 60 years of industry experience, Gescan has 26 branches located across Western Canada. At Gescan, we leverage our strong global resource base, our local expertise, and our family-oriented values to deliver the best service to our customers and suppliers.

We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees. In Canada, we are represented by 7 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 110 locations with coverage in 9 provinces.

To explore and learn more about Sonepar opportunities, please visit www.career.sonepar.com

What’s In It For You?

• An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.
• You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
• We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
• A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
• You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.

Scope of the Position:

Reporting to the Director of Supply Chain Management, the Purchasing manager is responsible for all purchasing and inventory operations throughout Gescan. The role will also lead the transformation of the procurement team from a traditional, tactical group to a progressive, collaborative and strategic purchasing team.

Key responsibilities:

• Accountable for meeting inventory service level objectives and inventory turn objectives within multiple sites, purchasing and inventory lead in all meetings.
• Manages the purchasing and inventory operational budget, and identifies and manages variances, including other budgetary and financial reports as required.
• Other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Develops, manages, and assesses purchasing and inventory performance through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), metrics and use data to drive continuous improvement into support of business management and strategy.
• Analyze complex situations and data, providing creative solutions to achieve desired result.
• Develop, implement, and maintain the Purchasing and Inventory teams strategic plan, encompassing organizational requirements, departmental growth, and vision for one-, three-, and five-year projections.
• Lead and mentor the Purchasing team, including driving accountability, setting performance objectives, regular team meetings and communicating direction and changes, and training.
• Develops and maintains strong internal and external business relationships, across all levels, working closely with Marketing, Pricing, Sales Management and Vendor Management to execute changes to SKUs and inventory needs with accuracy and speed.
• Create an efficient replenishment and inventory management culture based on strong process, continuous improvement, and team development.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Proven ability to use computerized materials management inventory systems and various software applications, such as Word and Excel.
• 5+ years of experience successfully working as a purchasing manager within a complex purchasing environment, ideally in retail or distribution industries, where efficiency in supply chain are critical to sales growth and profit optimization.
• Working knowledge of accounting and budget practices.
• Proven ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing in English.
• Proven ability to effectively lead a large team.
• Excellent organizational, planning, problem solving, decision making and time management skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships in a team environment.
• A Supply Chain Management Professional from SCMA and/or a related business / commerce degree preferred.

Benefits & Perks:

• Flexible benefits program allowing you to choose from options that best fit you and your dependents’ needs. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending Account & RRSP matching.
• Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and a career path.
• Regardless of your benefits program, you will receive company paid Life Insurance, and employee paid disability.
• We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits, including:

Social Media:

Website: www.Gescan.com

Twitter: @gescanwest

Facebook: Gescan Canada

LinkedIn: Gescan

YouTube: GescanTV

Next Steps:

We are interested in knowing you more. Start an exciting new career and enjoy a number of employee benefits by applying online. We are very thankful for your interest in joining the team, however only individuals selected for interview will be contacted.

Sonepar is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes submissions from all candidates.