Procurement Coordinator
- Pay Rate: $28.24/hour, depending on experience
- Contract Length: 6 Months
- Location: Surrey, British Columbia
Raise is currently hiring a Procurement Coordinator on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client, is one of the largest electrical energy suppliers in Canada
Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.
Description
The Procurement Coordinator in this role will play a vital role in ensuring our project teams have the right equipment at the right time to keep the lights on across British Columbia. This role focuses on supporting material procurement from established suppliers for low-complexity items. You will act as a key link between internal stakeholders and external vendors, managing the flow of inventory and ensuring data integrity within our supply chain systems.
Responsibilities
- Supports material procurement from known or sourced suppliers of low complexity by
- reviewing material requirements with applicable teams; setting up material lists for stock items
- preparing and issuing requests for quotes; identifying suppliers meeting specified requirements and lead time based on award criteria
- confirming pricing and terms of delivery with suppliers
- preparing and processing material requests/requisitions in supply chain management system.
- Provides expediting support to applicable teams by: contacting suppliers to determine if new delivery date for materials and equipment can be met due to change in need dates
- monitoring lead times of purchased parts by suppliers and informing management when lead times move out of acceptable time frames
- tracking and monitoring delivery of materials to ensure on-time delivery
- identifying shipping options with guidance from applicable staff for critical deliveries; maintaining communications with suppliers, internal customers and management of late deliveries and potential quality problems
- resolving minor issues and referring more complex issues to management or the applicable staff.
- Maintains expediting records by entering delivery performance, on-time delivery and vendor contact information into supply management system.
- Maintains expediting documentation in applicable systems/applications.
- Provides technical advice and guidance to other staff on the use and interpretation of information contained in the confirmation panel of supply chain management system.
- Prepares a variety of regular and adhoc reports on materials management for management and applicable teams (such as price of supplies, variances, delivery accuracy, on time delivery and scheduling report for Line Rooms).
- Develops background reports on supplier reliability on rush deliveries. Identifies trends in supplier performance, demand requirements for teams, develops supporting information, and provides applicable staff with recommendations to improve supplier performance
Qualifications
- 3 years of procurement related work experience or equivalent, preferably in a complex environment
- Basic knowledge of purchasing inventory and logistics management principles, practices and procedures.
- Good understanding of transportation timelines and schedules to facilitate movement of inventory in critical situations.
- Knowledge of corporate procurement policies, procedures and guidelines related to requisitions, order placement, receiving and payment.
- Knowledge of SharePoint based applications (such as Supply Chain Workspace).
- Strong computer skills in Microsoft applications (such as Word, Access, PowerPoint and Visio).
- Excellent ability to utilize Excel for data analysis.
- Working knowledge of work management and supply chain management systems.
- Ability to utilize data warehousing applications such as SAP.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated effective presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Technical writing skills to write various types of documents (such as requests for quotes).
- Good analytical skills.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team with stakeholder groups across .
- Knowledge of basic personal safety procedures and equipment in various working environments
- Education and Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field such as Supply Chain, Business, Economics, Finance, Accounting, Engineering or equivalent
Additional Information
- Every contractor must supply their own Windows 11 Laptop computer for the duration of the assignment.
- Every contractor must supply their own “Smart Phone”. This is needed to gain access to the Organizations network.
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