Procurement Advisor
· Pay Rate: $52.63 – $60.87/hour, depending on experience
· Contract Length: 1 year contract
· Location: Calgary (5 days in office/week)
Raise is currently hiring a contract team member 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.
Description
Are you a Supply Chain or Commercial professional looking for a new challenge? Our clients SCM team is currently looking for an individual to support the Midstream Capital Project portfolio. In this role, you will be responsible for the sourcing and procurement lifecycle activities supporting capital projects across our clients Midstream assets.
Midstream plays a key role in our clients unique integrated model. Their Midstream Assets enable them to maximize the products we produce, transport in the most economical way and sell to the most profitable markets:
- Connection between Oil Sand production in Fort McMurray Alberta to our Refineries
- Access to all markets across Canada and the United States for our finished products
- 15 Terminals across Canada and US
- Over 1700km of Pipelines in Canada and US
- East Tank Farm and Ethanol Plant – production and storage
- Transportation via Trucking, Rail and Marine
- Access to global markets through our marine department
- Crude exports & imports and product exports
Responsibilities
- Manage the portfolio and actively participate in meetings to collate demand, evaluate business requirements, and identify optimization opportunities
- Source, Procure and ensure timely delivery of material and services
- Develop RFQ packages, bid evaluation and selection criteria, lead negotiations and form Purchase Orders for material and service commitments
- Manage the Purchase Order process, including formation, change management, and close-out activities
- Advise business stakeholders and support continuous improvement initiatives across all aspects of supply chain
- Drive compliance with SCM policies, processes, procedures, and strategies
Qualifications
- Minimum 6+ years of directly related professional experience and/or a combination of commercial and technical work experience
- A Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering or equivalent
- Experience in procurement, contract management, and/or strategic sourcing, with demonstrated capability in leading sourcing event, negotiation, and supplier performance management
- Experience in successfully leading cross-functional or multi-disciplinary teams to develop and execute projects, initiatives, strategies, or other opportunities to drive outstanding results and value creation
- Highly developed analytical and business acumen – solid business insight and commercial skills with a continuous improvement mindset and the capability to get results
- Understanding of and business acumen with engineering & construction project processes, and of the interfaces and roles of a Project team
- A strong understanding of contracting and commercial concepts and processes, along with strong negotiation skills
- Strong collaboration skills and the ability to quickly build trust and respectful relationships with diverse groups
- Advanced communication skills, both verbal and written
- Alignment with our values of safety above all else, respect, raise the bar, commitments matter and do the right thing
- Recognized professional designations and training (SCMP, PMP, Lean, Six-Sigma, etc.) is a preference
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, SAP, Livelink, and Tableau
- Bilingualism (English and French) is an asset
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Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.
We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.
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