Procurement Analyst
Location: Sudbury, ON Posted Date: November 18, 2014
Employer: To view company name. See instructions below Apply By: January 17, 2015
Employer Job Id: CareerMine Job Id: 1140050
Global resource industry leader seeks a Procurement Analyst for a one year contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for purchasing materials, equipment and services for operations and project implementations, aiming to assure the supply of items for business continuity, at the lowest total cost of ownership possible, achieving industry best practice standards of delivery time and quality of products and services.
Major Accountabilities:
Plan purchases, defining supply terms and strategies.
Understand suppliers’ facilities and production processes.
Participate in competitive bidding preparation processing
Commercial evaluation of proposals, including value analysis, TCO (total cost of ownership) and business case analysis
Documentation control
Monitor and analyze various variables (market indices, demand and total cost) in order to identify and mitigate risks or capture market opportunities.
Map supply chain and existing document controls to facilitate the operational integration with suppliers, through documented contracts.
Participate on multifunction teams to execute purchasing, aiming to meet internal customer needs (quality, terms etc.), specifications improvement, monitoring tests of new materials and their post-acquisition application by users.
Carry out supply market evaluations, identifying opportunities, weaknesses, strengths, threats, by performing market benchmarking, seeking continuous improvement.
Interface between customers and procurement for resolution and mitigation of risk of claims from suppliers
Build and maintain relationship with the users and suppliers, acting in the complete supply chain.
Monitor KPI of all activities performed.
Follow up activities related to procurement area as for analysis, support and implementation of projects.
Create and develop control reports, research and other activities.
Analyze and suggest implementation of new information systems involving area of responsibility.
Identify potential improvements in the procurement process.
Create support tools for the procurement process.
Perform internal and external benchmarking.
Analyze indicators, bottle neck mapping and process improvement mapping.
Assure availability of goods and services that demand continuous supply through follow up of the existing contract execution
Manage system and supplier issues data base, based on information provided by Line of Business, and create reports for analysis.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate Degree (Business or Commerce program preferred)
CPP certification is an asset, Certifications through Purchasing Management Association of Canada will be considered an asset
3-5 years’ experience in procurement
Strong knowledge of procurement principles and related laws
Working knowledge of sales tax, custom procedures as well as duty and transportation options is an asset
Knowledge of supply chain and inventory methodologies and general knowledge of Mining, Milling, Smelting and Refining Processes is an asset
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
Strong negotiation and project management skills. Creative problem solver and able to respond to various situations with appropriate urgency
Intermediate skills in MS Office suite
Knowledge of Ellipse, Oracle or SAP, Quadrem, Quest and MDC is an asset
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