Director of Procurement

Join a top employer and advance your career. Aplin has partnered with a Langley, BC-based company to hire a Director of Procurement on full time permanent basis.

Responsibilities: 

• Lead the overall sourcing strategy for our current product lines and ongoing product additions
• Take ownership of manufacturer and supplier selection for products and related components
• Ensure sampling and production quality control and testing standards are met and achieve parameters set out by our Senior Technical Manager
• Establish sourcing processes and procedures to support management of supplier performance, supplier selection strategy, capacity planning and total cost analysis

Price: 
Through sourcing best-costed products we fulfil our mission to help our dealers build their businesses

• Negotiate key terms with manufacturers and suppliers to achieve business targets
• Initiate and maintain cost sheets, tracking all indices that impact product input costs
• Analyze economic indicators of applicable raw materials and impact on the future cost of goods in key commodity areas related to components, product and logistics

Team:
As the leader of our highest EBITDA impact activities, you will foster robust relationships within the team

• Partner with Sales & Marketing during development phases to execute on product solutions with suppliers
• Coordinate with Operations to ensure deal terms support efficient flow of goods

Partnerships:

• Develop Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) via quarterly reviews for all strategic suppliers
• Actively monitor and mitigate supplier risk including financial, capacity, quality, and compliance

Innovation:

• Expand component sourcing networks and partnerships to support product, package and delivery innovations
• Initiate research for global packaging innovations and propose to the marketing team cyclically for execution
• Maintain intimacy with the big picture as well as key details – both vendor and customer facing; anticipate barriers and proactively develop solutions to overcome obstacles

Qualifications:

• You hold a Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance or related field
• SCMP designation or MBA is an asset
• You have a minimum of 10 years of experience in sourcing, purchasing or supply chain management with a focus on strategic sourcing
• You have a minimum of 5 years in a leadership/managerial capacity in sourcing and/or supply chain management 

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