Manager of Procurement

Join a top employer and advance your career. Our client, a leader in their field, has partnered with Aplin to hire a Manager of Procurement based in Edmonton, AB. 
 
Benefits & Perks:

• 80-120K base salary, commensurate with experience
• Eligible for annual bonus up to 40%, based on performance
• Medical, vision and dental
• 1.25% RRSP matching up to 10K/yr
• Transit Reimbursement

Responsibilities:

• Creating and implementing a Procurement and Engineering Strategy that consistently delivers results, manages risk, and advances corporate objectives
• Following global procurement developments and trends, and leveraging this knowledge to inform operational tactics and procurement strategies
• Building, training, maturing, and improving a team that works cross-functionally, and in partnership with vendors to:
  • design, engineer, and validate consumer products
  • optimize costs through value-engineering and smart procurement
  • discover suppliers 
  • negotiate win-win supply agreements that can be easily operated by GoodMorning’s Supply Chain team
  • identify opportunities to improve execution, and to capture and incorporate these opportunities into daily operations
• Vendor discovery and commercial evaluation thereof
• Building an internal knowledge base on employment law and other business-relevant regulations 
• Actively managing the P/L of the function
• Taking responsibility for resource governance of the Procurement Engineering Function
• Building KPI reporting to ensure continuous, high-performance of the function
• Driving performance management and compensation management processes
• Recruiting, developing, and managing the performance of teammates to drive world-class execution

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in accounting, finance, science, engineering, or other related field
• 10+ years experience with global and domestic procurement, preferably with experience in consumer goods, manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics
• Demonstrable knowledge of Procurement best practices and strategy
• Demonstrable “Move Fast” mindset
• Demonstrable knowledge of negotiation best practices and commercial awareness
• Strong technical writing skills
• Proven track record of building and leveraging relationships with suppliers
• 5+ years experience leading and structuring teams
• Industry designations considered assets, but not required

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