Location – Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Salary – Salary with bonus incentives
Experience Requirements – 5+ years of related experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment at a supervisory or management level
Education Requirements – Advanced post-secondary education that highlights your competencies in business, procurement and supply chains (such as an SCMP designation)
Position Information – Permanent full-time (Monday to Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm), with some travel required
Who You Are
You’re highly driven, focused, and have a knack for managing competing priorities. A natural team player, you pride yourself on achieving consensus and cohesion. You maintain your professionalism when dealing with coworkers and suppliers, and are adept in all areas of business administration. You know how to reduce costs, without compromising quality, and can maintain key supplier relationships while adding to the bottom line of Penticton Foundry.
Responsibilities
Procurement
You’ll follow Penticton Foundry’s procurement standards for executing supply contracts, obtaining quotes, researching suppliers, and developing and maintaining supply chains. You’ll administer complex purchase orders, review receiving, and ensure transactional accuracy. You’ll monitor supplier performance and provide supplier audit reports.
Ongoing procurement activities include:
- Arrange domestic and international shipments of supplies and equipment
- Submit USMCA documents as required
- Seasonal strategies and supply risk mitigation
- Primary contact with agents and vendors
- Manage onboarding of new suppliers, and ensure adherence to company policies and procedures
- Keep abreast of market trends, and provide detailed price information and forecasts
- Ensure compliance with provincial sales tax and other jurisdictional taxes
- Maintain accuracy of the ERP software and the procurement information contained therein
- Provide monthly and quarterly reports for senior management and the Board of Directors
- Care of general ledger coding of expenditures
- Maintenance and capital project assistance and procurement recommendations
- Assist with compliance with WHMIS and dangerous goods handling, storage and disposal
Inventory
- Regularly review inventory levels and ensure accuracy of inventory information contained in the ERP
- Consider operational supply demands and work to prevent stock-out situations
- Pursue opportunities to improve inventory management systems and services
- Monitor and assist in disposition of waste and scrap
Inventory
- Work closely and collaboratively with production and administrative personnel
Requirements
- You have experience with accounts payable, data analysis and ERP development
- You have experience with Microsoft Office products like Excel and Outlook
- Your organizational and analytical skills are excellent
- You have a collaborative communication style, which makes you a great team player
- You’re self-motivated and process driven
- You couple a strong work ethic with an ability to prioritize and problem solve
- You’re a strong relationship builder
What We Offer
Penticton Foundry is a place where innovation meets hard work and determination. While other foundries have fallen by the wayside, Penticton Foundry has continued to flourish in large part because of its high quality and desire to innovate.
- Competitive compensation package and incentive bonuses
- Extended health and dental benefits
- Investment in our people, and a learning environment
- Company events and a supportive culture
- Opportunities for growth and development
Our foundry is in the outdoor-minded Okanagan Valley, BC, where your lifestyle is defined as much by your after-work interests, as it is by your career.
We invest in people like you – detail-oriented and self-motivated, with an ability to excel in a team environment.
How To Apply
If this sounds like you, then apply today. Send a resume to rmorcombe@pentictonfoundry.com, or drop a resume off at Penticton Foundry (568 Dawson Avenue, Penticton BC). Please make sure to indicate that you are applying for the Purchasing Manager role.
You can also apply directly through our website. Please use the apply function below.
