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$57k–$88k/yr
Full-time
bachelor degree, professional certificate
Career Advancement Opportunities, Community Based Outreach, Social Committees, Sports Teams, Local Vendor Discounts, Auto Supplier Discounts
Posted 22d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
Responsible for selecting and negotiating with approved vendors to place purchase orders for materials and services. The role involves monitoring supplier performance, managing inventory control systems, and analyzing sales data to optimize purchasing schedules.
Requirements
Requires a minimum of two years of experience and proficiency with AS400, IFS, or MRP systems. A post-secondary degree in Business, Commerce, or Economics and a purchasing certificate are considered assets.
Full job description
Buyer
The Buyer position, under direct supervision, responsible for selecting and negotiating with approved vendors and placing purchase orders in response to service or material requirements (quantity and timing).
Powering Vehicles, Motion, Work, and Lives since 1966.
Performance Expectations
·Purchase general and specialized equipment, materials or business services for use or for further processing.
·Assess requirements and develop specifications for equipment, materials and supplies to be purchased.
·Invite tenders, consult with suppliers and review quotations.
·Define or negotiate contract terms and conditions, award supplier contracts or recommend contract awards.
·Establish delivery schedules, monitor progress and contact clients and suppliers to resolve problems.
·Improve computerized tool inventory control system.
·Follow purchasing procedures in place for the purchase of materials / services.
·Issue and maintain records as needed.
·Expedite orders as needed.
·Assist in planning and achieving cost reduction goals.
·Monitor and maintain supplier performance and communicate results.
·Provide follow up on purchased items with suppliers.
·Create spreadsheets for tracking inventory, planning ordering schedules and calculating costs for purchases.
·Locate data in a variety of forms such as invoices, shipping receipts, special order request forms and new product information sheets.
·Judge the quality of products and evaluate quality of service provided by suppliers.
·Negotiate contracts, resolve disputes, agreements, and terms with new suppliers and existing suppliers.
·Analyze monthly sales for current and past years to identify seasonal variations.
·Calculate year-to-date sales, average inventory levels, inventory turnover rates and order fill rates to diagnose purchasing and distribution problems.
Credentials
·Post-Secondary Education in Business Administration, Commerce or Economics considered an asset.
·Certificate in purchasing from the Purchasing Management Association of Canada considered an asset.
·Minimum two years previous experience.
·AS400/ IFS / MRP experience.
·Able to use computer applications and communications software as needed.
Desired Characteristics
·Ability to work independently, in addition in teams with co-workers to ensure effective forecasting, product distribution and marketing.
·Able to communicate with co-workers, customers and suppliers about operational matters.
·Able to be flexible and adaptable to ever-changing priorities.
What Linamar Has To Offer
·Opportunities for career advancement.
·Community based outreach supporting both local and global initiatives and charities.
·Social committees and sports teams.
·Discounts for local vendors and events, including auto supplier discounts.
About Us
Linamar Corporation is a Canadian diversified global manufacturing company of highly engineered products across global industries & markets. From the entrepreneurial seeds planted by our dynamic founder, to the support provided along the way, all Linamar employees are poised for success in this fast-paced and rapidly growing environment. With access to the tools you need to succeed, you will make an impact along with other motivated and engaged people.
Linamar is committed to promoting accessible recruitment as outlined in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Linamar will attempt to accommodate persons with a disability in an appropriate and effective manner throughout all stages of the recruitment process. Accommodations will be provided upon request.
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Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) is an advanced manufacturing company where the intersection of leading-edge technology and deep manufacturing expertise is creating solutions that power vehicles, motion, work and lives for the future. The Company is made up of two operating segments – the Industrial segment and the Mobility segment, both global leaders in manufacturing solutions and world-class developers of highly engineered products. The Industrial segment is comprised of Skyjack, MacDon and Salford. Skyjack manufactures scissor, boom and telehandler lifts for the aerial work platform industry. MacDon manufactures combine draper headers and self-propelled windrowers for the agricultural harvesting industry. Salford also supplies the agriculture market with farm tillage and crop fertilizer applicator equipment. The Mobility segment is focused on propulsion systems, structural and chassis systems, energy storage and power generation for both the global electrified and traditionally powered vehicle markets, and is subdivided into three regional groups and one global product group: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the newly formed Structures Group. The Regional Mobility groups are vertically integrated operations combining expertise in light metal casting, forging, machining and assembly. The Linamar Structures Group offers competitive lightweight innovations for safety-critical components and systems for the global mobility market. In addition, the eLIN Product Solutions Group focuses on Electrification and McLaren Engineering provides design, development, and testing services for the Mobility segment. Linamar’s medical solutions group, Linamar MedTech, focuses on manufacturing solutions for medical devices and precision medical components. Linamar has over 31,000 employees in 70 manufacturing locations, 14 R&D centres and 28 sales offices in 19 countries in North and South America, Europe and Asia, which generated sales of more than $7.9 billion in 2022.
Offices: 287 Speedvale Ave. W., Guelph, ON N1H1C5, CA · Daimlerstraße 11, Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia 58840, DE · No. 106 Meiyu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214028, CN · No. 11 Xinrong Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214028, CN · No. 41, Baoshui Road, Tianjin, Hebei 300308, CN
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How many Manufacturing jobs are open in Guelph, Canada right now?
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