Buyer

Job summary

Source and purchase cold rolled steel from North American suppliers while negotiating pricing, commercial terms, and delivery schedules. Manage supplier relationships and coordinate with internal operations and engineering teams to ensure uninterrupted manufacturing.

Job details

🚀 We’re Hiring: Procurement Specialist / Buyer | Cold Rolled Steel 📍 Cambridge, ON | On Site 💼 Full Time, Permanent Ellos HR Solutions is recruiting an experienced Procurement Specialist / Buyer for a well established manufacturing organization in Cambridge. For this search, automotive experience is NOT required. The most important requirement is very specific: 🎯 You must have hands on experience purchasing COLD ROLLED STEEL from North American steel suppliers, particularly suppliers located in Canada and the United States. If you have purchased cold rolled steel coils, sheet or related raw steel products for a manufacturing operation, we want to hear from you. 🛠️ What You’ll Be Doing • Source and purchase cold rolled steel from Canadian and U.S. suppliers • Negotiate steel pricing, commercial terms, payment conditions, lead times and delivery schedules • Manage supplier relationships and evaluate opportunities for cost reduction and improved commercial terms • Monitor steel requirements, purchase orders, releases and incoming material to support uninterrupted manufacturing operations • Support purchasing activities involving MRO materials, specialized tooling and other manufacturing requirements • Work closely with Operations, Engineering and other internal departments to understand material requirements and purchasing priorities • Manage purchasing activities through the ERP system, with Plex experience considered an asset • Support supplier development, long term agreements and cost improvement initiatives ✅ What We’re Looking For MUST HAVE: Direct experience purchasing cold rolled steel from suppliers in Canada and/or the United States 3+ years of professional purchasing, procurement or buyer experience Strong understanding of steel purchasing, supplier negotiations, pricing, lead times and material availability Experience working within a manufacturing environment Experience purchasing MRO and tooling is valuable, but the steel purchasing background is the priority Automotive experience is welcome, but absolutely not required Post secondary education in Supply Chain, Business or a related field is preferred SCMP or similar supply chain designation is an asset Strong ERP and Microsoft Excel skills ⭐ What’s In It for You 💰 Annual profit sharing plus an additional one week of wages as a Christmas bonus 📈 RRSP with 100% company match up to 4% 🩺 Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision benefits 🎓 Education assistance, professional training and internal career development 🏭 Extremely stable manufacturing environment with an average employee tenure of approximately 22 years Company provided PPE and workwear Employee events and a strong, long standing team culture Bruno Arantes Director | Ellos HR Solutions 🌐 www.elloshr.com #Procurement #ProcurementSpecialist #Buyer #Purchasing #SteelBuyer #SteelPurchasing #SteelProcurement #ColdRolledSteel #ColdRolledCoil #SteelCoil #RawMaterials #StrategicSourcing #SupplyChain #MRO #Manufacturing #ManufacturingJobs #CambridgeJobs #OntarioJobs #Hiring #EllosHR #WeBreatheManufacturing

What you’ll do

Source and purchase cold rolled steel from North American suppliers while negotiating pricing, commercial terms, and delivery schedules. Manage supplier relationships and coordinate with internal operations and engineering teams to ensure uninterrupted manufacturing.

Requirements

Requires 3+ years of procurement experience with a mandatory background in purchasing cold rolled steel from Canada or the US. A post-secondary degree in Supply Chain or Business is preferred, along with proficiency in ERP systems and Excel.

Benefits

• Annual profit sharing
• Christmas bonus
• RRSP with 100% company match up to 4%
• Medical insurance
• Prescription drug coverage
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Education assistance
• Professional training
• Internal career development
• Company provided PPE and workwear

Listed skills

• ERP systems · Preferred
• Supply chain management · Preferred
• Microsoft Excel · Preferred
• Procurement · Preferred
• Contract Negotiation · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Cold Rolled Steel Purchasing
• Supplier Negotiation
• Strategic Sourcing
• Procurement
• ERP Systems
• Microsoft Excel
• MRO Purchasing
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Cost Reduction
• Supply Chain Management
• Material Requirements Planning
• Contract Negotiation

Job areas

• Manufacturing
• Logistics
• Management & Leadership

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