Buyer - Indirect (Fixed Term)
About the role
IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.
We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Buyer-12 Months contract. This role is based in our Langley BC Plant , and reports to the Purchasing Lead.
Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!
The incumbent will work with a proactive approach and respond to the needs for procurement of goods and services required to support optimize productivity and cost savings at our Langley BC Plant.
Principal Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the purchasing of all Indirect goods and services required to support plant operations these sites – including commodities such as Industrial, Safety & Janitorial supplies, Services, etc.
- Active in Supplier Selection & Rationalization and Inventory Management
- Negotiate pricing and Supply Agreements on selected items while maintaining strong supplier relationships.
- Work closely with Strategic Sourcing on cost reduction initiatives to reduce facility budget spend
- Implement solid purchasing practices as per team initiatives.
- Implement VMI / Min-Max processes to manage inventory levels to ensure that location has necessary materials to run the day-to-day operations.
- Standardize site purchases throughout both facilities
- Support of 5S and Lean Manufacturing activities.
Skills & Experience
- 2 - 3 years’ proven purchasing experience
- Work experience in a manufacturing environment is strongly preferred
- SCMP / CPM accreditation an asset
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Well-developed organization and prioritization skills
- Intermediate/Expert knowledge of Excel/Microsoft Office.
IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at HR@ipexna.com
#IPEXCA
About IPEX Group of Companies
Honesty, fairness, integrity, the golden rule: a customer-first culture. Customers want it- even demand it. And it's so easy to promise.
This is ‘distance race' thinking, and building a business on it is harder than you might think. It requires you to sacrifice many short-term opportunities for gain. It means spending whatever time it takes to help a client solve a problem on deadline. It means resisting the urge to cut corners on materials that, once in place, no one will ever see.
It means innovation: going beyond what your customers want or expect, and working restlessly to create new products and ideas to fill unmet needs. It means keeping your word, even when it's inconvenient, and honouring relationships over transactions, even when it costs. And it means building a team with people who believe it, live it, and stand by it.
At IPEX we've long-since made a decision to embrace this long-term thinking, not just when it's easy, but every day, in everything we do, for every customer and every employee. We don't do it because we're nice people, though we like to think we are. We do it because it's good business, and that the reputation we've built over time, job by job, one customer at a time, pays the best dividends.
Alex Mestres Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Buyer - Indirect (Fixed Term)
About the role
IPEX is one of the North American leading providers of advanced plastic piping systems. Our mission is to shape a better tomorrow by connecting people with water and energy.
We currently have an exciting opportunity as a Buyer-12 Months contract. This role is based in our Langley BC Plant , and reports to the Purchasing Lead.
Do not miss the opportunity to join a broad family of people-centric professionals, thought leaders and rapid thinkers, entrepreneurs in spirit and status quo-fighters!
The incumbent will work with a proactive approach and respond to the needs for procurement of goods and services required to support optimize productivity and cost savings at our Langley BC Plant.
Principal Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the purchasing of all Indirect goods and services required to support plant operations these sites – including commodities such as Industrial, Safety & Janitorial supplies, Services, etc.
- Active in Supplier Selection & Rationalization and Inventory Management
- Negotiate pricing and Supply Agreements on selected items while maintaining strong supplier relationships.
- Work closely with Strategic Sourcing on cost reduction initiatives to reduce facility budget spend
- Implement solid purchasing practices as per team initiatives.
- Implement VMI / Min-Max processes to manage inventory levels to ensure that location has necessary materials to run the day-to-day operations.
- Standardize site purchases throughout both facilities
- Support of 5S and Lean Manufacturing activities.
Skills & Experience
- 2 - 3 years’ proven purchasing experience
- Work experience in a manufacturing environment is strongly preferred
- SCMP / CPM accreditation an asset
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Well-developed organization and prioritization skills
- Intermediate/Expert knowledge of Excel/Microsoft Office.
IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR at HR@ipexna.com
#IPEXCA
About IPEX Group of Companies
Honesty, fairness, integrity, the golden rule: a customer-first culture. Customers want it- even demand it. And it's so easy to promise.
This is ‘distance race' thinking, and building a business on it is harder than you might think. It requires you to sacrifice many short-term opportunities for gain. It means spending whatever time it takes to help a client solve a problem on deadline. It means resisting the urge to cut corners on materials that, once in place, no one will ever see.
It means innovation: going beyond what your customers want or expect, and working restlessly to create new products and ideas to fill unmet needs. It means keeping your word, even when it's inconvenient, and honouring relationships over transactions, even when it costs. And it means building a team with people who believe it, live it, and stand by it.
At IPEX we've long-since made a decision to embrace this long-term thinking, not just when it's easy, but every day, in everything we do, for every customer and every employee. We don't do it because we're nice people, though we like to think we are. We do it because it's good business, and that the reputation we've built over time, job by job, one customer at a time, pays the best dividends.
Alex Mestres Chairman & Chief Executive Officer