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About the role
Job Title: Buyer
Location: Oakville, Ontario
Reports to: Supply Chain Manager
Department: Supply Chain
Position Summary
Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, the Buyer is responsible for purchasing inventory, maintaining supplier relationships, and ensuring product availability to meet customer demand while balancing cost, service, and risk. The ideal candidate is one that brings a strong sense of urgency, is proactive with communication with both internal and external partners and has a customer-first mindset.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute daily purchasing activities to maintain optimal inventory levels across assigned product categories
- Monitor demand, forecasts, and inventory positions to prevent stockouts and overstock situations
- Issue and manage purchase orders for assigned suppliers, ensuring accuracy in pricing, quantities, and delivery timelines, as well as internal production orders
- Follow up with suppliers to expedite orders, negotiate pricing and terms, and resolve delivery or quality issues
- Analyze purchasing data to identify trends, risks, and cost-saving opportunities
- Maintain system data including lead times, pricing, and supplier information
- Work closely with operations and logistics for efficient inventory flow processes, and with sales and customer service to support customer requirements
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within procurement and overall supply chain processes
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in procurement or supply chain (industrial manufacturing/ distribution experience is an asset)
- Post-secondary education in Supply Chain Management, Business, or a related field preferred (SCMP, ASCM certifications are an asset)
- Strong proficiency in Excel and ERP systems (Epicor experience is an asset)
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
- Effective communication and negotiation skills
- High attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
- You act with appropriate urgency to various trends and ad hoc events to serve our customer base
- Knowledge of electrical and automotive components is an asset
Work Arrangements and Salary
- Location: Oakville, ON L6H 6R1
- Work Arrangement: Hybrid
- Salary Range: CA$50,000.00-CA$65,000.00 per year
Applications will be reviewed by the hiring manager. AI automated screening will not be used in our application process.
Job Type: Full-time
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Electro-Federation Canada (EFC) represents more than 230 member companies that manufacture, distribute, market, sell, and maintain a wide range of electrical and automation products contributing to Canada’s net-zero future, including advanced technologies such as intelligent buildings, smart infrastructure, and Industry 4.0. The electrical and automation industry is the technology, innovation experts, and supply chain partners needed for a net-zero economy. We are powering a changing world. EFC members contribute over $15 billion to the Canadian economy annually and support over 100,000 jobs across the country. EFC, a national not-for-profit association, empowers the Canadian electrical and automation industries with business intelligence, industry research, professional development, community networking and promotes a collective collaborative voice for advocacy and standards advancement.