Procurement Manager

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Job Description

You are an individual with a passion to work in a growing company. A creative quick thinker and initiative taker who is organized, pays attention to detail, and motivated by challenges. If these qualities are part of your DNA, read on!

Deville Technologies is a manufacturer and value-added distributor of industrial food cutting equipment.  Deville prides itself on providing its clients high quality equipment that is manufactured to meet the highest standards in the industry.  Providing first rate service to its clients is at the forefront of Deville’s objectives. Deville has offices in both Canada and the United States. Our client service commitment has created a demand for additional resource

THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced Procurement Manager to manage the company’s end to end sourcing operations. Procurement Manager responsibilities include strategizing to find cost-effective deals and suppliers as well as appraise and improve our sourcing activities by analyzing the company’s spending, supplying partnerships and discover the best ways to cut procurement expenses, so that the company can invest in growth and people.

Responsabilities

TOP JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Devise and use fruitful sourcing strategies
• Discover profitable suppliers and initiate business and organization partnerships
• Negotiate with external vendors to secure advantageous terms
• Approve the ordering of necessary goods and services
• Examine and test existing contracts
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness
• Foresee alterations in the comparative negotiating ability of suppliers and clients
• Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies
• Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements
• Control spend and build a culture of long-term saving on procurement costs
• Manage the company’s supply portfolio ensuring transparency of spending
• Generate and implement efficient sourcing and category management strategies
• Analyze and calculate costs of procurement and suggest methods to decrease expenditure
• Invent negotiation strategies and secure profitable deals
• Optimize sourcing procedures to attain maximum efficiency
• Cooperate with stakeholders to guarantee agreement on terms and processes
• Research and anticipate shifts in the negotiating power of suppliers
• Perform cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking
• Discover and partner with trustworthy vendors and suppliers
• Determine quantity and timing of deliveries

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS & WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Proven working experience as a Procurement Manager, Procurement Officer or Head of Procurement
• Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as a dexterity in “reading” the market
• Good knowledge of supplier or third-party management software
• Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers
• Experience in collecting and analyzing data
• Strong leadership capabilities
• Proven work experience as a Sourcing Manager or Procurement Manager
• Familiarity with sourcing and vendor management and relevant software
• Understanding of market dynamics and sound business judgement
• Strong project management and leadership skills
• Ability to negotiate and sustain networking relationships
• Comfortable with figures and in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data
• BSc degree in supply chain management or business administration
• Bilingual (English & French)

Deville Technologies offers an exceptional work environment, potential to grow, including a competitive compensation package with benefits.

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