Strategic Procurement Specialist

 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 CapEx Strategic Procurement Specialist supporting Sourcing activities. This role is based out of our Oakville Ontario Corporate Office, and reports to the CapEx Category Manager. 

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!

Job Summary:

This person will be responsible to support sourcing activities for capitalize expenditure. The Strategic Procurement Specialist will work with a proactive approach and respond to the needs for sourcing of equipment and related services required to support optimize productivity and cost savings for our manufacturing plant.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Support the regional CAPEX spend sourcing strategy for North America in conjunction with the overall procurement global/regional strategy.
• Develop and implement regional spend category/sourcing strategies to achieve business objectives for key stakeholders.
• Pursue implementation of ‘category management’ processes and bring innovation, change management and new opportunities to the company to ensure total cost reduction for the category.
• Conduct tender for major CAPEX acquisition, support commercial and risk analysis through interviews, ensure sufficient levels of competition and pursue creative supply strategies.
• Negotiate and finalize contractual agreement with key suppliers.
• Actively contribute to the global community of category managers in moving toward standardization and integration of processes, systems and practices.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field
• Change Management Certification preferred
• P.G.C.A accreditation an asset
• 5+ years of experience in sourcing/procurement of capital project within a complex manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated change management experience with the ability to design and implement category management practices.
• Proven ability to deliver large savings over a broad range of products and services
• Experience in working in a matrix organizational structure is an asset
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Understanding of specifications and technical drawings an asset
• Experience in contract negotiation for capital projects
• Proficient in MS Office

TRAVEL:

• Employee may be required to travel up to 20% of the time
• Employee may need to occasionally visit other IPEX locations

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

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