• Manage resources and activities required for the completion of high value purchase transactions, including sourcing, planning, and expediting purchase orders to support fulfilment of production schedules and spare parts orders.
• Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships, ensuring good communication is maintained between all parties.
• Process purchase orders for capital and flow parts based on supply/demand situation: meeting customer's demands, forecasting (i.e., Build Plan), engineering inputs, and other system signals.
• Evaluate and drive resolution on material quality, price, supply issues, delivery, and invoice discrepancies.
• Propose and implement job-related process improvements, participate in cross-functional projects.
• Support the purchasing function and other relevant departments and communicate any supply problems which may impact business operations.
• Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities.
• Monitor and advise on any issues which present risk or opportunity to the organization.
• Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilizing negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods.
About Multimatic
Multimatic is a global enterprise supplying engineered components, systems, and services to the automotive industry. The company's success has been fueled by its ability to attract and motivate a team of highly skilled and passionate individuals who want to make a difference. With expanding facilities around the world, including in Canada, the US, the UK, Germany, Mexico, Japan, and China, there is always room in Multimatic's growing team for people who share a dedication to technical excellence, quality, and enthusiasm.