Purchasing and Store Manager
(Forestry, Logging & Mill Operations)
Full Time
Halliwell Consulting
Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada
Our client located in Slave Lake, Alberta has an immediate opening for a Purchasing and Store Manager
Responsibilities
- Supports & participates in the Health & Safety program
- Identify opportunities for leverage and best practice sharing
- Provide direction for optimal inventory levels, cost control & savings, risk management and process improvement
- Communicate with other divisions and corporate to leverage buying power
- Provide leadership through the coaching of all employees under your direction
- Develop and document procedures and workflow processes
- Negotiate, manage and monitor supplier contracts
- Develop and maintain long term vendor relationships
- Maintain the computerized purchasing and inventory control system
Qualifications
- Must possess an industry recognized purchasing designation, preferably SCMP.
- A minimum of five (5) years purchasing experience, preferably in a pulp mill or related forestry industry
- At least five (5) years supervisory experience
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills
- Change Management Skills (Initiating, facilitating and implementing change)
- Strong planning and organizational skills
- Strong decision making