Full-Time Permanent position based in Grande Prairie, Alberta.

• Oversee and manage purchasing department, including development of processes to ensure all materials are procured, received, warehoused and inventoried accurately
• Ensure success of material and acquisition cost-saving initiatives
• Ensure positive, long-term supplier relations
• Maintain knowledge of production schedules to ensure seamless supply of material with a focus on cost and accuracy
• Complete regular inventory audits and quarterly inventory counts, and to be responsible for inventory turns, cost control, inventory accuracy and meeting all engineering specifications
• Oversee shipping, receiving, and storage of all materials
• Identify training needs of Purchasing personnel
• Monitoring out-sourcing processes to ensure department is updated on new products and suppliers

• 5 to 8 years of purchasing experience in manufacturing or similar industry
• Experience dealing in and being a contributor to an environment that is demanding, constantly changing and rapidly growing
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Superior planning, organizational and process improvement skills
• Strong analytical and decision-making abilities
• Self-direction and resourcefulness with the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Strong supervisory and leadership qualities
• Proficiency with MS Office
• Familiarity with Great Plains software package
• Completion of PMAC program considered a strong asset