Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager - JOB DESCRIPTION Title : Strategic Procurement Manager Grade : 5 Department : Operations Functional authority : Sr. Director Operations Department head : Sr. Director Operations Revised : January 2025 GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PURPOSE OF THE POSITION The purpose of the position is to ensure that HumanWare obtains the best possible cost for all parts and products in its portfolio. As such, the Strategic Procurement Manager works in close collaboration with R D in the design process to assist in the supply of components, maintain the AVL list of suppliers, ensure that the selected suppliers meet HumanWare s selection criteria and spear heads all negotiations with major suppliers. Furthermore, he will collaborate with the Logistics and Planning Manager to resolve any supplier issues related to product availability or product costs overrun. The latter must also ensure negotiated material costs are respected throughout the determined periods. SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION OF TASKS Identifies, evaluates and recommends suppliers globally to ensure quality, price and availability of parts and raw materials; Negotiates the cost of critical or strategic electronic and mechanical parts selected by R D during product development; In collaboration with the Logistics and Planning Manager, establishes the supplier kpis Review the cost of components for all material lists of products developed by HumanWare; Review optimize the purchase order to payment process including vendor invoice purchase price validation; Optimizes the supply of parts through consolidation efforts with preferred suppliers; Recommends to his superior strategies for the supply of parts that will ensure the best material cost while respecting inventory turnover objectives; Approves product and parts purchase orders, more specifically the prices Informs his superior of potential cost increases and/or supply problems; Evaluates the practices of contract manufacturers Participates in the evaluation of the economic performance of contract manufacturers. Recommends the adoption of measures intended to improve methods, equipment performance, product quality; In conjunction with the Sr. Director Operations, establishes the performance indices of his department which will be monitored in the dashboard of the Operations committee of which he is a part; Manages, coaches and supervises the work of members of the procurement team; Evaluates the performance of his team members and recommends the nature of salary increases; Recommends to the Sr. Director Operations the human, material and financial resource needs of his department; Ensures compliance with the expenditure budget allocated to its department; Participates in interviews and recommends the hiring of team members Participates in the preparation of operating budgets and the evaluation of costs of goods sold; Develops, maintains and periodically reviews procedures, work instructions and quality records related to its fields of activity; Regularly informs his superior of potential problems in the supply of merchandise. Considering the nature of the responsibilities entrusted to this position, this list cannot be exhaustive and, consequently, the holder of this position will have to assume any other responsibility of the same nature and in accordance with the spirit of his position. SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS PROFILE ACADEMIC TRAINING : Bachelor s degree in administration or engineering Could be compensated by extensive relevant experience WORK EXPERIENCE : 8 years of experience in procurement, in the field of supply chain, knowledge of the electronics electronics market is a plus UPDATED KNOWLEDGE: Bilingual English and French, written and spoken ; Microsoft Office suite; Knowledge of Great Plains or any other ERP system PROFILE SKILLS AND ATTITUDES REQUIRED : Planning and By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at Privacy Policy - Abacus.