Manager, Purchasing & Inventory

The Opportunity - Purchasing & Inventory Manager

What motivates you to get up in the morning to go to work?  How do you want to spend your working days?  At Muir Tapes & Adhesives (MTA) we are focused on developing our capabilities to enable strategic growth and are looking for dynamic people to join us in our quest for global domination.  We are a group of passionate sticky enthusiasts spending our days working collaboratively, fabricating innovative solutions for the bonding challenges of the manufacturing industry.   Muir Tapes & Adhesives is 2 time winner of the Canadian Business Excellence Award for innovation, employee engagement and customer satisfaction.

The mission of the Purchasing and Inventory Manager is to develop a team of high performers, (“A” players) to deliver efficient, accurate purchasing and inventory control. The PIM will have the responsibility to implement best practices in maintaining inventory levels to meet demand while preventing overstocks and obsolescence. 

Responsibilities

·      Coach, train and mentor staff to achieve purchasing department’s objective

·      Creation of Strategic Vendor Partner Program with Supplier Scorecard along with actionable items and improvement targets

·      Develop the best tactical and strategic agreements for the company to achieve optimal pricing, availability, delivery schedules and routes, supply chain efficiencies and best vendor performance.

·      Communicate with supervisors about vendor issues, pricing, product changes, supply chain dynamics, and strategy

·      Maintain inventory database (lead times, min order quantity, pricing)

·      Optimize and maintain lean inventories, minimize physical and financial loss

·      Ownership of KPI’s and metrics to set department goals and measure results

·      Direct inventory activities; including organizing & management of yearly inventory counts and weekly cycle counts

·       Investigate problems, find root causes and develop solutions

·       Establish strategies and goals for improved inventory forecast performance for the organization

·       Maintain close coordination with Production Team to ensure materials arrive for the timely production of finished products

·       Must develop demand projections, maintain databases and provide oversight of the details affecting accuracy in purchasing and inventory.

·       Additional projects and responsibilities as assigned

·       Collection and distribution of necessary materials documents (NAFTA, CofA’s, MDS)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from a competitive college or university in Purchasing, Materials Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business, or related field
• Experience with international trade zones or working knowledge of customs regulations highly desirable
• Previous supervisory/management/coaching experience in business setting required
• Experience with NAFTA & SDS 
• Three (3)+ years of related experience in purchasing; manufacturing environment a plus
• APICS certification Preferred
• Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
• Exhibits highest level of ethics and objectivity in all job functions.
• Accurate and detailed oriented
• Strong sense of ownership and commitment to excellence
• Proven problem solving skills
• Proficient with office-related computer applications: MS Word, Excel, Outlook
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to successfully pass a background check to include credit and criminal histories
• References from previous supervisors

In exchange, we offer a great place to work where you will meet like-minded people, a stimulating and challenging career as well as a competitive salary and bonus plan and excellent benefits. Plus you can dress up on Halloween and at Christmas, come bowling with us, go to Blue Jays games, share in all the great snacks we put out in the lunch room each week and maybe even win Leaf or Raptor tickets if you are good at trivia games.