Strategic Sourcing Analyst
J.D. Irving
- Saint John, NB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Maintaining cooperative supplier working relationships on behalf of Sunbury and RST
- Using suitable suppliers based on price, quality, availability, reliability, and technical capabilities
- Work with the Operational Teams to ensure sourcing and delivery of services, parts, and supplies is performed in an efficient, safe, and timely manner
- Negotiating price, terms, conditions, and service deliverables with suppliers
- Evaluate supplier quality, cost, and delivery performance
- Enable business leaders to make informed decisions by providing options and recommendations based on data and analysis
- Creating purchase orders and monitoring transportation of purchased goods
- Expedite materials and services, as required, to meet project deadlines
- Facilitate issue resolution with suppliers
- Develop and maintain supplier contracts
- Take part in Procurement on call support rotation
- Excellent communications skills – both written and verbal
- Ability to perform work with sound judgment, accuracy, confidentiality, and promptness
- Negotiation experience
- High energy team player, with a positive can-do attitude, flexible an adaptable to change
- Results oriented with attention to detail
- Understanding of procurement processes including request for proposal (RFP) preparation, and evaluation
- Knowledge of the trucking industry, post-secondary education and procurement work experience are assets.
- Posting Date: Apr 8, 2024