Buyer (12-month contract)

Gestal; Dorval; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Gestal is seeking a results-driven professional to join our team in a role focused on strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, and supply chain optimization. You will build supplier relationships, lead negotiations, and manage commodity strategies across projects.

You will coordinate with sites and business units to enforce contractual clauses and realize cost reductions, while leveraging your leadership to mobilize teams and achieve deadlines.

Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or law or an equivalent field.
• Experience of at least two years; more is an asset.
• Experience in aerospace and/or manufacturing and/or program management is a plus.
• Excellent negotiation skills and project management experience.
• Strong attention to detail, rigorous, and deadline-oriented.
• Proven team player with influential leadership and ability to mobilize teams.
• Solid skills in operations management and financial management.
• Comfortable with complex technical subjects and knowledge of legal terminology or contract interpretation.
• Proficient with MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Able to work in French and English daily.
• On-site work at Montreal facilities at least two days a week.

Responsibilities

• Develop new supply sources and build strategic supplier relationships.
• Develop negotiation strategies and lead contract negotiations with suppliers.
• Lead commodity development projects and prepare business plans.
• Provide updates on commodity strategies to senior management.
• Identify and realize cost-reduction opportunities.
• Create and maintain internal and external networks.
• Act as single point of contact with suppliers for new opportunities.
• Support sites with global sourcing strategies.
• Coordinate and lead negotiation of contractual claims.
• Ensure contracts meet business requirements.
• Coordinate supply chain agent activities with plans and scorecard objectives.
• Support contract negotiations, commercial requests and product changes.
• Participate in governance of cost-reduction projects and track performance indicators.

Skills

Negotiation

Project Management

Operations Management

Financial Management

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, law

Tools

MS Project

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

What are your contributions to the team?

• • Develop new supply sources and build strategic business relationships.
• • Develop negotiation strategies.
• • Lead and participate in commodity development by managing projects that require the preparation of business plans.
• • Lead, develop, and execute commodity strategies and provide senior management with project and negotiation status updates.
• • Identify, analyze, and realize cost-reduction opportunities.
• • Create and maintain formal internal and external networks.
• • Act as a single point of contact with suppliers for new business opportunities.
• • Provide support to sites and business units regarding global sourcing strategies.
• • Coordinate and lead the negotiation of contractual claims with suppliers to support production issues in business units.
• • Support business units in enforcing contractual clauses against substantial breaches.
• • Conduct contract negotiations with suppliers.
• • Ensure contracts are maintained in accordance with our business requirements.
• • Coordinate the activities of supply chain agents in relation to balanced scorecard objectives, master plans, and detailed plans.
• • Support supply chain agents in contract negotiations, commercial requests, product changes, and contract amendments.
• • Participate in the governance of cost-reduction projects and properly maintain the performance indicators for these projects.

How to thrive in this role?

• You hold a bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, law, or an equivalent field.
• You possess at least two (2) years of professional experience. More years of experience is an asset.
• You have experience in the aerospace industry and/or in a manufacturing environment and/or in program management, in a commercial role; this is an asset.
• You possess excellent negotiation skills as well as experience in project management.
• You have a strong attention to detail, are rigorous, and are determined to meet deadlines.
• You are an excellent team player, recognized for your influential leadership (without hierarchical authority), your innovative spirit, and your ability to mobilize teams.
• You possess solid skills in operations management and financial management.
• You are comfortable with complex technical subjects and have knowledge of legal terminology or contract interpretation.
• You are proficient in MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• You are able to work effectively in French and English on a daily basis.
• You are able to work on-site in one of our Montreal facilities at least two (2) days a week, and sometimes more, in accordance with the applicable policy.