Buyer - Temporary

CAE Inc; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A global leader in aviation in Montreal is seeking a Buyer to manage category strategy and supplier relationships. The ideal candidate has a college diploma, strong negotiation skills, and at least 3 years of experience. This role includes developing sourcing strategies, conducting market research, and maintaining strong vendor relationships. The position offers a hybrid work model, attractive employee benefits, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Hybrid work model

Flexible vacation

Attractive employee benefits

Qualifications

• Strong negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage geographically dispersed vendors.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategies and objectives for worldwide sourcing of goods and services.
• Conduct market intelligence to identify opportunities and channel innovation.
• Negotiate supplier pricing and terms.

Skills

Relationship building skills

Excellent task and project management skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Negotiation skills

Education

College diploma or equivalent with minimum 3 years of experience

Tools

Ariba

Oracle

Job description

Passionate about your field? Looking for a work environment where you can innovate, reach greater heights, and collaborate with experts from a wide range of sectors? Want to join a world‑class company and industry leader and be proud to contribute to our projects and mission? Come share your passion with us!

At CAE, our Global Strategic Sourcing teams are creative and have considerable business acumen. Sound like you? That’s why we need your expertise and passion to complete our team!

The role we are offering you:

Buyer is responsible for Category Strategy, Strategic Sourcing, Critical Supplier Management and Stakeholder Management for assigned sub-categories. He/she will develop long-term strategies aligned with key stakeholders within the Organization. The individual will also be accountable for managing critical suppliers, strategic sourcing in collaboration with the Category and the Value Stream Manager, monitoring and evaluating and improving supplier performance, developing the supplier base and conducting research to support the category strategy.

By joining our Global Strategic Sourcing team, you will have the opportunity to participate in exciting sourcing and process improvement opportunities to support delivery of CAE strategic vision. Collaborating and working alongside our CORE team, you will identify, analyze, evaluate the right vendors, right technology, and support the growth of CAE.

Key responsibilities and expectations include:

• Develops, communicates, and executes strategies and objectives for the worldwide sourcing of goods and services.
• Leads formulation and implementation of category strategies. Identifies and conducts cross-functional cost reduction initiatives on sourced products.
• Conducts market intelligence to identifies opportunities and channel innovation. Provides expert recommendations to internal stakeholders. Collaborate closely and deploy strategy with the category vendor manager. Develops and manages supplier relationships.
• Execution of the strategy developed by commodity, through a collaborative and inclusive approach with all Business Unit Stakeholders.
• Promotion and communication of the sourcing strategy for assigned categories to the Category Manger and Value Stream Manager Also, development of and/or contribution to an action plan to evolve sourcing into a strategic business function.
• Identification of cost optimization opportunities across the company and presentation of concise recommendations/plans to management.
• Purchase goods, materials, and commodities to ensure that production operational needs are met, considering price, quality, delivery lead times, supplier penalties and ensuring continuity of supply. These tasks include, sending RFQs, placing orders, expediting, and returning non confirmed parts. Managing invoice discrepancies.
• Negotiate and challenge supplier pricing, payment terms and delivery lead times as required
• Create and maintain blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and catalogs as the purchase-to-pay (P2P) processes super user, guide suppliers and stakeholders alike whilst enforcing CAE purchasing policies

Our Ideal candidate has:

• Either college diploma (or equivalent) with min 3years of experience
• Relationship building skills.
• Excellent task and project management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and good presentation skills in English and French.
• Ability to manage geographically dispersed vendors.

Good assets:

• Knowledge of the aviation market and its procurement process.
• Experience with Ariba, both Source to Contract (S2C) and Procure to Pay (P2P) and Oracle

CAE offers:

• An environment where your initiatives will be acknowledged and valued.
• The opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team.
• Hybrid work model and flexible vacation.
• Attractive employee benefits.
• Horizontal Leadership and ability to coach analysts and other junior members of the team.

Ready to share your passion for your work? Don’t wait, apply now!

#LI-CG1

Position Type

Temporary (Fixed Term)

About This Role

Passionate about your field? Looking for a work environment where you can innovate, reach greater heights, and collaborate with experts from a wide range of sectors? Want to join a world‑class company and industry leader and be proud to contribute to our projects and mission? Come share your passion with us!

At CAE, our Global Strategic Sourcing teams are creative and have considerable business acumen. Sound like you? That’s why we need your expertise and passion to complete our team!

The role we are offering you:

Buyer is responsible for Category Strategy, Strategic Sourcing, Critical Supplier Management and Stakeholder Management for assigned sub-categories. He/she will develop long-term strategies aligned with key stakeholders within the Organization. The individual will also be accountable for managing critical suppliers, strategic sourcing in collaboration with the Category and the Value Stream Manager, monitoring and evaluating and improving supplier performance, developing the supplier base and conducting research to support the category strategy.

By joining our Global Strategic Sourcing team, you will have the opportunity to participate in exciting sourcing and process improvement opportunities to support delivery of CAE strategic vision. Collaborating and working alongside our CORE team, you will identify, analyze, evaluate the right vendors, right technology, and support the growth of CAE.

Key responsibilities and expectations include:

• Develops, communicates, and executes strategies and objectives for the worldwide sourcing of goods and services.
• Leads formulation and implementation of category strategies. Identifies and conducts cross-functional cost reduction initiatives on sourced products.
• Conducts market intelligence to identifies opportunities and channel innovation. Provides expert recommendations to internal stakeholders. Collaborate closely and deploy strategy with the category vendor manager. Develops and manages supplier relationships.
• Execution of the strategy developed by commodity, through a collaborative and inclusive approach with all Business Unit Stakeholders.
• Promotion and communication of the sourcing strategy for assigned categories to the Category Manger and Value Stream Manager Also, development of and/or contribution to an action plan to evolve sourcing into a strategic business function.
• Identification of cost optimization opportunities across the company and presentation of concise recommendations/plans to management.
• Purchase goods, materials, and commodities to ensure that production operational needs are met, considering price, quality, delivery lead times, supplier penalties and ensuring continuity of supply. These tasks include, sending RFQs, placing orders, expediting, and returning non confirmed parts. Managing invoice discrepancies.
• Perform multi-supplier RFQs/RFIs
• Negotiate and challenge supplier pricing, payment terms and delivery lead times as required
• Create and maintain blanket purchase agreement (BPA) and catalogs as the purchase-to-pay (P2P) processes super user, guide suppliers and stakeholders alike whilst enforcing CAE purchasing policies

Our Ideal candidate has:

• Either college diploma (or equivalent) with min 3years of experience
• Strong negotiation skills
• Relationship building skills.
• Excellent task and project management skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and good presentation skills in English and French.
• Ability to manage geographically dispersed vendors.

Good assets:

• Knowledge of the aviation market and its procurement process.
• Experience with Ariba, both Source to Contract (S2C) and Procure to Pay (P2P) and Oracle

CAE offers:

• An environment where your initiatives will be acknowledged and valued.
• The opportunity to work on a variety of projects on a multidisciplinary team.
• Hybrid work model and flexible vacation.
• Attractive employee benefits.
• Horizontal Leadership and ability to coach analysts and other junior members of the team.

Ready to share your passion for your work? Don’t wait, apply now!

#LI-CG1

Position Type

Temporary (Fixed Term)

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CAE is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender indentity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by local laws.

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