Administrative Assistant - Procurement

Laura Canada; Laval; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading family-owned retailer as an Administrative Assistant in Laval, Quebec. You will play a vital role in the Procurement team by coordinating supplies and ensuring optimal service for all employees. Your strong organizational and communication skills will be essential in managing inventory efficiently and supporting store requests. Become part of a dynamic team that values integrity, respect, and outstanding customer experience.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate supplies purchases for stores and Head Office.
• Ensure supplier information and costing are up to date.
• Prepare and maintain purchasing files, reports, and records.

Skills

Mathematical Skills

Organization

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company Description

Join our team to achieve your full career potential! We are proactive, outside the box thinkers and doers who stop at nothing to make the iconic Laura and Melanie Lyne brands shine! Privately owned and based in Laval, Quebec, with a strong vision for innovation and optimizing the employee and client experiences, we continue to help generations of Canadian women to look and feel their best.

Job Description

As the Administrative Assistant for the Procurement team, you will contribute to Laura’s success by coordinating supplies purchases for the stores, the Head Office and the Distribution Centre. You will ensure optimal service for all employees at stores and Head Office and ensure efficiency for inventory management.

How will you support the team?

• Ensure supplier system information and costing remain up to date in order to avoid purchasing and sales errors.
• Ensure that information on invoices matches purchase orders before sending them to the Accounting Department.
• Receive, treat and invoice store requests with a high sense of urgency, or forward invoices to appropriate accounts.
• Separate and prioritize received requests and communicate with the Warehouse Foreman regarding resources needed.
• Prepare purchase orders.
• Prepare and maintain purchasing files, reports and records.
• Process purchases, files and paperwork.
• Obtain price quotations from catalogues and suppliers.
• Participate in meetings with store teams for needs assessments.
• Ensure regular store requests on supplies order forms are being addressed adequately.
• Ensure special requests from stores and Head Office are being addressed and actioned out effectively and within the timeframe expected.
  
  

Qualifications

The people who thrive with us have:

• Strong mathematical skills
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook).
• Strong organization and prioritization skills.
• The ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  
  

Don't miss this opportunity to join an exceptional team!

Additional Information

Laura Canada is a family-owned retailer housing two iconic women’s fashion apparel brands, Laura and Melanie Lyne. Based in Laval, Quebec, we design, produce, market and sell our fashion collections across Canada. We proudly employ over 2,000 dedicated team members and operate more than 140 retail store locations as well as operating laura.ca and melanielyne.com. We attribute our success to the unwavering commitment of our teams to delivering outstanding customer experiences while embodying our shared values of integrity, respect, teamwork, performance, and passion. We believe that delivering an outstanding customer experience is driven by our commitment to an outstanding employee experience.