MRO Buyer

High Liner Foods; Lunenburg; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the food industry as a Project Manager focused on MRO supplies. This role involves overseeing inventory levels, negotiating vendor contracts, and ensuring compliance with purchasing guidelines. Excellent benefits and opportunities for growth await you in a culture that values diversity and sustainability.

Benefits

Pay-for-performance incentives

Employee & Family assistance programs

Wellness programs

Retirement planning

Disability support

Learning and mentorship opportunities

Safety-focused work environment

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of MRO or purchasing experience required.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation needed.
• Ability to interpret and follow instructions in English.

Responsibilities

• Perform project management duties related to scope, vendor coordination, and purchasing.
• Manage MRO inventory levels, maintaining accurate stock quantities.
• Produce weekly purchasing reports and supervise parts room clerks.

Skills

Communication

Analytical Skills

Negotiation

Organizational Skills

Education

High School Diploma

Post-secondary education

Tools

Microsoft Access

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Performs all duties associated with project management, including scope of work, vendor identification, coordination, implementation, and project closeout. Daily purchases MRO supplies to maintain plant systems.

This position is located within the maintenance department. The work environment includes an office setting and may require walking between the maintenance craft shop and the production plant.

• Sourcing materials and services, evaluating quality and price for comparable items.
• Negotiating costs, freight, stock levels, and delivery schedules.
• Negotiating vendor off-site inventory where applicable.
• Performing project PO/PR closing according to current guidelines.
• Maintaining CMMS modules to reflect current plant conditions.
• Ensuring BOM are established for all assets.
• Maintaining purchase order systems compliant with current accounting guidelines on tax-exempt purchases.
• Maintaining the plant asset system to reflect up-to-date plant conditions.
• Managing MRO inventory levels, ensuring minimum and maximum stock quantities are accurate.
• Keeping the daily maintenance "checkbook" accurate.
• Producing weekly purchasing reports as directed, including budget status, weekly, MTD, and YTD spend, and past due POs.
• Collaborating with accounting to monitor and report open POs to ensure correct accruals.
• Maintaining an annual "Capital Project Purchasing" file with a summary sheet.
• Supervising parts room clerks.
• Assisting in implementing an investment recovery system for surplus equipment or materials, including scrap recovery or disposition to recover capital investments.
• Performing other duties as assigned by the Maintenance Manager.
• Making travel arrangements for maintenance personnel.
• Daily purchasing of all supplies.
• Overseeing parts storage and inventory areas to ensure safety, efficiency, and cleanliness; ensuring cycle count schedules are met.
• Developing processes and workflows for department operations.

Requirements:

High school diploma required; post-secondary education preferred.

Proficient in Microsoft Access, Word, and Excel; strong math and analytical skills.

Excellent communication, organizational, and planning abilities.

Ability to interpret and follow written and verbal instructions in English.

3–5 years of MRO or purchasing experience.

Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation; ability to obtain a passport for travel if needed.

What's in it for you?

Join High Liner Foods for a career with great benefits, a culture of diversity, innovation, and sustainability. Opportunities to make an impact and grow in our mission to nourish lives await you.

• Pay-for-performance incentives
• Employee & Family assistance programs
• Wellness programs
• Retirement planning
• Disability support
• Learning and mentorship opportunities
• Safety-focused work environment

To learn more, please visit our careers page.

Current employees: this position is referral bonus eligible! See our policy for details.