Procurement Senior Associate - Oracle Fusion & Ops Impact

Plains All American; Calgary; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental

Vision

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Plains All American in Calgary is seeking a Senior Associate, Procurement to convert requisitions into accurate purchase orders, manage the PO lifecycle, and drive efficient supplier collaboration across the organization.

You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with procurement policies, leverage contracts, and uphold service levels while supporting operational continuity and cost effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Operations, or related discipline preferred.
• 3+ years of purchasing, procurement, operations support, supply chain, or accounts payable/procure-to-pay experience.
• Working knowledge of requisitions, purchase orders, change orders, contract call-offs, supplier communication, and invoice/receiving dependencies.
• Ability to interpret requisition, PO, supplier, contract, and spend data.
• Working knowledge of Oracle Fusion or comparable ERP/procurement platforms preferred.
• Strong communication and follow-up skills with internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Ability to manage high transaction volumes across multiple requestors and suppliers in a dynamic operating environment while maintaining compliance, documentation quality, and service-level discipline.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned operational buying queues and convert approved requisitions into purchase orders within defined service levels.
• Review requisitions for completeness, accuracy, budget/approval readiness, correct supplier, contract availability, item description, quantity, unit of measure, delivery terms, ship-to details, and required supporting documentation.
• Identify and use existing preferred suppliers, contracts, and approved buying channels before initiating spot buy activity.
• Solicit and evaluate supplier quotations, evaluate price and delivery information, and select suppliers in accordance with approved sourcing rules, ensuring commercial competitiveness and compliance with procurement requirements.
• Create, dispatch, monitor, and maintain purchase orders in Oracle Fusion, including routine change orders, cancellation requests, close out activities, supplier communication, and status updates.
• Coordinate with requestors to resolve incomplete requisitions, unclear specifications, missing documentation, delivery needs, coding issues, or business-priority questions before PO issuance.
• Escalate higher-value, higher-risk, contract-required, or negotiation-heavy requests to Strategic Buying or Contract Management as appropriate.
• Support supplier onboarding requests by coordinating business requirements and working with Vendor Master and internal stakeholders to ensure suppliers are approved before purchase order issuance.
• Communicate with suppliers to confirm order acknowledgment, pricing, lead times, and changes affecting operational needs.
• Support urgent and emergency purchase routing in accordance with the Procurement Standard and escalation path.
• Support troubleshooting of PO, receiving, and invoice hold issues by coordinating with requestors, Expeditors, Accounts Payable, and suppliers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying recurring free-text demand, pricing mismatches, description issues, supplier gaps, or contract opportunities that could reduce manual buying work.
• Comply with procurement standard, segregation of duties requirements, FAA approval workflows, and Oracle Fusion data standards.
• Maintain accurate documentation, ensuring compliance with company policies and governance requirements, and support audit activities.
• Provide requestor guidance on requisition quality expectations, buying channels, catalog usage, PO status, and process requirements.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Supplier coordination

Education

Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Procurement ERP

Job description

Plains All American in Calgary is seeking a Senior Associate, Procurement to convert requisitions into accurate purchase orders, manage the PO lifecycle, and drive efficient supplier collaboration across the organization.

You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure compliance with procurement policies, leverage contracts, and uphold service levels while supporting operational continuity and cost effectiveness.