Purchasing Manager

Cherubini Group; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherubini Group is seeking a practical, organized Purchasing Manager who leads with respect and ethics, coordinating with Finance, Operations, Estimating, and project teams to source materials and services on time and at the right cost.

You will manage supplier relationships, monitor market conditions, and oversee inventory, ensuring documentation and traceability while building a high-performing purchasing team in a fast-paced environment in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

Qualifications

• Experience in purchasing leadership for projects or manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of pricing, lead times, and cost control.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to analyze data to support decisions.
• Experience coaching a purchasing team.

Responsibilities

• Lead purchasing activities to support project schedules and budgets.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships and evaluate performance.
• Source materials based on specs, availability, cost, and lead times.
• Monitor market conditions, tariffs, exchange rates, and supply risks.
• Support inventory management, stock levels, usage patterns, and reporting.
• Ensure quality and traceability documentation is collected and maintained.
• Collaborate with Finance, Operations, Estimating, Project Management and suppliers to resolve issues.
• Lead and coach the purchasing team, set expectations, and improve processes.
• Model respectful, ethics-based leadership and a safe team environment.
• Use ERP data to troubleshoot issues and improve reporting and decision-making.

Skills

Purchasing leadership

ERP systems

Data analysis

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Leadership, workplace values, and conduct are central to this role. Cherubini Group is seeking a practical, organized, and experienced Purchasing Manager who leads with respect and strong ethics, builds trust through open and supportive communication, promotes a safe and professional workplace, and remains knowledgeable and calm under pressure. The role leads purchasing, sourcing, supplier relationships, and inventory management while working closely with Finance, Operations, Project Management, Estimating, suppliers, and the shop floor to ensure materials and services are sourced on time, at the right cost, and with the required documentation.

What You'll Do

• Lead purchasing activities to support project schedules, production priorities, budget expectations, and business needs.
• Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, including evaluating supplier performance, pricing, lead times, risk, and reliability.
• Source materials and services based on specifications, availability, cost, quality, delivery needs, and project requirements.
• Monitor steel market conditions, commodity pricing, tariffs, exchange rates, freight challenges, and supply chain risks.
• Support accurate inventory management, including stock levels, usage patterns, slow-moving material, emergency purchases, and reporting improvements.
• Ensure required quality and traceability documentation is collected, reviewed, maintained, and handed off properly.
• Work closely with Finance, Operations, Estimating, Project Management, Quality, and suppliers to resolve issues and keep work moving.
• Lead, coach, and support the purchasing team by setting clear expectations, managing priorities, improving processes, and holding the team accountable.
• Model respectful, ethical, and values-based leadership while promoting trust, openness, safety, and a supportive team environment.
• Use ERP and purchasing data to troubleshoot issues, improve reporting, identify bottlenecks, and support better decision-making.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in purchasing, procurement, supply chain, inventory management, or a related leadership role.
• Strong understanding of pricing, quantities, lead times, material comparisons, supplier performance, and cost control.
• Ability to manage changing priorities in a project-based or manufacturing environment.
• Clear, direct, and consistent communication style.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make sound decisions using purchasing data and operational input.
• Experience leading or supporting a team, including coaching, prioritizing work, and improving accountability.
• Comfort working with ERP systems, purchasing records, inventory reporting, and process improvement including data analysis and excel.
• A practical, positive, and adaptable approach, with a focus on continual learning and improvement.
• Required leadership approach that reflects respect for the workplace, strong ethics, trust, openness, supportive communication, and the ability to stay calm and knowledgeable under pressure.

At Cherubini Group, purchasing plays a direct role in keeping projects moving and supporting the people who build them. This is an opportunity to take ownership of an important department, improve processes, strengthen supplier relationships, and help create better visibility and accountability across the business.