Strategic Supply Chain Lead

Fidelity Manufacturing; Calgary; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, life insurance

Flex days

Team events

Job summary

Fidelity Manufacturing in Calgary is seeking a Strategic Supply Chain Lead to oversee purchasing, vendor management, and continuous improvement. You will write POs, review specs, request quotations, and ensure compliance and traceability in our ERP system.

Key responsibilities include leading a procurement team, coordinating with suppliers to secure pricing and timely delivery, and ensuring documentation is maintained. Strong Excel/ERP skills and at least 5 years in purchasing are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum High School education or equivalent.
• Certification in manufacturing or purchasing considered an asset.
• Certification or training in leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead continuous improvement efforts in purchasing and procurement.
• Lead and guide the purchasing team to ensure efficiency.
• Handle internal requests for purchased materials, tooling, services, or outsourcing.
• Manage tooling and vending machine stock items as required.
• Communicate with suppliers when obtaining and negotiating pricing, timing, and quality.
• Follow up with suppliers after P.O. issuance to ensure on-time delivery.
• Communicate with receiving on expected shipments.
• Assist with receiving of purchased items; review compliance and documentation.
• Coordinate with quality on testing or inspection requirements.
• Manage vendor list and add new vendors as needed.
• Assist with compliance and regulatory needs as required.
• Manage periodic inventory counts and reconciliations.

Skills

Purchasing

Leadership

Continuous improvement

Vendor management

Documentation & compliance

Excel & Office

Education

High school or equivalent

Purchasing certification

Leadership training

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

The Strategic Supply Chain Lead will be responsible for the following:

Role:

A Strategic Supply Chain Lead works with a team of purchasers to ensure to ensure all materials, consumables, and components for manufacturing are ordered in a timely manner. They will lead the strategic growth and continuous improvement efforts with our supply chain, write purchase orders to vendors, review purchasing specifications, request quotations, and work with vendors to streamline production. They will ensure all required documentation for purchased items are accounted for and appropriately filed in our system to ensure compliance and traceability. They will work with our ERP system to ensure accuracy and accountability with our purchased items.

Duties Include:

• Lead continuous improvement efforts in purchasing and procurement
• Lead and guide the purchasing team to ensure efficiency
• Handle internal requests for purchased materials, tooling, services, or outsourcing
• Manage tooling and vending machine stock items as required
• Handles communication to suppliers when obtaining, and negotiating pricing, timing, and quality
• Follow up with suppliers as required after P.O. is issued to make sure progress is being made and that delivery of purchased product or service will be on time
• Communicate with receiving on expected shipment deliveries
• Assist with receiving of purchased items as required, review compliance and documentation
• Work with quality department on any specific testing or inspection requirements on purchased items
• Manage any quality or timing related issues that occur at an outsource or service vendor and communicate with Project Manager
• Manage approved vendor list. Including all vendor information listed, including adding of new vendors
• Assist with compliance and regulatory needs as required
• Manage periodic inventory counts and reconciliations

Qualifications:

• Minimum High School education or equivalent
• Certification in manufacturing or purchasing considered and asset
• Certification or training in leadership
• Mandatory that this role take part in a criminal record check and controlled goods screening

Experience:

• 5+ years of work experience in purchasing, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Strong experience leading teams, preferably in a supply chain setting
• Experience reading engineering and manufacturing drawings an asset
• Experience in the machining industry is considered an asset
• Experience working in an ERP systems is considered an asset
• Experience with Excel, Word, and Outlook is required

Core Work hours:

• 7:30am-4:00pm Monday - Friday

Compensation:

• Competitive wages based on experience and knowledge level
• Employee benefits with medical, dental and life
• A fun, friendly and casual work environment with company sponsored events
• 2 Paid Flex days per year