Student - Expeditor, Materials Management - Co-op

Canadian Blood Services; Halifax; Hybrid; CAD 27,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Payment in lieu of vacation and other 

Defined benefit pension plan

Employee discounts, wellness program,—

Job summary

Canadian Blood Services is seeking a Temporary full-time Student - Expeditor, Materials Management to join our Procurement team. You will monitor contracts, track deliverables, maintain schedules, and produce status reports while supporting cost-saving and improvement initiatives.

The role requires 40% on-site presence in Canada and offers exposure to SAP ECC, vendor management, and data analysis in a dynamic healthcare supply chain environment.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in a Supply Chain Management program, or other related business-related program.
• Must have excellent teambuilding, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Key Supply Chain concepts; Procurement, material management, inventory management, forecasting.
• Excellent organization, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Superior analytical skills and advanced knowledge of spreadsheets.
• Experienced in Microsoft office tools including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience in SharePoint, particularly as it pertains to creating forms and lists, would be considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the Procurement department.
• Monitor departmental activities by tracking contracts and reporting on deliverables.
• Maintain schedules and produce status reports.
• Support cost saving and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Expedite critical orders and escalate risks impacting operations.
• Run reports and perform basic data manipulation to aid decisions.

Skills

Teambuilding

Interpersonal skills

Procurement

Material management

Inventory management

Forecasting

Organization

Problem solving

Decision making

Analytical skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

SharePoint

SAP ECC

Education

Supply Chain Management program

Tools

SAP ECC

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

This role requires a minimum of 40% on-site presence. Additional on-site work may be required based on business needs. On-site expectations are subject to change and may be adjusted on a temporary or permanent basis.

Employment status: Temporary full-time

Salary/Rate of pay: $24.00

Application deadline: 2026-11-02

About the role

Canadian Blood Services is looking for a Temporary full-time Student - Expeditor, Materials Management to join our dynamic Procurement team.

In this role, you will provide administrative support to the Procurement department. You will be responsible for monitoring departmental activities by assisting with tracking of contracts and reporting on deliverables, maintaining schedules and producing status reports.

Formula for success

• Working with staff to implement cost saving and continuous improvement initiatives.


• Owndership of our material and vendor criticality assessment process.


• Monitor and track purchase orders to ensure timely delivery of goods and services.


• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders as it pertains to back orders and future deliveries.


• Coordinate with receiving teams to ensure accurate and timely goods. This includes ensuring necessary documentation is obtained, as needed (CoA's, Packing slips).


• Support transaction processing in SAP ECC.


• Act as a key point of contract between procurement, vendors, and internal departments.


• Expedite critical orders and escalate risks impacting operations.


• Master data updates within an ERP system (SAP).


• Running reports and basic data manipulation to suggest decision points.

Desired education and skills

• Must be enrolled in a Supply Chain Management program, or other related business-related program.


• Must have excellent teambuilding, interpersonal and communication skills.


• Key Supply Chain concepts; Procurement, material management, inventory management, forecasting.


• Excellent organization, problem solving and decision-making skills.


• Superior analytical skills and advanced knowledge of spreadsheets.


• Experienced in Microsoft office tools including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.


• Experience in SharePoint, particularly as it pertains to creating forms and lists, would be considered an asset.

What we offer you

• Payment in lieu of vacation and benefits.


• Defined benefitpension plan.


• Employee discounts, wellness program, professional resources.

What you can expect

This role will work in a hybrid environment with requirements to be onsite at Canadian Blood Services location 40% of the time/days of the week.

We acknowledge that the work of Canadian Blood Services spans many Territories and Treaty areas across the country, and we are grateful for the Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who have guided us in this important work. We recognize the land and waters that have inspired our work and offer gratitude to those Indigenous peoples on whose territory we work, live and play.

Diversity and inclusion play a vital role in ensuring health equity for patients across Canada. We are committed to reflecting Canada’s population in our organization and fostering an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves, with equal opportunities to succeed and contribute.

Applicants who require accommodation should discuss their needs with us.

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