Details:
The Supply Chain department is seeking a Category Manager to join the Procurement department in the Campbell River office. The successful candidate will be willing to embrace change and challenge the status quo, have the ability to build excellent relationships and will have very good influencing skills.
Qualifications & Experience:
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in sourcing and procurement activities for Marine Harvest locally, nationally and globally
- Identify innovative opportunities to reduce the cost of goods and/or services
- Assist in the development, contribution and reporting of the departments key performance indicators.
- Assist in the implementation of new purchasing procedures to improve the efficiency of the department
- Provide operational support for employees in the purchasing system, currently Basware (master data management)
- Develop and maintain supplier evaluation protocols
- Forge and maintain relationships with suppliers and internal customers
Qualifications
- Analytical, problem solving, negotiation and evaluation skills
- Flexible, self-directed, proactive, motivated and results oriented.
- Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
- Knowledge of end to end Procurement best practices.
- Solid knowledge of modern purchasing information systems.
- Ability to determine total cost of ownership for any given material / service.