Start Date: 22-04-2024
Date Added: 22-04-2024
Status: Accepting Candidates
Industry: Aerospace
Categories: AE31 – Procurement / Buyer

Description:Program Purchasing Lead
            
Location: Ajax, ON
Term: Contract Position; 12 months (extendable)
Pay Range: $38-$42 per hour
Shift: Monday-Friday; 37 hours per week

Job Summary:
For a Program (or a Program family), of bought-parts—Build-to-Print & Build-to-Spec, System & Equipment parts & services (ref. design drawings and/or specifications, as well as Program related Non-Recurring Costs (NRC) / investments:

Responsibilities/Duties:
• To represent as the focal & interface, the Purchasing process within the Integrated Program Team (IPT).
• Ensures within the global Purchasing team—the Program (IPT) & Production strategies, they are clearly communicated and respected.
•Liaison, communicate & coordinate with the Purchasing Site Leader (PSL) & Commodity Buyer teams
• Manages & ensure the Purchasing process in accordance with AS-9100, aligned with the Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) & SAFRAN Group rules—application of APQP & DVI PPAP.
• Prepare any Program Purchasing related documentation—to set-up & drive the Purchasing activities. Eg; Program Purchasing Plan (PPP), Program Work Package Agreement, Purchasing Roadmap, Program Overview, for all and any other Purchasing related activities.
• Participate and lead as Purchasing’s focal, the estimation process (RC & NRC)—to provide and update the Purchasing cost evolution from initial bid phase through to certification.
• Ensure the « Flow Down » of the contractual requirements from our Customers to the Commodity Purchasing team.
• Ensure that the IPT is aware of the impact on suppliers of SAFRAN Landing Systems (SLS) technical, contractual and logistical requirements
• Ensure all Purchasing actions are completed in a timely manner in support of the Program schedule
• Identify Purchasing risks related to the Program and manage them in accordance with the SAFRAN Group Risk procedure. To ensure hot topics are resolved timely & properly. If required are escalated to head of the functions.
• Closely monitor key emerging & hot topics—ensure respective functions are fully informed, & their teams, Purchasing, Program, Production & Engineering, dedicate appropriate efforts to those topics.
• Communicate to the Commodity Buyers any changes / modifications & constraints from the final customer.
• Take part in the Make or Buy process & decisions.
• Coordinate the dedicated Implementation Specialists to support the industrialization of the equipment under their responsibility.
• Update the Purchasing Program Dashboard (RC, NRC, schedule, contractualization, risk…) and any additional specific Program reporting required.
• Understand the Customer Services Spares Parts requirements and ensure that Buyers include them in their negotiations
• Ensure export control and offset obligations related to the supply base are achieved
• For Build-to-Specification (BTS) products the Strategic Purchasing team are the pilot: leading activities with the Suppliers ensuring all milestones are met on time during the development phase up to certification.

Qualifications:
• University or College Degree/Diploma, preferably in Business/and or Engineering
• Technical appreciation of landing gear and manufacturing processes
• Business skills, Analytical and Rigorous
• 3 or more years of Purchasing, Supply Chain and/or Engineering experience, preferably in Aerospace
• Team player; Communication skills at all levels, including the ability to summarize and simplify complex subjects
• Fluent in English, French an asset
• Experience in Project Management and/or in transversal management
• Analysis and formalization of customer requirements
• Understanding of the technical environment and customer’s expectations
• Management of the supplier relationship
• Purchasing administration and organization understanding
• Strongly organized, rigorous and results-oriented personality
• Strength of conviction
• Analytical and synthetically minded; Tenacity and perseverance and strong relationship building

To apply please email your resume to Dillon at: dlee@cantech.agency

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