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Air Liquide Canada Inc.
Field Sourcing Specialist-Burlington
Dead Line: September 18, 2021
Company presentation
World leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health, Air Liquide is present in 80 countries with approximately 65,000 employees and serves more than 3 million customers and patients. Oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Air Liquide’s ambition is to be the leader in its industry, delivering long-term performance and acting responsibly.
Entity and activity description
Founded in 1911, Air Liquide Canada has over 2,200 employees and serves over 80,000 customers in Canada’s aeronautics, automobile, agri-food, chemical, defence, electronics, energy, metallurgy, metal fabrication, mining and healthcare industries from our sites located in key industrial regions from coast to coast.
Missions and Responsibilities
AIR LIQUIDE is the world leader in gases, welding technologies and services for Industry and Health and is present in 80 countries with more than 50,000 employees and serves more than 2 million customers and patients.
Location - Burlington, Concord or Cambridge offices.
Summary: Provide dedicated professional sourcing and other value creation sources to assigned business units or operating zones to support and achieve safety, efficiency, compliance and saving initiatives and objectives. Specific activities include competitive bidding, proposal analysis, negotiation of price and commercial terms, vendor management.
Essential Job Functions
- Lead bidding and sourcing activities for all purchases by assigned zone or business unit (BU):
- Assist in developing technical specifications and / or scopes of work with internal customers;
- Investigate, qualify and recommend bidders;
- Develop and issue formal requests for quotes (RFQs);
- Negotiate final price and commercial terms;
- Make sourcing recommendations to internal customers.
- Manage commercial risk for all purchases by assigned zone or BU:
- Verify that all contractors are appropriately pre-screened for safety, and initiate contractor pre-screening process for new contractors as required;
- Verify that critical suppliers are on the approved supplier list and initiate critical supplier qualification process for new suppliers as required.
- Proactively manage sourcing activity for all major capital, maintenance and plant turnarounds (TAR).
- Provide timely and accurate reporting and documentation on sourcing activities.
- Support Corporate Supply Chain initiatives and programs.
- Provide other related value creation services to internal customers.
Competencies and Profile
- Post-secondary degree with 5 years of purchasing experience supporting operations or manufacturing
- 2+ years experience in the industrial sector
- Excellent computer skills (Google / Oracle)
- Must be able to work in various Air Liquide sites within the GTA - Valid driver’s license is a requirement
- Able to work with minimal daily supervision
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Benefits
- Pension
- Yearly bonus
Thank you for your interest.Please note that only applicants submitting a cover letter along with a resume will be considered for an interview. For more information on our company, visit us online at http://www.airliquide.ca/en/careers.html
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