Buyer - Valve Business Unit - #439095

Stream-Flo Industries


Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Edmonton, AB
Contract type: Full time
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The Buyer is responsible for ensuring the continuity of the supply of goods for specific product lines, while driving continuous cost and process improvements.

Key Position Functions Include

  • Purchasing and expediting of items for stock and customer orders in compliance with established policies and procedures.
  • Establish and maintain Min/Max values in ERP system based on market trends and/or forecasts.
  • Identify supply shortfalls and communicate these gaps along with a contingency plan to managers and internal customers.
  • Provide quotations to Sales/Estimating as required.
  • Negotiate pricing and volume discounts with suppliers for stock and projects.
  • Investigate part substitutions to present to Engineering or Production to optimize inventory and minimize or reduce delivery time.
  • Responsible for handling aging inventory, including coordinating with vendors to return inventory for credit, suggesting substitutions to Engineering and Production or suggest discontinuing obsolete material.
  • Resolve supply chain issues including commercial competitiveness, on time delivery, NCR issues and supplier concerns.
  • Maintain current knowledge with respect to practices, trends, and information relative to supply chain management, the oil and gas industry and the Company.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as required.

Preferred Candidates Will Possess

  • 3-5 years’ experience in a Purchasing Role.
  • Analytical, results-oriented, and productive in a fast-paced environment as this person will be responsible for making tactical and strategic decisions to ensure customer satisfaction while bettering our inventory performance.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize and multi-task in a busy environment.
  • Completion or enrolment in related purchasing designation an asset.
  • Previous experience in supporting a manufacturing environment including working knowledge of 6D Ball Valve equipment including material specifications.
  • Strong Excel, Outlook and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) skills.
  • The ability to work effectively individually and in a team environment.
  • Superior time management and organizational skills.

The Stream-Flo Group of Companies, consisting of Stream-Flo Industries Ltd. and Master Flo Valve Inc., are privately owned and operated Canadian manufacturers of wellhead, production gate valve and check valve equipment, as well as chokes, specialty control valves and supporting actuation. Since our inception in 1962, we have become a recognized leader for our superior technology, innovative designs and top quality products. Through continued product line development, the Stream-Flo Group has grown to be one of the largest manufacturers of our kind, offering our solutions to oil and gas regions throughout the world.

Stream-Flo offers a competitive salary, profit sharing and a comprehensive benefit program to prospective employees, as well as the opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial environment, characterized by continued growth and strong business results.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those candidates identified for further consideration will be contacted.

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