About the Role
As a Procurement Associate, you will serve as the System and Process Specialist for various systems, including Oracle, iSupplier, ERP/MRP, TIPQA, TTQ, Teamcenter, Factory Bucket, Logikweb, Cognos, and Apex. You will play a crucial role in supporting bid and proposal activities, administering purchase order activities, and managing supplier relationships to ensure timely and efficient material deliveries.
Responsibilities
- Provide support to procurement team, bid and proposal activities, including the development and execution of RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs, and manage quoting activity.
- Administer purchase order activities, including actioning purchase requisitions, placing orders, handling cancellations and reschedules, maintaining order documents for item revisions, quantities, prices, and clause changes, monitoring promise dates, updating expeditor text, and resolving invoice exceptions.
- Manage supplier deliverables and resolve delivery discrepancies.
- Issue open order reports, follow up with suppliers for status updates, and expedite material deliveries as needed to meet schedules.
- Support internal customer requirements through proactive communication and status meetings.
- Action requests for Data Questionnaires, Return Material Authorizations, reworks, and Repair & Overhaul processes.
- Initiate, monitor, and support change management documentation and utilize mitigation mechanisms as needed to support schedules.
- Develop suppliers with respect to execution of work and system innovation.
- Maintain item attributes, including buyer changes, lead times, and minimum order quantities.
- Address system issues and ensure data integrity.
- Forecast monthly material receipts to support financial objectives.
Requirements
- 1-2+ years of experience or Entry Level experience from Internships or CO-OP. (Any transferable experience could also work)
- Bachelors Degree or Diploma in Business, Sociology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Economics or ANY other fields
- Experience with expediting and managing purchase orders is an asset
- Advanced skills in Excel, including VLOOKUP and pivot tables.
- Clear communication skills
- Experience in a corporate or manufacturing environment is advantageous.
- Any client facing experience
- Knowledge of ERP systems such as Oracle, SAP, or JDE.
- Familiarity with MRP systems and processes.
- Skills in functional planning and scheduling.
Skills
- Oracle
- iSupplier
- ERP/MRP
- TIPQA
- TTQ
- Teamcenter
- Factory Bucket
- Logikweb
- Cognos
- Apex
- Excel
- VLOOKUP
- Pivot tables
- Communication skills
- ERP systems
- SAP
- JDE
- MRP systems
- Functional planning
- Scheduling
Location
- London, ON
Work Type
- Onsite
- Contract
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- 1-2+ years
Education Level
- Bachelors Degree
- Diploma
Salary/Compensations
- $25.00 - $34.00/hr
About the Company
- Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.
Equal Opportunity
- The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
- If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.
