Job Opportunity
Reference Number: 2012-0130-06
Position: Procurement Manager
Locations: Schefferville, Quebec and Northern Labrador

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Note: This is a Fly-In, Fly-Out Operation.

Levert Executive is the largest recruitment agency in Northern Ontario with offices in North Bay, Sudbury and Timmins. Our client base is made up of small, medium and multinational organizations. We have been successfully serving clients and candidates for over 25 years.

Our client was formed to exploit an Iron Ore mine and concentrator in Schefferville, QC on the border of Newfoundland and Labrador.  They are a joint venture ranked in the top 10 steel producers.  They employ over 80,000 people in five continents and boasts a revenue in excess of $20 billion for the 2010 fiscal year.  The current project consists of upgrading high grade hematite ore with a feasibility study on a much larger project underway.  The current project is a fly-in, fly-out operation.

Qualifications:

• Proficient and experienced in one or more Procurement functions.
• Experienced in project planning and operations, including both office and jobsite locations.
• Working knowledge of Engineering, Construction, and Quality procedures.
• Experienced in the management or supervision of personnel, including defining tasks, making work assignments, and evaluating performance.
• Training or courses of specialized study in related subjects such as engineering, business administration, accounting, and law.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Participates with the project team in defining and developing the scope of Procurement work, and in preparing and coordinating Procurement plans, procedures, schedules, estimates, forecasts and budgets.
• Overall responsible for all aspects of procurement and supply chain from buying, expediting, supplier inspection, traffic & logistics, materials management, warehousing and inventory control
• Contributes Procurement input to the EPCM Contractor.  Prepares and/or directs preparation of general and special conditions for use on all project purchase documents, ensuring that requirements of the EPCM contract are incorporated.
• Prepares Procurement workhour.  Monitors project Procurement workhour expenditures, including support offices, to ensure operations are within approved budgets.  Evaluates changes, prepares appropriate revisions to the workhour budget, and secures required approvals.
• Develops, coordinates, and makes Procurement presentations to project management.
• Requests and prepares any necessary delegations of Procurement authority for Procurement commitments.
• Determines and secures necessary approvals and monitors project Procurement staffing plans.  Coordinates personnel assignments with global business unit and corporate functional managers.  Ensures assigned personnel receive orientation and training, particularly in project-unique requirements.
• Prepares or directs preparation of the project Procurement procedures; contributes to the project procedures; monitors the EPCM Procurement team’s implementation of the project procedures; revises procedures and secures approvals as necessary.
• Participates in the development of the material schedule and the division of responsibility. 
• Coordinates Procurement execution plan with Engineering and Construction plans and operations to ensure that input from these disciplines will enable Procurement to perform its functions in accordance with project plans.
• Reviews commitment approvals and execution/signature authorities and ensures commitments are made in accordance with Corporate and Procurement policies and procedures.
• Monitors and evaluates performance of assigned project Procurement personnel and EPCM Contractor.   
• Issues project Procurement status reports to project management.
• Plans and directs the orderly closeout of Procurement operations, including destaffing, settlement of claims and back-charges, and resolving punch list items assigned to Procurement.
• Prepares, assembles, and issues a Procurement historical report for inclusion in the project historical report.
• Prepares and edits presentations describing Procurement methods, trends of lead times, prices, or other relevant information within Procurement’s scope of activities.  Subject to required approvals, makes presentations to Customers, supplier organizations, or trade associations.

If you feel that you have the required skills and are interested in joining a stable organization, please complete this simple two-step Candidate Application.

We thank all interested applicants but due to the volume of resumes received only qualified candidates meeting the minimum requirements above will be contacted.