Team Lead - Procurement

Job Title

Lead - Procurement

Department

Supply Chain

Reports to

Manager – Procurement

Job Category

Salaried

Job Description

About MHI Canada Aerospace, Inc.

MHI Canada Aerospace, Inc. (MHICA), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, is a Tier 1 manufacturer of major aircraft structures and assemblies, based in Mississauga, Ontario. Over the past decade, MHICA has built more than aircraft components, it has built a recognized worldwide reputation for capacity, precision, on-time delivery, and excellence. MHICA has two state-of-the-art facilities combined to 476,000 sq. ft. This comprises of Manufacturing & Assembly, Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain, where highly skilled employees are working on Bombardier's sector-leading Global 5000/6000 and Challenger 350 business aircraft. MHICA's technicians build and join wing assemblies and fuselage sections, as well as perform systems and flight control assembly installations and testing.

Scope of Position

Reporting to the Manager – Procurement, the Lead-Procurement is responsible for leading buyers/planners and on-site expeditors for MHI Canada Aerospace. Working to provide strategic & tactical procurement solutions for supplier challenges that will affect the OTD of parts to MHICA. Coaching, training, and managing buyers/planners in their daily tasks, activities, and actions. Building strong supplier partnerships to ensure effective communication and consistent supply. Planning and looking ahead to prevent any disruption to MHICA business.

- Monitors and reviews the daily tasks and objectives of buyers/planners.

- Attends critical supplier touchpoints to help overcome any challenges they are facing.

- Helps buyers/planners with any strategic supplier planning.

- Manages and provides direction to any supplier expeditor that is on site. Sets expectations and reviews daily reports and actions that are provided by the expeditors.

- Daily reporting on critical items with actions taken and status for supplier challenges and parts that do not support the production schedule.

- Be the first escalation point for buyers and ensure the correct path of escalation to management.

- Take charge of the execution of procurement activities of all buyers.

- Lead the implementation of the procurement team KPI’s and monitor buyers’ adherence to the defined metrics.

- Clear communication of critical items with the Production Planning and Co-ordinating team.

- Advanced planning and forecasting skills to ensure future on time deliveries.

- Analyzes material requirements and/or Kanban levels for purchased parts to achieve optimum material flow.

- Monitors and expedites materials to ensure material flow to support production requirements and sales orders.

- Establish order parameters to optimize inventory levels to improve flow.

- Develops and manages effective relationships with internal departments. i.e., engineering, manufacturing, accounting, planning/materials, and quality.

- Maintain strong working relationships with suppliers.

- Working with sourcing to maintain Material Requirements Planning (MRP) order parameters on assigned parts (i.e. lead time, Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ), Multiples, Contact info etc.) in MHICA system.

- Preparing and presenting Supplier PRM’s.

- Working with sourcing on dual source options for more stable parts flow on critical parts.

- Working with buyers/planners on gap buys for parts that are not supporting production schedule.

- Coordinating with suppliers and sourcing for parts delays due to raw material, hardware, consumables and adhesives – working with methods and engineering on alternates that can be used to overcome these challenges.

- Recommendation of validity of on-site expeditors.

Skills and Qualifications

- Excellent organizational skills are required.

- Excellent oral and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to interact effectively with individuals at all levels in the organization required.

- Good time management skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities.

- Familiarity with ERP systems – Syspro preferred.

- Driven, tenacious and assertive character.

- Resilient and reliant/creative go to person.

- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications

Experience

- Minimum 5+ years’ prior experience as a Buyer / Planner, or other Supply Chain Management function.

- Ability to review and relate Engineering Drawings and Specifications, an asset.

- Aerospace experience is an asset.

Education

- Degree or Diploma in business or related program.

- In lieu of degree/diploma 10+ years of related experience.

Please note – the Company will conduct a criminal background check upon hire.

Why MHICA?

- Tier 1 Aero Structures Facility

- Competitive compensation packages

- Extensive training programs

- Employee referral program

- Employee engagement programs all year round

- Comprehensive Benefits & RRSP group contribution program

- Corporate Partnerships

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

MHI Canada Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply. MHICA is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). MHICA will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.