PENN Engineered Fasteners Looking for Director of Materials and Customer Accounts at Concord, ON Full Time

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Director of Materials & Customer Accounts

Reports to: President
Department: Purchasing

Job Summary

We are a specialized distributor of engineered fasteners to the automotive and industrial industry throughout North America, Asia and Europe. We currently have an opening for a Full time Director of Materials and Customer Accounts.

The Director of Materials and Customer Accounts is responsible for achieving cost efficiency and savings in all purchasing operations, while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction based on available inventory.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, direct, control, and evaluate the activities and operations of the Purchasing department.
• Manage the purchasing and inventory control function with the goal to reduce costs of inventory while maximizing customer satisfaction related to availability of inventory.
• Perform all departmental planning and operations management.
• Work closely with all points of contact within our vendors to ensure solid relationships built on reliance and trust.
• Implement systems, procedures, and controls to establish, monitor and achieve optimal stock levels.
• Monitor and detect sensitive changes in all departmental operations that may influence overall results.
• Work closely to coordinate activities with Warehouse, Customer Service, and Sales.
• Ensure that all direct reports maintain close relationships with all other stakeholders.
• All other duties assigned as required.

Employment Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5-7 years related experience.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs and conceptual understanding of relational database technologies.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Proven decision making, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain contacts, both inside and outside the organization.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Technical understanding of fasteners is an asset.

Working Conditions

• Office environment.
• May experience some overtime.
• Travel requirements to vendors and trade shows within Canada and the U.S.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Additional pay:

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision care

Schedule: