Resolute Forest Products Looking for Buyer at Montreal, Quebec, Canada Full Time

Montreal, Quebec, CA, H3B 2N2

Department: Procurement Shared Services (PR03)

Resolute Forest Products, founded more than two centuries ago, is a global leader in the forest products industry. Through the years, it has built more than 20 predecessor companies and supported hundreds of communities.

The company owns or operates some 40 facilities, as well as power generation assets, in the United States and Canada. Our 6,600+ employees work hard to produce quality market pulp, tissue, wood products and papers that are marketed in over 60 countries.

Resolute offers a rewarding and safe work environment with opportunities and challenges that will help grow your skills.

The location in Montreal, (Quebec, Canada), is seeking talent to fill the position of Buyer (bilingual). This job is full-time permanent.

Are you a person who enjoys teamwork and is motivated by new challenges? Do you possess solid communication and analytical skills? If so, this position could be ideal for you.

You Will Concentrate On The Following Aspects

• Operational management
• Establish purchase orders each day and ensure the mills you are responsible for are supplied;
• Ensure suppliers respect the delivery times for products ordered;
• Ensure all invoices are paid promptly;
• Keep the Supervisor informed of activities and initiatives to be implemented and regularly update procedures;
• Take full responsibility for compliance with key performance indicators and respect deadlines;
• Coordinate procurement meetings jointly with the mills and resolve problems between buyers and mills as they arise;
• Ensure that the personnel at the mills under your responsibility have a sound understanding of the Company’s purchasing directives and that justification forms are properly completed;
• Implement cost-reduction projects.
• Introduction to supplier selection
• Conduct negotiations concerning certain product prices;
• Tackle targeted sourcing opportunities in collaboration with strategic sourcing managers.

Your Team

Reporting to the Supervisor, you will be part of a results-oriented team whose members are encouraged to exceed expectations.

Your Profile

• Bachelor of Commerce with a major in logistics, operations management, production management or finance;
• Three years of relevant experience with a large public manufacturing company.

Your Skills

• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in both official languages;
• Solid technical skills;
• Experience with the SAP system, an asset;
• Ability to work as part of a team, to communicate with all levels of the organization and to adapt quickly to change;
• Solid analytical skills and the ability to quickly make sound decisions based on experience and judgment, even when you have incomplete information and/or are under pressure;
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and cooperate with others to achieve the final result.

What We Are Offering

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• At least three weeks of vacation and three floating holidays a year from the first day of work, depending on your experience
• Full range of group insurance from the first day of work
• Telemedicine services
• Defined-contribution pension plan with generous employer participation from the first day of work
• Employee and family assistance program
• Education assistance program
• Health club reimbursement program
• Hybrid workplace: in-person and remote work
• Work environment based on respect, inclusion and diversity
• Office accessible by public transit

Since January 1, 2022, we have occupied new state-of-the-art, open-concept, collaborative offices at 1010 De La Gauchetière Street West (Bonaventure metro station).

Resolute is firmly committed to placing greater emphasis on the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion to empower all employees to reach their full potential. We form a dynamic team whose diverse backgrounds and wealth of perspectives are one of the keys to our success. We offer an inclusive, rewarding and safe work environment with opportunities that will help grow your skills.

Four core values influence everything we do at Resolute and help ensure our continued growth and success:

• Work safely
• Be accountable
• Ensure sustainability
• Succeed together

Consult the Resolute Blog and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter to learn more about our company.

Resolute Forest Products is committed to the principles of employment equity.

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