About Bethany
Bethany Care Society (Bethany) is one of Western Canada’s largest not-for-profit providers of care, housing, and community services for seniors and adults with disabilities. Since 1945, Bethany has provided high-quality, person-centred care focused on the unique physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of our residents and tenants. We create caring communities to support Albertans to age well.
Why Bethany?
We offer generous vacation and leave time, competitive salaries, benefits, retirement savings programs and top-ups for maternal leaves. We are committed to employee well-being and giving back to our community. We invest in our people because they are the reason for our success.
For more information, check out this video about Working at Bethany
About the Role
Reporting to the Manager, Material Management, is responsible for purchasing materials, services, technical equipment, and supplies within established limits and quality, quantity, and price guidelines. Obtaining quotes for goods and services as part of the procurement decision phase and prepares purchase orders and negotiates delivery arrangements.
What You Will Do
ESSENTIAL DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES
Procurement
• Perform and evaluate source solicitations including RFQ/RFP/RFI.
• Perform and analyze periodic and ad hoc procurement reports from procurement system.
• Perform cost structure analysis and negotiate best price with suppliers.
• Drive and achieve cost saving for sourcing program and purchase opportunity.
Contract Management
• Setup/handle/manage Standard/Customized related Contracts.
• Build strong, strategic supplier relationships and measure/analyze supplier performance and quality.
• Creating agreements for net new suppliers as well as managing onboarding process requirements.
• Validating if contracts are applicable to Bethany Care Society’s environment.
• Continuous Stakeholder collaboration to discuss requirements to ensure a thorough understanding and to keep them up to date on progress.
Stakeholder/Supplier Management
• Continuous Stakeholder collaboration to discuss requirements to ensure a thorough understanding and to keep them up to date on progress.
• Stakeholders are across multiple functions medium to high complex requirements, development of complex contracts and very demanding teams
• Providing ideas on how to simplify requirements process utilizing our systems, processes and stakeholders’ strategies
• Supplier cadence – collaboration with stakeholder, procurement and suppliers
• Develop effective long-term supplier relationships through supplier performance measurement, external benchmarking and continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide vacation, sick leave and other types of support for other members of the Materiel Management team on an as needed basis.
• Primarily required to work out of the corporate office but will also be required to travel to and work out of other sites that are owned and/or operated by Bethany Care Society on an as needed basis.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
• Bachelor’s degree in business, Supply Chain, Business, Logistics or similar.
• CSCP/CPP/CPSM or related certification preferred.
Additional Essential Skills
• 3-5 years of experience in a buyer/planner role.
• Expert applied knowledge of forecasting, supply chain, inventory management
• Excellent organization, communication and follow-up skills
• Ability to self-direct and take constructive action in ambiguous situations
• Analytical with a methodical approach to problem solving
• Prior knowledge of Procurement / Supply Chain processes
• Strong PC Skills in Excel, Power Point, Word
Position Information:
• Posting Number: 25-8907
• Position Number: SUP-CP70-005
• Location: Bethany Corporate
• Classification: Material Management
• FTE: 1.0
• Non-Union/Union: Non-Union
• Department/Unit(s): Material Management
• Position Type: Permanent Full Time
• Shift and Hours of Work: Monday - Friday (7:45 am – 4:00 pm)
• Hours Per Shift: 7.75 hours
• Shift Per Cycle: 10 shifts in a 2-week cycle
• Position Start Date: Until filled
• Posting End Date: Until filled
How to Apply:
Like what you see and think you have what it takes to join our team?
INTERNAL APPLICANTS Internal applicants must utilize their @bethanyseniors.com email address in order to be considered for the role; failure to do so may result in omission from the selection process.
Apply Online at: http://bethanyseniors.com/careers/ by submitting your resume and cover letter.
Please note this competition may close sooner if a suitable candidate is found.
All applicants are thanked for their interest. Only those selected to move forward will be contacted.
Bethany Care Society is an equal opportunity employer.
Successful candidates will be required to obtain a Criminal Background Check and provide proof of all mandatory immunizations.
Bethany Care Society complies with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). By forwarding your resume to Bethany you are consenting to the collection and use of your personal information for this job competition. Your information will be kept strictly confidential.
