Purchasing / Accounts Payable Assistant

Advantages
- Amazing opportunity to gain valuable, hands on, industry experience in a supporting Purchasing / Accounts Payable Assistant role
- Permanent, direct hire position
- Eligible for health benefits package
- Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm
- Work with an industry-leading, reputable organization

Responsibilities
As a Purchasing / Accounts Payable Assistant, you will be involved in various functions and responsibilities such as:
- Responsible for direct and indirect purchasing, including the purchase of all material supplies and services to support operations
- Work directly with our Accounts Payable and operations for process flows
- Utilize and update computerized purchasing within our internal systems
- Keep an up-do-date listing of vendors and parts ordered
- Working at negotiating pricing with vendors for minimizing costs
- Handle inventory and materials management and replenishment systems
- Respond and provide solutions to both internal and external customers.

Qualifications
- Community college certificate in Purchasing coupled and/or related work experience
- Strong computer skills, MS Office Suite
- Software experience in TMW an asset
- Excellent interpersonal skills and strong organizational skills
- Great communication skills both verbally and written
- Works well under pressure in a fast pace environment
- Strong attention to detail and analytical thinker, Creative, quality and results-driven
- Effective at problem solving and multi-tasking
- Works well independently and with little supervision
- Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
- Strong understanding of purchasing process, operations and strategic sourcing process
- Process improvement capabilities

Summary
If you are interested in the Purchasing / Accounts Payable Assistant role and would like to apply, please follow the "how to apply" steps below.

How to apply:
1) Register and apply directly to this job posting on www.randstad.ca
2) Please also send a follow-up email to: saudia.yusuf@randstad.ca with your updated MS Word resume with the subject line as "Purchasing / AP Assistant"

Our services will never be at a cost to you. Registration with Randstad offers you the benefits of our industry knowledge and client database which spans many industries. We thank all applicants for applying however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

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