Supply Chain Agent - Montreal

Job Offer: Supply Chain Agent

Location: Ville St Laurent

Company: AAA Canada (mandate for a major player in aeronautics)

Type: Full-time, Permanent position

Benefits and Advantages

• Permanent employment offering stability and security.
• Use of high-performance and quality equipment.
• Sick leave days to ensure your well-being.
• Comprehensive group insurance program.
• Career development and professional growth opportunities.
• Stimulating work environment with major projects in the aeronautics, ground transportation, and defense sectors.
• Development, health, and wellness program.

Job Description

In this role, you will be required to:

• Establish and maintain good commercial and contractual relationships with strategically located suppliers.
• Develop new sources of supply and build strategic business relationships.
• Develop negotiation strategies.
• Lead and participate in commodity development by leading projects that require business plan preparation.
• Lead, develop, and execute commodity strategies and provide senior management with project and negotiation status reports.
• Identify, analyze, and materialize cost reduction opportunities.
• Develop, improve, and maintain continuous dialogue with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Act as a single point of contact with suppliers for new business opportunities.

• Offer support to sites and business units regarding overall procurement strategies.
• Coordinate and lead the negotiation of contractual claims with suppliers to support business unit production issues.
• Support business units in the application of contractual clauses.
• Lead contract negotiations with suppliers.
• Ensure that contracts are maintained in accordance with our business requirements.
• Coordinate the activities of procurement agents in line with balanced scorecard objectives, master plans, and detailed plans.
• Support other procurement agents in negotiating contracts, commercial requests, product changes, and contract amendments.
• Participate in the governance of cost reduction projects and adequately maintain the performance indicators for these projects.

Your profile:

• You hold a first-cycle university degree in business administration, law, supply chain, or equivalent.
• You have five (4) to ten (8) years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in the aeronautical and/or manufacturing industry and/or program management in a commercial role is an asset.
• You are recognized for your strong negotiation and project management skills.
• You are detail-oriented, focused, and committed to meeting deadlines.
• You demonstrate excellent communication skills and are proficient in French and English, both orally and in writing. Team spirit, innovation, and leadership make you an effective person.
• You have good knowledge of operational and financial management, as well as legal contract terminology and interpretation.
• You are familiar with just-in-time supply logistics, integrated supply chain, and lean manufacturing concepts.
• You are proficient in Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Outlook applications.

Key Skills:

• Contract management — negotiation experience, mastery of contractual language, review of terms and conditions.
• Relationship development — primary contact with suppliers.
• Commodity management — experience in managing purchasing categories.
• Multitasking — ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
• Legal experience — an asset.
• Aeronautical experience — an asset.
• Language: bilingual (French/English), an intermediate level in French may be considered.
• Estimated duration of the mandate: 6 to 12 months.

At AAA Canada, we believe in human potential above all else. We look beyond CVs: what interests us is your background, your expertise, and your vision.

AAA is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages women, Indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, and members of visible minorities to apply.

To apply, send your application to elisa.costa@aaa-canada.ca

ABOUT AAA CANADA

AAA Canada is an on-site and off-site manufacturing company that offers specialized subcontracting and technical assistance services related to industrial engineering, production, and maintenance processes in the Aeronautics, Ground Transportation, and Defense sectors.