Buyer Junior

About Sinclair Technologies

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Ensure purchasing practices comply with company policy and regulatory and legal requirements.
• Review MRP/MPS requirements and place purchase orders for materials, components, and services to support production schedules.
• Maintain ERP purchasing and supplier information, including purchase orders, pricing, lead times, delivery dates, and related data.
• Manage open orders, expedite outstanding deliveries, and work with Planning to identify material needs, shortages, and supply risks.
• Work with suppliers to improve cost, quality, lead time, and delivery performance.
• Coordinate with Quality, Engineering, Production, and suppliers to resolve non-conformance issues and implement corrective actions.
• Review bills of material, drawings, specifications, and manufacturing requirements to support purchasing activities.
• Support supplier qualification, development, alternate sourcing, and dual-sourcing initiatives.
• Identify cost-reduction, process-improvement, standardization, and purchasing-efficiency opportunities.
• Liaise with customs brokers and freight providers to resolve import, customs, and shipping issues.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1–2 years of purchasing or buying experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Post-secondary diploma or degree.
• Working knowledge of MRP/MPS, demand planning, forecasting, inventory management, and material requirements planning.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for supplier and internal communications.
• Ability to interpret basic engineering drawings, specifications, and manufacturing requirements.
• General knowledge of mechanical manufacturing processes, materials, tolerances, and components.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience is an asset.
• Experience in RF, telecommunications, electronics, or related manufacturing industries is an asset.

Benefits and workplace amenities

• Paid vacation and sick days, comprehensive employer health benefits, and an RRSP program.
• Professional development funding for job-related designations and accreditations, employee referral and award programs, and employee events and initiatives.
• The posting mentions on-site parking and a five-minute walk to the GO Train station.

Work authorization

• Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada; the employer states it cannot assist with work authorization.