Planning Administrator

BETTER MOBILITY FOR LIFE

Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,500 valued associates globally and has 11+ manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

Garaventa Lift has a long-standing reputation as a world-class manufacturer specializing in LU/LA elevators, home elevators, and platform wheelchair lifts. Our passion is in creating an accessible world by developing and distributing products which promote barrier free access for all! Check out what we do at www.garaventalift.com ! The roots of the company date back to 1928, when Garaventa pioneers built their first cable car in the Swiss alps and founded the company. Today, Garaventa Lift has grown into a global market leader thanks to innovative design, product functionality, and overall quality and safety. Our lifts are installed and maintained in over 100,000 private homes and public facilities such as office buildings, churches and places of worship, universities and train stations.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, and located 100% on site at Surrey, BC, this position will work with the local purchasing team to meets the procurement needs of assigned commodities and/or services, including their resources, availability, price, quality and transportation needs, and will develop, monitor and improve supplier relationships.

Essential Duties And Requirements

• Monitoring inventory levels and determining purchase needs and requirements
• Preparing and processing purchasing orders
• Calculate and analyze inventory statistics to provide optimal supply to manufacturing
• Understand and review global supply replenishments to multiple manufacturing sites, along with cost economics and lead times for replenishment
• Clear understanding of MRP replenishment techniques and make necessary changes to material allocations
• Creates month end reports for Open PO’s, RMA, Defects and other purchasing activities to maintain monthly targets
• Works closely with Quality team to ensure we receive product that meets our quality standards
• Able to monitor supplier performance through SLA’s and create score cards for review
• Good understanding of material flow nodes and links between intercompany and external suppliers
• Actively works towards maintaining min-max optimal inventory level based on material consumption ratios/trends
  
  

Team Environment

• Work closely with master production schedulers and inventory analyst
• Work closely with transportation vendors to coordinate incoming material and establish/maintain process with mode of transport based on inventory level
• Work closely with production supervisors/managers on special requirements (i.e. pricing, vendor analysis, project, pilot programs etc)
• Support and assist on prepping and setting up templates for annual inventory count
  
  

Mindset, Skills & Education

• Energetic, eager, tenacious!
• Post secondary degree in procurement/Supply Chain
• Certified or working toward APICS, Professional Logistics, and/or PMAC
• 2 years’ work experience in procurement
• Strong understanding of Material Management modules and function under ERP program
• Advanced MS Excel
• Support and assist on IT material management (MM) software analysis (cloud base)
• Data analytics
• Good understanding of KPI, Power BI and Dashboard settings
• Customs parts or automotive material management in an asset
• Excellent negotiation skills, superior communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to work independently
• Strong communication skills
• Strong organizational and administrative skills
• Able to handle multiple assignments simultaneously
  
  

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious, career-oriented individual desirous of being part of a large, evolving, and successful global organization with the ability to impact future success. Join us in Creating an Accessible World!