Manager of Procurement & Inventory Governance

at  CPKC

Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) are now CPKC. As the only truly North American railway, we are making big moves! Drawing on our strong foundations and heritage, CPKC moves essential goods across our 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Be a part of history as we connect a continent and create exciting career opportunities across our new transnational network. Visit cpkcr.com to learn about the CPKC advantage, our purpose and culture.

POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• The P2P technology roadmap purchasing and inventory line items
• The control framework and related management for materials and purchasing accountability
• Running all the monthly and quarterly reports and gathering sign off for all controls
• Maintaining the documentation to support all the controls as well as providing feedback to materials manager on how to improve processes that support the controls
• The standardized processes and related training for purchasing and stores
• Field audit of a selected group of inventory plants each year to provide feedback to the business as well as use that feedback to develop the above deliverables
• Producing the purchasing and inventory operational performance reporting and controls administration
• Training and rolling out of best practice materials and warehouse management processes to Engineering and Mechanical plants
• Leading the development of supply and materials technology roadmap as well as project execution and implementation
• Champion process improvement and change management (process or initiatives) across the network

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Post-Secondary Education preferably a University Degree (Business, Finance or Engineering an asset)
• At least five years of experience in overall Procurement and/or inventory management
• Min. 3 years of leadership experience
• Strong excel skills and analytical capabilities
• Systems aptitude, experience with SAP

Develop and provide a centralized governance framework support for materials management across CPKC’s network, and champion and provide subject matter expertise for any technology projects The role provides leadership to one direct report, a specialist.