Purchasing Supervisor

Location: EllisDon Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Department: Purchasing

Reports To: Controller

Position Summary The Purchasing Supervisor is responsible for the compliant sourcing, purchasing, expediting, coordinating, and overseeing procurement activities for materials, equipment, tools, rentals, and consumables required to support construction operations. As the leader of the purchasing team, this role provides day-to-day direction, guidance, and support to purchasing team, ensuring purchasing activities are completed accurately, efficiently, and in alignment with project and organizational needs. This role ensures project teams receive the right products and services at the right time, at the best overall price, while maintaining quality, compliance, supplier performance, and team accountability standards.

Key Responsibilities

Purchasing

- Management, coaching, and development of one or more purchasers.

- Manage the full purchasing cycle, including requisition review, budget evaluation, supplier quote evaluation, supplier award, purchase order creation, order tracking, expediting, delivery coordination, and issue resolution.

- Execute high-volume purchasing activities across multiple construction entities with multiple active projects while maintaining accuracy, cost effectiveness, and responsiveness to changing project priorities.

- Review project requirements, schedules, budgets, and lead times to proactively identify procurement needs and reduce delays to field operations.

- Monitor market conditions, material availability, supplier capacity, and long-lead items to mitigate procurement and supply chain risks.

Purchasing

- Management, coaching, and development of one or more purchasers.

- Manage the full purchasing cycle, including requisition review, budget evaluation, supplier quote evaluation, supplier award, purchase order creation, order tracking, expediting, delivery coordination, and issue resolution.

- Execute high-volume purchasing activities across multiple construction entities with multiple active projects while maintaining accuracy, cost effectiveness, and responsiveness to changing project priorities.

- Review project requirements, schedules, budgets, and lead times to proactively identify procurement needs and reduce delays to field operations.

- Monitor market conditions, material availability, supplier capacity, and long-lead items to mitigate procurement and supply chain risks.

Buying Practices

- Analyze purchasing trends, project forecasts, and supplier options to identify opportunities for cost savings, volume discounts, supplier consolidation, standardization, and improved buying agreements.

- Evaluate alternate products, suppliers,