Why join us? SNC-Lavalin provides cutting-edge engineering, procurement, construction and financing solutions to projects in more than 100 countries around the world. From the Canadian Arctic to the Southern African region and Australasia, our multicultural workforce is driven by a fierce pride in their work and a pioneering vision. SNC-Lavalin is truly a global leader in its field and has been chosen to design and build some of the most prestigious projects in the world. Candu\xe2\x80\x99s Position Descriptions (PD) are designed to collect current and accurate information regarding the content of jobs so that they may be properly understood. They should describe the responsibilities, skills and qualifications that would normally be expected of any applicant, not the personal attributes or performance of individuals in the job. Candu\xe2\x80\x99s Position Descriptions should be regularly reviewed and revised following any significant changes in organizational responsibility and/or required skills/knowledge, effort and working conditions of the job. How will you contribute to the team? The Procurement Specialist is responsible for participation in development, testing, and rollout of purchasing systems, conducting training sessions and preparing training materials, manuals, presentations, etc., and acting as a single point of contact (SPOC) for all system related issues for requestors, buyers and material control. To perform this role successfully, the candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

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• Actively participate in the development and testing of purchasing systems and the roll out including required process and procedure updates.
• Act as a facilitator to ensure the technical requirements are correctly identified to facilitate material coding, requisition set-up, and execution.
• Acts as a single point of contact (SPOC) for all system related issues for Requestors, Buyers, and Material Control, logging and resolving all issues.
• Work with Training and Development to plan and execute both classroom and one-on-one sessions for users performing procure to pay activities.
• Responsible for classroom and one-on-one user training: Procurement processes and procedures, CMMS Express, SQD, Oracle iRequisition, myTRAK, as it relates to the following procurement touch-points: Material Coding, Requisitioning, Request for Proposal, Purchasing, Supplier document deliverables, records, etc.
• Prepare training material, manuals, checklists, presentations, and syllabus
• Interface with Training and Development, Purchasing, Technical Community, and Material Control
• Coordinate software enhancements between Procurement and IT/Engineering Tools
• Update purchasing database to ensure all fields are complete and accurate.

What will you contribute?

• Post-secondary degree or equivalent job experience.
• Good knowledge of organizational structure, activities, policies, and procedures.
• Experience in training or public speaking is essential.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills are essential.
• Must possess a high level of tact, initiative and diplomacy.
• Demonstrated ability to use initiative and apply mature judgment in an environment of changing and conflicting priorities.
• Capable of working and responding to queries without guidance/direction in the absence of management.
• Proficient in Company software applications.
• Must be a team player.
• Visual concentration is required for working in various systems.
• Willingness and ability to spend a lot of time training in a classroom and travelling from building to building conducting one-on-one user training.
• Exceptional public speaking and customer service skills are required.
• Must be able to resolve issues that develop during requisitioning and evaluation of proposals/bids.
• Must be able to analyse competitive proposal/bids and provide a summary and recommendation to Management.
• Visual concentration is required for working in various systems and reviewing reports.
• Ability to spend a lot of time training in a classroom and travelling from building to building conducting one-on-one user training.
• Must be a motivated, self-starter, with excellent time management skills.
• Must possess a high level of tact, initiative and diplomacy.
• Experience in training or public speaking is essential.

What we offer at SNC-Lavalin: At SNC-Lavalin, you will enjoy competitive compensation, a safe and healthy work environment, and a full range of benefits (ie.: group insurance, retirement savings plan, share purchase plan, continuing education program, etc.). You think that a career in our team could match your profile, submit your application online now! ************************** The masculine gender is used only to simplify the wording. Appropriate accommodations will be provided upon request throughout the recruitment and hiring process as required by Company policy and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Successful applicants will be notified about SNC-Lavalin\xe2\x80\x99s accommodation policies at the time the employment offer is extended, and the information will be shared with new personnel during the onboarding process. At SNC-Lavalin, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. SNC-Lavalin cares about your privacy. SNC-Lavalin and other subsidiary or affiliated companies of SNC-Lavalin (referred to throughout as \xe2\x80\x9cSNC-Lavalin\xe2\x80\x9d) are committed to protecting your privacy. Please consult our Privacy Notice on our Careers site to know more about how we collect, use and transfer your Personal Data. By submitting your personal information to SNC-Lavalin, you confirm that you have read and accept our Privacy Notice. Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, technology and data to design, deliver and operate the most complex projects. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital \xe2\x80\x93 and delivered to clients in key strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear, Operations & Maintenance and Capital. News and information are available at snclavalin.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.