As the Procurement Specialist, you will contribute to Laura's success by coordinating supplies purchases for the stores, the Head Office and the Distribution Centre. The Procurement Specialist ensures optimal service for all employees at stores and Head Office as well as builds and maintains strong relationships with suppliers, works on special project requests as assigned and supports the Procurement Department Team.

How will you support the team?

• Negotiate product pricing, fees and terms with current and potential suppliers.
• Proactively look to identify new suppliers for existing and new purchases and introduce new ideas to reduce cost.
• Maintain supplier system information and costing reports in order to avoid purchasing and sales errors.
• Ensures that information on invoices matches purchase orders before sending them to the designated department.
• Analyze and control consumption of goods as needed in order to adequately replenish all stock.
• Evaluate the logistics timeline for all volume products to ensure maximum efficiency in receiving initial orders and replenishment orders.
• Maintain and coordinate the verification of the monthly inventory taken by the Supply Warehouse Team.
• Coordinate stock storage with suppliers until orders are shipped.
• Analyze inventory and share strategic opportunities on future purchases based on observations made.
• Develop, maintain and update inventory and pricing databases.
• Support the Procurement Team to ensure regular store requests on supplies order forms are being addressed adequately.
• Ensure special requests from stores and Head Office are being addressed and actioned out effectively and within the timeframe expected.
• Analyze the current store, Head Office order process to supplies, and identifies any opportunities to improve.
• Obtain feedback from stores on reoccurring products used and identifies any opportunities (ex.: quality issues, ineffective products, etc.).
• Act as go-to person and subject matter expert for the team by providing coaching and guidance to ensure a performing team.

The people who thrive with us have:

• 2 years experience in a similar role.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Inventory management skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical and communications skills
• Strong time management skills and the ability to multi-task and easily and rapidly shift priorities
• Excellent organizational skills
• Proficiency in French and English (written and spoken to efficiently communicate with internal and external partners around Cananda and overseas.)

Don't miss this opportunity to join an exceptional team!

Laura Canada is a family-owned retailer housing two iconic women's fashion apparel brands, Laura and Melanie Lyne. Based in Laval, Quebec, we design, produce, market and sell our fashion collections across Canada. We proudly employ over 2,000 dedicated team members and operate more than 140 retail store locations as well as operating laura.ca and melanielyne.com. We attribute our success to the unwavering commitment of our teams to delivering outstanding customer experiences while embodying our shared values of integrity, respect, teamwork, performance, and passion.

At Laura Canada, we believe that delivering an outstanding customer experience is driven by our commitment to an outstanding employee experience.

Join our team to achieve your full career potential! We are proactive, outside the box thinkers and doers who stop at nothing to make the iconic Laura and Melanie Lyne brands shine! Privately owned and based in Laval, Quebec, with a strong vision for innovation and optimizing the employee and client experiences, we continue to help generations of Canadian women to look and feel their best.