Procurement Associate / Senior Procurement Associate

This position may be based in Cloquet, Skowhegan or Portland. 

This role supports Mill and Corporate Procurement goals by improving business process efficiency and effectiveness. This includes, but is not limited to providing complete and timely transactional support at the mills, implementing new transaction related tools and techniques, and maintaining accurate purchasing documentation/records.

This position executes business processes on an ongoing basis and is expected to participate in activities led by the Sr. Manager, Procurement/Global Process Owner to improve the efficiency of these processes to Best-In-Class levels.

Overview:     

• Acts as the primary contact for SNA material and vendor master maintenance.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining all business partners for Procurement and Accounts Payable, and all materials for Operations, Stores, and Maintenance
• Is the primary contact for Matane Storeroom - processing orders and confirmations, expediting deliveries, and supporting shutdowns
• Generates reports and performs data maintenance on a regular basis to support Internal Audit controls
• Receives assignments from the Global Process Owner, Procurement and the Mill Procurement Managers
• Works with other Procurement Associates and Specialists to cover all regional business process team vacancies  
• Participates in global Procurement calls to share and learn best practices with counterparts in the other regions

Essential Function Responsibilities

• Provide complete transactional support by engaging in day to day processes and paperwork pertaining to the purchase and supply of goods and services at the mills. This includes, but is not limited, to providing data entry and expediting services
• Works closely with Shared Financial Services to resolve issues
• Ensure data integrity and purchasing record accuracy at the mills
• Maintain and support processes to ensure compliance with ISO certification, and any other audit requirements at the mills.
• Work in a team environment to streamline transactions, within the mill, and between the mills.  
• Act as a point of contact with vendors to resolve procurement issues and discrepancies (price, date, quantity, substitutions, etc.)

Special Skills including license certification

• Detail orientation with effective oral and written communication skills.  An ability to work with internal and external customers, i.e. Procurement team members, suppliers, mill internal customers, and Shared Financial Services
• Ability to multi-task effectively while dealing with changing priorities
• Self starter with ability to prioritize and complete assignments in a timely manner with minimum supervision
• Experience with ERP Systems such as SAP is considered a plus.
• Strong PC skills in working with the latest version of Microsoft packages or equivalent suites of word processing, spread-sheet, database, and graphics products
• Ability to quickly learn, test, and implement new tools and techniques will be an added advantage
• French language skills are a plus