Procurement & Logistics Support Officer

Xstrata Technology is seeking a Procurement & Logistics Support Officer to join our team in Vancouver. Reporting to the Operations Manager, the successful applicant will be required to provide professional purchasing services, ensuring value for money procurement and maintaining purchasing process integrity.
Key responsibilities include:

-Procure of goods and services at the best value for the Company
-Prepare Purchase Orders, follow up progress of orders and expedite delivery according to project schedules
-Liaise with Customers and Vendors
-Prepare Import/Export documentation
-Liaise with Shipping Organisations
-Verify invoices prior to payment.
-Provide freight and logistic cost estimates in support of tenders
-Manage freight and logistics costs in accordance with budgets.
-Ensure that quality and packing requirements are met prior to shipment
-Manage MIMS "virtual" warehouse, (physical warehousing is contracted out to specialist firms)
-Good planning and interpersonal skills as required maintain relationships with customers and suppliers.
The successful candidate will have:

-A broad understanding of the procurement process with knowledge of the MIMS system a must
-Experience in Mincom or Ellipse or an equivalent materials management system.
-A clear understanding of IncoTerms
-Strong negotiation skills
-Self motivation with the ability to prioritise
-Experience in a project based environment will be an asset
-Ability to speak Spanish and/or Portuguese will be an asset.

As part of a small team based in Vancouver, the successful candidate will be prepared to assist the project team effort outside the normal Procurement and Logistics role. Envisaged activities include

-Maintaining a register of project document revisions
-Timely delivery of project documents to Customers
-Ensuring timely submission of vendor documents
-Receipt and registering of Customer documents.
-Liaising with Brisbane based Engineering office regarding document status.

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