Supply Chain Specialist

As a Supply Chain Specialist, you will be part of a Centre of Excellence to drive best-in-class supply and customer service while coordinating the supply plan for our terminals. Your goal will be to ensure that our customers have the product they need when they need it.

What We Offer:

• Work Environment - Work in our beautiful home office building with access to a fitness facility, onsite nurse, and a café

• Competitive Compensation - Including an annual bonus plan, pension plan, and parking allowance

• Flexible Benefits Plan - Including medical and dental benefits that are both in effect from day one

• Paid Vacation - Plus an annual option to purchase additional vacation, too

• Wellness Support - With an annual wellness allowance, paid personal care days and a 24/7 Employee & Family Assistance Program

• Opportunity to give back to some amazing causes in our community - Choose when and where to make an impact with a paid volunteer day, company volunteer opportunities, and a donation matching program

Your Responsibilities:

• Manage product demand by completing daily inventory updates, timely resupply plans, update inventory rundown with forecasted sales and lifting schedule for resupply

• Work with various stakeholders to maximize supply chain value and storage utilization to prevent supply disruption in period of sales variances

• Coordinate supply plan for terminals with Traders and Marine Schedulers

• Work with the demand planning specialist assessed plan vs. actual plan. Adjust as needed with a focus on minimizing costs

• Keep both internal and external stakeholders informed of any plan adjustments

• Communicate demand nominations to counter-parties and accept demand nominations accordingly (annual and/or monthly)

• Lead daily communication calls with Sales to review plans, assess any supply disruptions, and provide direction on mitigation plans as applicable

• Communicate effectively with sales organizations and customers to understand customer requirements and how these requirements affect the Demand Plan

• Attend weekly refinery meeting and bi-monthly planning meetings

• Lead calls with teams when any product concerns surface, e.g. an off-spec product

• Drive continuous improvement of demand accuracy by effectively analyzing data; conduct root cause analyses. Complete detailed analyses of customer lifting trends

• Anticipate demand variances and recommend appropriate action plans to minimize the impact of such variances on the supply chain

• Collaborate with Sales and Marketing Teams to resolve gaps between Demand Plan and Actual Demand

Your Skills:

• Demonstrated understanding of the sales environment, channels of trade, our products, and supply locations

• Able to quickly grasp the impact of rapid market changes

• Good understanding of capacity planning and inventory management

• Very strong customer service focus with high ownership of your responsibilities and commitments to stakeholders

• Strong negotiation skills and leadership abilities

• Strong analytical skills to complete detailed demand data and statistical analyses, demand forecasting, short and long-term trending, as well as seasonal and historical trending

• Strong decision making skills with the ability to consider multiple impacts, both short and long term

• Able to make decisions and effectively balance competing priorities

• Able to influence, lead change, and remain composed in a fast-paced and time sensitive working environment

Your Experience:

• Post-secondary education, preferably in business, finance, economics, or an equivalent combination of training and experience

• Minimum 5 years of progressive work experience in an Analyst / Coordinator role

• Experience in supply chain and demand planning management a definite asset

• Proficient with MS Office. Must be able to use features in Excel such as advanced pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, IF functions, etc

Irving Oil is committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive work environment. We thrive on the good energy that's created when our people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and experiences share their unique perspectives. Diversity is key to our success and inclusion is everyone's responsibility.​

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