Inside the Supply Chain and Purchasing Industry

Orders and inquires continue to come in, and we have candidates traveling as far away as Florida and Buffalo to attend interviews for Supply Chain opportunities. The pace of placements continues to be at both ends of the spectrum, with four or five telephone and face to face interviews typically for those out of the country, to Tim’s latest order, which may involve hiring ‘on the spot.’

"I just got back into the office from a two hour meeting, only to get a call, and ask if I could drop everything and attend an emergency meeting, with a potential new client, in Mississauga," Tim remarks. "We got there in record time, and ARE able to help them for their sudden and urgent need, with candidates (and interviews) set for Tuesday after a long weekend. Now that’s turnaround!"

For those of you with an aerospace, hi tech, precision engineering, quality control, and/or metals background, Tim wants to speak to you. We have an order for a Senior Buyer/Procurement Manager for a client in the western GTA. Bring your knowledge of MRP, precision engineering, procurement of metals, alloys, in many different forms. This is an exciting "roll up your sleeves" type of role, with a growing organization that is # 2 in their industry and quickly moving to # 1. URGENT REPLY REQUESTED.

Another new "roll up your sleeves" Supply Chain Manager role is available with a busy manufacturer and distributor in the western GTA. Bring your procurement and supply chain background in replenishing plastics, resins, corrugated, film, and much more. Strong analytical skills, logistics, warehousing, and manufacturing background are all pluses. Be involved with direct operations in the plant, and help set up and coordinate operations across 7 plants, a warehouse, and lots of interaction between locations. Cost savings, cost monitoring, transportation, cycle counts, etc. Bring professionalism to the function and help set things up right! URGENT REPLY REQUESTED.

If you’ve got a background within food, beverage and or FMCG’s, then we have an interesting Director, Supply Chain – Canada role for you. A broad based background is required, and you should have food service, promotions planning, and experience working within a large FRANCHISEE system as well. Our client is interviewing NOW, so an URGENT REPLY IS REQUESTED.

If your experience includes planning for a busy electronics manufacturing firm, then we also want to hear from you. We’re looking for a Manager, Global Master Planning, for a returning client, in the northern GTA. Master scheduling, production planning, forecasting, closed loop analysis of the aggregate demand request is required. An interesting role with interaction with other team members, sales, finance, R+D, contract and component manufacturers. Knowledge of Oracle Agile PLM or similar PDM applications is a plus.

Please check our website for more Supply Chain opportunities at www.timmooreassociates.com.

Have a great LONG weekend!