Material Handler-Lab Automation Job Listing at Kelly Services in Burlington, ON (Job ID CA3621582_BH10022885)

Description

Material Planner – Lab Automation

Are you ready to make a real-world impact while advancing your career? At our company, every day offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects—supporting groundbreaking research, developing innovative solutions, and making a difference in people's lives worldwide.

Length of assignment: 6 months
Location: Burlington, On
Schedule: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, 40 hours per week.
Pay Rate: $40/hr + 4% of vacation pay

How You'll Make an Impact
As the Material Planner, you will lead the supplier management process to achieve company objectives. You'll collaborate cross-functionally with project management, technical, quality, finance, and other teams to prioritize and develop sourcing strategies, negotiate contracts, support supplier transitions, and manage key supplier relationships.
Team Collaboration

• Collaborate with Marketing and Operations leadership to manage supply demands and inventory levels for standard product lines
• Coordinate with project teams to align material deliveries with customer and quality expectations
• Participate in New Product Development & Introduction (NPDI) teams to secure materials and vendor contracts

Procurement

• Monitor market trends and refine buying plans to support business needs
• Manage supplier relationships and negotiations to ensure value and protect company interests
• Analyze supplier performance, communicate results, and propose development plans
• Manage inflation, sourcing savings, and purchased-part variances to achieve operational goals

Materials

• Forecast demand based on usage and production data
• Control inventory levels, preventing shortages and overstocking
• Manage the full work order process
• Release and print work orders, balancing priorities
• Oversee make-to-stock programs for standard products
• Coordinate material transfers between areas/vendors
• Ensure ERP system integrity for inventory transactions
• Provide reporting support for shortages and usage history
• Ensure material availability aligns with project milestones and issue Production Orders

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field
• 5+ years' relevant experience in procurement/materials in project-based or manufacturing environments
• CSCP or SCMP designation preferred
• APICS certification preferred

• Proven track record in material planning, inventory, or supply chain management
• Proficiency in planning software and ERP systems
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities
• Skilled at working in fast-paced, dynamic environments
• Exceptional attention to detail and organizational skills

Ready to make a difference while building a fulfilling career? Apply now and join us in serving science for a better world.

 

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing a workplace environment that is inclusive and respects the dignity of those in our workforce. Consistent with that commitment, Kelly will ensure that persons who are otherwise able to work are not unfairly excluded from doing so based upon any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation, and will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate the needs of applicants and employees in all employment processes including but not limited to, hiring, advancement, discharge, compensation, or training.

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