The Senior Purchaser is responsible for tactical purchasing, managing a dedicated portfolio of parts, and providing front-line support and mentorship to the Purchasing Team. This high-impact role balances day-to-day procurement with strategic project work, data analysis, supply chain KPI tracking, and continuous process improvements. The Senior Buyer also serves as the escalation point for critical supplier issues to ensure overall continuity of supply.
As a senior-tier professional within the department, the ideal candidate possesses the operational maturity and leadership capability to seamlessly manage complex supplier escalations and step up into a managerial capacity or support role when required.
In addition to fulfilling the responsibilities of a Senior Purchaser, the Senior Purchaser will:
- Portfolio Management: Take full ownership of an assigned portfolio of parts, ensuring healthy inventory levels, cost efficiencies, and seamless material availability to support production schedules.
- Supplier Escalation & Resolution: Act as the first line of defense for critical supplier escalations, resolving complex delivery, quality, or pricing disputes to minimize production downtime.
- Project-Based Sourcing: Lead procurement strategies, material acquisition, and supplier alignment for shifting corporate initiatives, NPI (New Product Introduction), or special projects based on evolving business priorities.
- Process Improvement & Analysis: Drive a continuous improvement mindset by identifying, designing, and implementing structural enhancements to purchasing workflows, ERP/MRP systems, and documentation.
- Data Analysis & KPI Tracking: Conduct regular spend analysis, demand gap evaluations, and supplier performance tracking to ensure the department hits its operational and financial metrics.
- Team Leadership Support: Provide daily guidance and mentorship to members of the Purchasing team, and step up to assist with management-level responsibilities or department oversight when required.
- Education: Post-secondary Technical or Business diploma or degree.
- Experience: A minimum of 5 years of tactical purchasing experience in a manufacturing or technology-driven environment, with a proven track record of handling supplier escalations and project-based work.
- Certifications (Preferred): Professional certification or training through an accredited procurement society or equivalent.
- End-to-End Procurement Expertise: Comprehensive purchasing skill set spanning raw materials, fabricated parts, build-to-spec components, and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products.
- Analytical & Data-Driven: Advanced data literacy with the ability to interpret MRP system data, track performance KPIs, and translate metrics into actionable purchasing strategies.
- Conflict Resolution & Negotiation: Strong diplomatic and negotiating skills with a proven ability to handle high-pressure supplier escalations and resolve conflict effectively.
- Leadership Maturity: Demonstrated ability to guide junior buyers, optimize team priorities, and step up confidently into leadership or managerial tasks when necessary.
- Agile Project Management: Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing project scopes and manage supply chain deliverables for fluctuating corporate priorities.
- Systems & Tools: High proficiency working within MRP/ERP system-driven environments. Intermediate to advanced level computer skills (specifically Google Workspace: Sheets, Docs, and Gmail).
- Experience with PCBA processes and electronic components, along with broader industry knowledge, is considered a strong asset.
Salary Range: $74,000- $96,216 + Eligibility for Profit Sharing Program Participation (pending successful completion of probationary period and based on business performance)
Perks and Benefits
- Health Benefits: Full health care coverage (with 100% paid premiums) including dental, vision, and drugs for you and your family.
- Work-Life Balance: We support a healthy balance with hybrid work arrangements, flextime, and competitive paid time off.
- Growth & Development: An annual Education Support Program for training and professional growth, plus annual performance reviews.
- Enjoy free snacks and drinks, team-building events, tenure awards, and our official "May the 4th" (Star Wars Day) company holiday!
- Access to an on-site fitness facility, tennis/basketball court, and company-wide wellness initiatives
- Access to an on-site fitness facility, tennis/basketball court, and company-wide wellness initiatives
- This is a hybrid position based out of our Burnaby, BC headquarters. To support our collaborative model, preference will be given to local candidates that are able to work in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
- Please note that financial relocation assistance and immigration sponsorship are not available for this position
- We are recognized as a “Great Place to Work” for 10 consecutive years!
Our Recruitment Process
We believe in a transparent and collaborative hiring journey. Our goal is to ensure you are as excited about us as we are about you. Below is the typical path (can vary by position):
Talent Discovery (Human Resources): An initial screening call focused on your professional background, language and communication proficiency, and cultural alignment with the team as well as overview of role and company.
Role Fit (Hiring Manager): A deep dive into your experience, knowledge and skills as well as sharing of role expectations and team initiatives.
Team Fit (Peers and Colleagues): An opportunity to meet with potential team members and/or cross-functional peers to discuss your experience/background and their experience and work at LMI.
About LMI Technologies
We are recognized as one of Canada's Great Workplaces and a global leader in industrial vision. LMI is a medium-sized technology company built on a culture of openness, respect and engineering excellence. At LMI, our teams work collaboratively toward the shared goal of designing and delivering innovative 3D and 2D machine vision solutions to OEMs and System Integrators operating in industrial factory automation worldwide. The result of this collaboration is high-performance, easy-to-deploy, and cost-effective vision technologies that deliver consistent results in even the most demanding inline inspection applications today worldwide reliably.LMI Technologies Burnaby, British Columbia, CAN Office
9200 Glenlyon Parkway, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5J 0B3
