We are looking for an Administrative Coordinator to join a community-focused healthcare organization in York, Ontario on a Contract basis. This role supports senior services by coordinating administrative activities, managing service scheduling, and helping ensure care plans are reflected accurately in daily operations. The successful candidate will bring strong customer service skills, sound judgment, and the ability to stay organized in a fast-paced environment while working with internal teams and external partners.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Respond to inquiries related to service arrangements, appointment changes, invoicing concerns, and other client service matters, escalating complex situations to leadership as appropriate.<br>• Coordinate service schedules for seniors' programs and help ensure coverage aligns with client needs and program priorities.<br>• Collaborate with case workers and management staff to support the delivery of services in accordance with established client care plans.<br>• Prepare, organize, and maintain departmental records, statistical data, and required documentation with accuracy and attention to detail.<br>• Support smooth day-to-day administrative operations by tracking updates, following up on outstanding items, and keeping information current.<br>• Communicate professionally with clients, caregivers, colleagues, and community partners to facilitate effective service coordination.<br>• Contribute to a high standard of customer service by resolving routine issues efficiently and supporting positive client experiences.<br>• Carry out additional administrative and program support duties as assigned by the program manager.
Key Responsibilities:<br><br>Manage day-to-day purchasing activities, including purchase orders, supplier communications, pricing, and delivery coordination.<br><br>Build and maintain strong relationships with domestic and international suppliers.<br><br>Negotiate competitive pricing, purchasing terms, and delivery schedules.<br><br>Monitor inventory levels, product availability, and purchasing requirements.<br><br>Utilize Microsoft Excel to analyze purchasing data, track inventory, prepare reports, and support business decisions.<br><br>Work closely with sales, operations, and logistics to ensure purchasing activities support customer requirements.<br><br>Identify cost-saving opportunities and improvements to purchasing processes.<br><br>Resolve supplier issues, shipment delays, and purchasing discrepancies.<br><br>Take a proactive, hands-on approach to ensuring the purchasing function operates efficiently.<br><br>Support the continued growth and development of the purchasing department.<br><br>Qualifications:<br><br>Previous experience in purchasing, procurement, buying, or supply chain operations.<br><br>Strong Microsoft Excel proficiency is essential.<br><br>Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.<br><br>Practical business judgment, initiative, and the ability to work independently.<br><br>Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.<br><br>Comfortable working in a hands-on environment where priorities may change.<br><br>Ability to influence suppliers and internal stakeholders to achieve business objectives.<br><br>Experience working with ERP or purchasing systems.<br><br>Industry background is flexible; candidates from manufacturing, distribution, electronics, or other sectors are encouraged to apply.<br><br>Previous people management experience is not required.<br><br>Additional Assets:<br><br>Japanese language proficiency is highly desirable.<br><br>German or French language skills are also considered assets.<br><br>Experience coordinating purchasing activities with international suppliers.<br><br>Demonstrated potential to mentor or lead a small team.
We are looking for a Purchasing Manager to support a machinery manufacturing operation in Toronto, Ontario through a Long-term Contract assignment. This role will take ownership of supplier-facing commercial agreements, helping ensure procurement arrangements align with project needs, customer commitments, and business risk expectations. Working closely with sourcing, legal, project, and operational teams, the successful candidate will drive contract execution, strengthen supplier terms, and provide clear oversight of obligations throughout the contract lifecycle.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Direct the preparation, review, negotiation, and finalization of supplier contracts, service agreements, statements of work, purchasing terms, and related amendments while coordinating internal approvals.<br>• Translate customer and project commitments into supplier-facing contract requirements to ensure obligations such as delivery, warranties, acceptance criteria, liability, and damages provisions are properly addressed.<br>• Build and maintain a structured obligation tracking process that maps customer requirements to supplier commitments, identifies commercial gaps, and escalates exceptions for resolution before award.<br>• Develop negotiation plans with practical fallback positions covering pricing, payment structures, lead times, production capacity, change management, indemnities, insurance, confidentiality, and intellectual property terms.<br>• Set contracting priorities based on project timelines, supplier importance, spend levels, continuity risk, and existing agreement coverage to keep procurement activity aligned with business deadlines.<br>• Oversee contract performance from initial award to closeout by monitoring milestones, deliverables, notices, renewals, amendments, and supplier adherence to agreed commercial conditions.<br>• Assess supplier requests involving delays, scope revisions, and incremental costs, then negotiate appropriate change orders and support dispute management in collaboration with project and legal teams.<br>• Partner with sales, engineering, quality, finance, project management, sourcing, and legal stakeholders to ensure supplier commitments are realistic, compliant, and operationally achievable.<br>• Maintain organized contract documentation, approval records, templates, and status reporting for leadership, highlighting unresolved issues, pending obligations, and areas of commercial exposure.