Eduardo Rodrigues

Purchasing Manager @Nature's Path Foods

Vancouver, BC, CA

Coordinate the purchasing team to ensure enough inventory levels of raw materials and packaging in order to supply materials for all manufacturing plants- Coordinate and support purchasing staff through processing purchasing transactions such as issuing supplies and materials requisitions, requesting transportation, and all the activities related to it- Train the purchasing team to be able to identify the most efficient and cheapest method to bring the required materials on time- Support the purchasing team to identify the best practices to deal with stakeholders and purchasing processes such as planning, controlling the inventory levels, and problems and complaints related to these activities- Support the purchasing team to deal with ERP system transactions, ensuring enough resources, and training to manage daily job duties according to compliance- Develop Purchasing standard operating procedures, ensuring the purchasing team will follow the procedures and providing documentation of the process to the company- Ensure that all purchasing team is aware of standard operating procedures and work in compliance with company policies- Manage daily requests from purchasing team regarding schedules such as vacation periods and other requests related- Cover the supervised member\'s vacation period and performs the same activities- Conducts performance reviews of purchasing team according to a timeline provided by the company- Build a strong professional relationship with vendors to create a good business environment- Work directly with the IT Business team to create alternatives and solutions to turn daily activities fast and more efficiently- Coordinate the daily operations meeting with other operational departments such as Production, R&D, Quality and Warehouse in order to ensure enough resources to keep the production lines running- Support sales and marketing teams with Supply Chain information regarding new products.

Douglas College

Postgraduate Degree, International Business Management

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Bachelor(BSc), Materials engineering

ETE Getulio Vargas

Technician, Electronic

FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing