Inside the Supply Chain and Purchasing Industry

Economy starting to move
The Canadian and U.S. economies continue to show brief signs of expansion and sector growth; further fueling impressions of finally developing some stability and possible turnaround. The labour market added 35,000+ jobs in April, putting to an end of months of steep declines. Marc Pinsonneault, economist at National Bank Financial mentioned that “there is a sign of hope” and that he believes the Canadian economy began to stabilize in the second quarter of 2009 and will be able to show an expansion in the last half of the year.” Similarly, Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize winning economist, Princeston professor and New York Times columnist, said he would ‘not be surprised to see world trade stabilize, world industrial production stabilize and start to grow two months from now,” and that he would also “not be surprised to see flat to positive GDP growth in the United States, and maybe even in Europe, in the second half of the year.”

TMA starting to move as well!
TMA has also noticed an increase in inquiries from prospective clients who are now considering adding to their Supply ranks, but are experiencing much greater difficulty in locating, indentifying, and recruiting top talent. “It’s much more difficult because of the economy and the expanded talent pool out there,” remarked Tim Moore, President of Tim Moore Associates, a search firm specializing in locating and recruiting Supply Chain professionals.
Firms are getting flooded with resumes from ‘interested’ and unemployed candidates; and feel that it’s a candidate ‘rich’ environment, not needing a recruiter, but find – after 6 – 8 weeks of frustrating searching and interviewing, that they’re not getting the caliber of supply candidate they require, and then contact TMA. “Whether you’re a supply professional looking for your next opportunity, or a company looking for your next supply hire, you have to take a more stringent and targeted approach to find that next match, in today’s environment” commented Moore.
Here is a listing of our latest urgent assignments at TMA (apply TODAY!)

Job412 is for a Buyer involved with 3rd Party Packaging, for a new client involved with generic pharmaceutical products. Candidates would be responsible for the purchase of all packaging components and the management of suppliers. Candidates should have a background in packaging components, pharmaceutical procurement, and ideally working within a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice ) environment.

Job410 is for a returning client looking for a Supply Chain Manager. Bring your background in electronics, knowledge of using Principles of Value Analysis, and experience working with vendors from Asia. Buying and importing electronics from the Far East and a knowledge of ISO 9000 and TS 16949 standards would be helpful. (APPLY TODAY!)

Job411 is for a Buyer. Bring your knowledge of SAP or relative applications and your knowledge of EPC, industrial, and related experience. Create Purchase Orders, issue Request for Quotations, and generate reports.
Important Notice

Candidates are reminded to send in their updated resumes to TMA and to refer to your new login procedures when applying for TMA job opportunities – a bulletin alerting candidates of this website upgrade has been sent out previously. (Some candidates were unable to receive this notice due to changes in their e-mail addresses, which we were NOT aware of.) Please be sure to send any contact changes (phone, cell, employer, e-mail addresses, etc. to TMA) If you do experience difficulties applying for TMA positions on our website, please contact tim@timmooreassociates.com for immediate assistance.

WE HAVE MADE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR WEBSITE, and to the security measures associated with your confidential information on file with us.

Your candidate file and registration may be relatively new to Tim Moore Associates, or you may have registered quite some time ago, when we were known as “Employment Referral Services” working in conjunction with the Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC).

If you registered with Tim Moore Associates (TMA) prior to March 15, 2009; when you return to visit our website again, at some point, you WILL be prompted for a USER NAME and PASSCODE.

This login information, unique to each TMA candidate will been sent out to each candidate via the e-mail addresses that they originally registered with, by or on May 1^st, May 15^th, and May 30^th , 2009. We are repeating the message to ensure that each candidate does receive this important information, in case their e-mail system interprets the message as ‘spam.’

If our system cannot recognize you as a returning registrant, you may unfortunately be prompted to complete a Candidate Application form again. (Our apologies !)

This is why it is important that you use a SINGLE AND UNIQUE e-mail address and passcode to visit the TMA website with; and why it’s important to PLEASE NOTIFY US when you change your e-mail address.

Our system is designed to recognize your return visit and will want to confirm your identity; in order for you to successfully make job requests, upload your updated resume, and other important functions; to be introduced later.

Similarly, if you’ve been looking for us recently via a handy “BOOKMARKED” address (in your “favorites” area of your computer), please note that in upgrading our website and software program, we’ve had to change some of our URL addresses as well (yes, we’ve MOVED!) So, don’t use your OLD bookmarked addresses, kindly clear them and visit www.timmooreassociates.com and bookmark your new favourite section(s) again !

We will be continuing to improve our website and services to the Supply Chain professional. If you have any suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact Tim at tim@timmooreassociates.com .

If you wish to change your User Name or passcode (a limit of 10 alpha and/or numeric digits) please send your request to one of our Customer Services Reps at updates@timmooreassociates.com, Please allow 2 or 3 days for your changes to take effect.