Senior Buyer

Looking for a challenging and impactful role where you can apply your procurement expertise? As a Senior Buyer with our team, you'll be a key player in shaping the city's future.

You will independently manage procurements for projects of varying complexity, from office supplies to major infrastructure initiatives like recreation centers and LRT construction. Using your professional judgment, diplomacy, and strong project management skills, you will provide strategic advice to our business partners, lead the end-to-end procurement process, and ensure we get the best value for the city while maintaining transparency and integrity.

If you are a seasoned procurement professional ready to take on significant responsibility and make a tangible difference, we encourage you to apply.

What will you do?

Liaises and consults with business partners in assigned portfolio to proactively plan ahead for anticipated procurement activities

Provides multifaceted advice to business partners on procurement procedures, methods, and approaches

Advises business partners on public procurement principles and practices, trade agreements, and contract/tender law

Collaborates, leads, and facilitates with business partners and Procurement staff to develop appropriate sourcing strategies for intermediate to high complexity and risk procurements including non-competitive, invitational, and competitive processes;
Proactively works with business partners to promote competitive processes, where appropriate

Reviews and/or develops specifications, requirements, description and scope of work, and recommends improvements to business partners

Works with business partners to compose RFx documents, develop evaluation plan, criteria, weightings, process, strategies, submission and contractual requirements and manages the RFx process

Issues and manages RFx including development and issue of addenda; deals with bidder requests for clarifications and any other issues

Manages business partner relationship with assigned portfolio

Performs procurement planning and prioritization to meet and manage business partners procurement needs

Leads and facilitates meeting with business partners and suppliers

Reviews and ensures completeness and accuracy of a variety of contract and Purchase Order documentation and approves within delegated concurrence or forwards to more senior concurrence and/or delegated authority, as required

Other related responsibilities

Qualifications:

Completion of a University Degree (Bachelor’s or higher), in a related discipline such as public administration, public policy, supply chain management, business, or project management and four (4) years of relevant full-time work experience, which include a minimum of three (3) years in a procurement environment performing end to end procurement responsibilities. OR

Completion of a two-year post-secondary diploma or associate degree in a related discipline such as public administration, public policy, supply chain management, business, or project management and six (6) years of relevant full-time work experience, which include a minimum of three (3) years in a procurement environment performing end to end procurement responsibilities. OR

Successful completion of SCMP designation from the SCMA or other equivalent designation and a minimum of six (6) years’ directly related work experience performing a procurement/contract management/supply chain role

Assets:

Completion of a Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) designation from the Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA) or a Certified Public Procurement Officer (CPPO) certification from the Universal Public Procurement Certification Council (UPPCC) or equivalent designation is considered an asset.

Skills required for success:

Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of procurement practices, policies, procedures, tender and contract law, trade agreements and various procurement and sourcing strategies

Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of RFx methods and approaches Knowledge of category management and strategic sourcing methodologies and approaches

Knowledge of project management methodology and approaches

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