Technical Buyer

Location: Mississauga, ON at our Panel Shop office

Position Status: Permanent Full-Time

Hours: 40 hours per week, On-Site

Actemium Toronto is a leading industrial automation and control systems integrator providing engineering, manufacturing, and project delivery services to customers across various industrial sectors. Our panel shop specializes in the design and fabrication of custom control panels, automation systems, and industrial electrical assemblies. This is a full-time permanent role reporting directly to the Panel Shop Business Unit General Manager.

Responsibilities:

The Technical Buyer owns the commercial buying process for panel shop material. This includes BOM pricing, supplier RFQs, quote comparisons, purchase orders, supplier confirmations, lead-time tracking, supplier delivery follow-up until material is physically delivered to McRae, supplier escalation, pricing records, and clean buyer-to-receiving handoff. The role also supports control of the inventory cage and consumables through replenishment triggers, resupply coordination, project transfer control, and coordination with Logistics & Receiving to maintain accurate physical and system records.

The primary responsibilities of the role will be but are not limited to:

• Use preferred suppliers, approved pricing agreements, supplier agreements, and escalation contacts where available.
• Provide feedback on supplier responsiveness, quote quality, pricing competitiveness, lead-time accuracy, and recurring supplier issues.
• Escalate repeated supplier performance concerns through the appropriate business leadership channel for corrective action or vendor review.
• Provide feedback on supplier performance, pricing, responsiveness, and lead-time accuracy.
• Review BOMs, customer RFQs, electrical drawings, and hardware lists to identify required components.
• Obtain competitive pricing for control panel hardware, automation components, MCC-related parts, power distribution components, enclosures, wiring materials, terminals, breakers, disconnects, power supplies, PLC hardware, HMIs, VFDs, instrumentation, and field devices.
• Compare supplier quotations for price, lead time, freight, availability, commercial terms, and approved alternatives.
• Follow approved supplier direction, preferred vendor agreements, and pricing frameworks where available.
• Identify when supplier pricing does not align with approved terms and escalate through the appropriate business leadership channel.
• Support tender and RFQ pricing by obtaining accurate component pricing, alternates, lead times, and commercial assumptions for panel shop scope.
• Maintain BOM pricing records that can be used for future benchmarking and spend analysis.
• Work with engineering to confirm technical acceptability of substitute or equivalent components before purchase.

• Purchase approved electrical and automation hardware for panel shop projects.
• Issue purchase orders in alignment with approved project budgets, preferred supplier direction, and negotiated pricing where available.
• Ensure supplier confirmations match project requirements, pricing, quantities, delivery dates, freight terms, and manufacturer part numbers.
• Track supplier orders, delivery commitments, shipment status, and resolve commercial issues through physical delivery to McRae.
• Provide clean handoff to Logistics & Receiving once shipment information is confirmed.
• Escalate repeated pricing, delivery, or supplier performance issues through the appropriate business leadership channel.

• Provide clean handoff information to Logistics & Receiving once supplier shipment details are confirmed.
• Support Logistics & Receiving by communicating shipment information and resolving supplier-related discrepancies, credits, returns, and order corrections.
• Support control of the inventory cage and consumables, including replenishment triggers, resupply coordination, two-bin consumables support, project transfer control, and coordination with Logistics & Receiving to maintain accurate physical and system records.
• Support business leadership by providing feedback on supplier performance, pricing competitiveness, responsiveness, and project support.
• Help identify preferred hardware options for common panel shop applications.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities through alternate suppliers, equivalent components, volume buying, standardization, and preferred vendor usage.
• Track supplier quote quality, lead-time performance, and pricing consistency for panel shop purchases.
• Escalate opportunities for broader supplier agreements or pricing improvements through the appropriate business leadership channel.

• Support project managers and estimators by providing accurate, current hardware pricing.
• Assist with material breakdowns and BOM pricing for control panels, MCC-related assemblies, and power distribution cabinets.
• Participate in project handoff discussions where material risk, long-lead items, or cost-sensitive hardware must be reviewed.
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