Buyer, Business

51723 - Toronto - Regular

Hiring salary range: $4,722.44 - $5,023.89 / bi-weekly

Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.5 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

Under general direction and consistent with corporate and divisional procurement policies and procedures, perform duties to purchase specialized ranges of products and services for a wide variety of clients and applications in Ontario Hydro, or for specific regions, generating stations, or projects. Receive assignments from a supervisor or directly from requisitioners where the procurement issues are primarily commercial, including assignments for engineered products where design, technical specifications, regulatory requirements, quality assurance standards, and inspection checks are already established;

refer to a supervisor when unusual situations or problems arise.

• Maintain a knowledge of appropriate vendor capabilities and an awareness of market conditions for assigned goods or services and keep stakeholders informed.
• Initiate and participate in the development of procurement strategies responsive to requisitioners' requirements and maintain capable, competitive sources of supply; examine possibilities for cost savings through alternate sourcing.
• Assist with keeping the potential supplier database current and identifying and qualifying additional suppliers; perform commercial evaluations of potential suppliers and refer technical and financial items to the appropriate specialists.
• Review requisitions and tendering requests for completeness and accuracy; verify requisitioning authorities and resolve discrepancies; check technical descriptions for regulatory, quality assurance or other special technical requirements and refer to product specialists as required.
• Liaise with requisitioners and specialists to investigate possible substitute materials when special supply situations develop.
• Assess procurement options such as RFx, quotations, proposals, or tenders; determine the most appropriate option considering requisitioner and corporate requirements; review recent procurement history for pricing and sourcing information.
• Gather information for the preparation or review of tendering documents; develop and select appropriate commercial conditions including leasing terms, progress payments, holdbacks, duty, taxes, escalation, foreign exchange, warranty, delivery, transportation, and installation provisions.
• Conduct or participate with a supervisor in the negotiation of contracts for approved sole source requirements; prepare and issue letters of invitation for private tenders, arrange newspaper advertisements for public tenders, and coordinate requisitioners’ activities.
• Participate in receipt and opening of tenders; issue letters and instructions regarding return of tendering documents and bid deposits; ensure compliance with corporate procedures for late or incomplete tenders.
• Perform commercial evaluation of tenders and quotations, including price, domestic content, escalation, foreign exchange, duty, progress payments, labour requirements, and financial security; coordinate technical evaluations and resolve ambiguities.
• Determine the required purchasing authorities and prepare purchase approval documents; verify accuracy of requisitioner‑prepared funding documents and resolve discrepancies.
• On receipt of approval, award business to successful bidders; prepare purchase orders or contracts as appropriate; negotiate and obtain financial and parental guarantees.
• Perform ongoing administration of assigned contracts; coordinate award, progress, and review meetings; initiate surveillance assignments and coordinate with technical service personnel.
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