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!

Job Overview:

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

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain a knowledge of appropriate vendor capabilities and an awareness of conditions in the market place on assigned goods or services and keep stakeholders informed. Initiate and participate in the development of procurement strategies responsive to requisitioners' requirements and to maintain capable and competitive sources of supply. Examine possibilities for cost savings through alternate sourcing.

• Assist with keeping the potential supplier data base current and in identifying and qualifying additional suppliers. Perform commercial evaluations of potential suppliers and refer technical and financial items to the appropriate specialists for evaluation and qualification.

• Review requisitions and tendering requests for completeness and accuracy. Verify requisitioning authorities and resolve discrepancies. Check technical descriptions and determine if there are regulatory, quality assurance or other special technical requirements and refer to product specialists in the requisitioning units or in the division as required. Check for the availability of standard or surplus material, arranging for transfers as appropriate.

• Liaise with requisitioners and other specialists to investigate possible substitute materials when special supply situations develop.

• Assess procurement options such as requests for quotations or proposals, or for private or public tenders and determine the most appropriate, taking into consideration the requirements of the requisitioner and of the corporation. Review the most recent procurement history available for pricing and sourcing information and determine if bulk or blanket orders already exist or should be initiated. Identify and coordinate the preparation and renewal of bulk and blanket orders and prepare releases where bulk orders exist.
  
  Verify sole and only acceptable sources and obtain approvals.

• Gather information for the preparation or review of tendering documents as required, working with requisitioners, technical service personnel and others to obtain all appropriate technical and commercial data. Develop and select the appropriate commercial conditions including leasing terms, progress payments, holdbacks, duty, taxes, escalation, foreign exchange, warranty, delivery, transportation and supply and install provisions. Assess the need for special commercial conditions such as corporate seals, bid securities, labour requirements, financial security or parental guarantees.
  
  Ensure that the evaluation criteria for consultants is included and is acceptable. Prepare and issue bid lists and obtain approvals where there are regulatory requirements or changes or ambiguities to technical requirements which require clarification.

• Conduct or participate with supervisor in the negotiation of contracts for…