Job Title: Buyer
Location: Surrey, BC (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 24 months
Our client is a leading energy utility that generates, purchases, distributes and sells electricity. They are currently looking for a Buyer for their Surrey location, for a 2 year assignment
Overview:
Our client is looking for a Buyer to provide leadership and guidance in the procurement of a wide range of services to support delivery of capital projects, particularly those with high value, high complexity and/or high risk impacts, in accordance with client’s procurement policies and processes.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for recommending procurement models and determining appropriate sourcing methods, including the preparation and evaluation of Contracting documents such as Supply Chain Strategy and Contracting Plan, RFT, RFP, RFQ, RFSQ, RFI and RFEI.
- Manage structured procurement processes from strategy to award, while providing leadership, strategic and advisory support to diverse project teams.
- Work with project teams to identify project requirements based on internal current state analysis, financial consideration, best business practice, supply base characteristics, industry offerings, legal considerations, level of risk to client and any other opportunities or factors unique to the service to be sourced.
- Report regularly to the department manager on the status of sourcing initiatives and escalate any issues that may negatively impact the success of the procurement process.
- Participate in the identification, development and roll out of business process improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with key stakeholders at all levels within the organization and external to client.
Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field such as Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business, Supply Chain or in a related field
- 5 years of procurement and sourcing experience in progressively senior roles(or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- A Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) or equivalent designation along with strong knowledge of markets and Supply Chain Management best practices and trends (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage medium to large procurement on infrastructure projects. Experience must include: the development of procurement/ contracting strategies, including determining the optimal risk allocation; the preparation of procurement and contract documents; leading evaluation; leading contractor/supplier negotiations; and supplier relationship management.
- Excellent interpersonal, communications, negotiating, project management, planning and organizational skills.
- Proficiency with MS Office including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Good understanding of contract and competitive bid laws
- Experience operating within a crown corporation or government environment is considered an asset.
- Experience interacting with First Nations is considered an asset.
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between and
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.
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