Corporate Buyer

**Job ID**: 55766

**Job Category**:Finance, Accounting & Purchasing

**Division & Section**:Purchasing & Materials Management, Purchasing Client Services

**Work Location**:City Hall, 100 Queen St. W, Toronto (Hybrid, 2 days in office)

**Job Type & Duration**:Full-time, 10 Permanent, 2 Temporary (12 month) vacancies

**Hourly Rate**:$41.73 - $45.61

**Shift Information**: Monday to Friday, 35 Hours per Week

**Affiliation**: L79 Full-time

**Number of Positions Open**: 12

**Posting Period**: 04-Jun-2025 to 18-Jun-2025

**Ready to take your procurement career to the next level?**

Join the City of Toronto, Canada’s largest and most forward-looking municipality, as we hire 12 Corporate Buyers to help deliver high-impact, strategic sourcing across a broad range of city-building initiatives.

With a procurement spend in the **billions**, these aren’t ordinary Buyer roles. You’ll be at the centre of major public projects, from emergency services to transit infrastructure, helping to shape the daily lives of millions of Torontonians. Every file is different, every project matters, and every day brings something new.

This is an ideal opportunity for procurement professionals who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and who are energized by challenge, variety, and public impact. You’ll utilize SAP Ariba to lead complex, high-value, and precedent-setting procurements, thereby building both your expertise and leadership.

Procurement at the City of Toronto is evolving. We're modernizing how government does business and aiming to become a national leader in public sector procurement. As part of this transformation, we’re committed to advancing sustainable procurement, expanding opportunities for Indigenous and equity-deserving suppliers, and integrating social value into our purchasing practices.

If you're passionate about innovation, impact, and growing your career, we want to hear from you.

Meet & Greet **with Our Chief Procurement Officer**

**Details**

**Date**: June 11, 2025

**Time**: 12:30 - 1:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

**Platform**: MS Teams

Job Description:
As a member of the Purchasing and Materials Management team, the Corporate Buyer is responsible for managing the full end-to-end procurement process, from developing and drafting solicitations to leading evaluations and awarding contracts. This includes a range of formal procurement methods such as Requests for Quotations (RFQs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Tenders, and Non-Competitive Procurements. Working within a centralized, transparent, and fair procurement environment, the Corporate Buyer will use SAP Ariba to conduct electronic bidding and support the acquisition of goods and services for City divisions and designated Agencies, Boards, and Commissions.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Supporting and/or leading fair, open and transparent strategic sourcing activities, tactical procurement, and contract management activities.
- Provide direction to internal stakeholders on procurement, contracting, and business relationships.
- Collaborates on the preparation of solicitations, including product specifications descriptions/scope of work.
- Identifies appropriate method of purchase and determines whether written competitive tenders, requests for proposals, requests for quotations, requests for expression of interest, or requests for pre-qualification are required to ensure that deadlines are not jeopardized.
- Managing and facilitating meetings, confidently with both stakeholders and the vendor industry (in-person and virtually).
- Operates the City's electronic purchasing system to process purchasing requirements (e.g. purchase orders, quotation requests, proposal calls, etc.), and to update and retrieve Purchasing information.
- Evaluates summary of bids and ensures that specifications, policies and legal requirements are met, in collaboration with client divisions
- Participates in various committees related to City purchasing.
- Participate in site visits and supplier days at off-site locations when required.
- Prepares purchase orders and related documentation (e.g. price agreements, correction sheets, etc.) from quotations, tenders and proposals.
- Prepares correspondence and administrative reports using word processing and spreadsheet software.
- Conducts training sessions for Associate Buyers.

Key Qualifications:

- Experience with end-to-end RFx (RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, etc.) development and process, including writing of solicitation, specification review and development, best value evaluation process, contract language/drafting, and award), preferably in a municipal environment.
- A recognized purchasing designation/accreditation (i.e. Certified Public Procurement Officer (CPPO), Certified Professional Public Buyer (CPPB) or Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP), or successful completion of training through Supply Chain Canada (SCMP) or the Procurement School (PSPP) would be considered or an approved equivalent comb