Procurement Advisor

Procurement Advisor
**Job ID**:
226828
**Posting status**:
Open
**Organization**:
Ministry of the Solicitor General
**Division**:
Corporate Services Division
**City**:
Toronto
**Position(s) language**:
English
**Job term**:
2 Permanent
**Job code**:
5A004 - Admin05
**Salary**:
$76,231.00 - $109,842.00 Per year
Accessibility support
The Procurement and Business Improvement Branch, Corporate Services Division is seeking a high performing individual who can use their excellent relationship building, collaborative, interpersonal, and project management skills to develop and implement strategic and innovative procurement solutions that support our clients' business objectives.
Join our professional procurement team as we work together with ministry staff to deliver on our Solicitor General mandate and achieve value for money in procurement.
About the OPS
The Ontario Public Service (OPS) is one of the largest employers in the province, employing more than 60,000 people. Every day, we are modernizing government operations and improving public services. We have a wide range of meaningful and rewarding career opportunities in communities across Ontario. We welcome new ideas and new people, encourage learning and development, and reward achievement. No matter the position, we live the core values of trust, fairness, diversity, excellence, creativity, collaboration, efficiency and responsiveness.
What a career in the OPS can offer you
The OPS is committed to be an employer of first choice, creating a positive and inclusive work environment. In addition to flexible work arrangements, a collegial and professional work culture, career growth and development and on-the-job training to help you succeed, we offer a competitive Total Compensation Package.
About the job
**You will**:

- provide consultative expertise and advice to ministry clients to support procurement initiatives involving a wide range of goods, services and information technology services
- determine effective procurement strategies that deliver value for money
- support ministry clients in all activities in the procurement lifecycle: including development of the procurement documents, leading bidder information session, training of evaluators and monitoring the evaluation process, and award and implementation activities
- advise program areas on the Ontario Public Service Directive procurement policies and procedures so that vendors have access to fair and transparent opportunities
- provide excellent customer service and procurement support to ministry clients
- support ministry clients in developing briefing materials and seeking procurement approvals
- contribute to continuous improvement projects to ensure an efficient, streamlined, evergreen approach to the ministry's procurement process

What you bring to the team
Analytical, Research, Problem-Solving and Organizational Skills
**You have demonstrated**:

- the ability to analyze client requirements
- the ability to do industry research and leverage best practices across the OPS or other jurisdictions
- project management skills to ensure tasks are performed within the scheduled time and resources limits

Procurement Knowledge and Skills
**You have**:

- knowledge and experience in interpreting procurement directives, policies, and best practices
- skills in the public sector procurement process and in developing Request for Bids documents
- an understanding of government decision-making processes, products and services used by program areas, and supplier issues and constraints
- proficiency with risk assessment methods and techniques to identify, analyze and mitigate risks to the client
- knowledge of procurement and contract management principles and vendor management

Consultative, Communication, and Interpersonal Skills
**You have demonstrated**:

- the ability to build and maintain effective partnerships and working relationships with diverse internal stakeholders and external suppliers
- verbal and written communication skills to prepare procurement documents, briefing materials, conduct meetings and to resolve issues
- the ability to work independently leading a working group to synthesize information and ensure procurement deliverables reflect client's requirements
- the ability to facilitate bidder evaluation exercises with stakeholders and to bring consensus in scoring
- the ability to explain complex procurement models and methodologies to internal stakeholders

**Computer Skills**:
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How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessib