Senior Contract Management Buyer 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. 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 secure communities where we live, work and play.

It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One! Purchase a broad range of products and services for a wide variety of clients and applications in the Corporation where the procurement issues are primarily commercial. Procure either consultant, construction and other types of services or mechanical and structural, electrical, computer or general products including engineered products where the design, technical specifications, regulatory requirements, quality assurance standards and inspection checks are already established.

Process and administer awards involving the most complex commercial issues. Within the scope of the procurement policy, develop and maintain procurement procedures and buyer guidelines. Liaise with Finance and legal staff to ensure that procedures meet due diligence and commercial requirements.

Work with management staff to provide input to the company's procurement strategies, policies and procedures. Initiate and participate in the development of procurement strategies in order to maintain capable and competitive sources of supply. 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 items to the appropriate specialists for evaluation and qualification. Determine if there are regulatory, quality assurance or other special technical requirements and refer to product specialists in the requisitioning units or in the company, as required. Check for the availability of standard or surplus material.

Verify the requisitioning authority and resolve discrepancies. Assess the 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 company. Review the most recent procurement history available for pricing and resourcing information and determine if bulk or blanket orders already exist or should be initiated.

Verify sole and only acceptable sources and obtain approvals to negotiate, as required. Prepare and issue bid lists and obtain approvals where there are changes to regulatory or technical requirements. Assess the need for standard or special commercial conditions such as corporate seals, bid securities, labour requirements, financial security or parental guarantees.

Negotiate contracts for sole and only acceptable source requirements,



in accordance with established policies and procedures. Prepare and issue letters of invitation for private tender/proposal requests. Draft and arrange for newspaper advertisements for public tender/proposal requests.

Ensure that capable suppliers are alerted to public requests. Coordinate the activities of the requisitioners and others in providing clarifications to potential bidders arranging pre tender/proposal, post-tender/proposal and site meetings and attend as necessary. Perform the commercial evaluation of tenders, proposals and quotations including price, performance, domestic content, escalation, foreign exchange, duty, progress payments, labour requirements, financial security, manufacturing capability, etc. and refer other items to the appropriate technical specialists for evaluation.

Coordinate technical and other evaluation activities to clarify ambiguities, to resolve exceptions and to correct any errors or omissions. Determine the required purchasing authorities and prepare purchase approval documents. Determine the requirement for basic or formal purchase orders or contracts in accordance with established format and guidelines.

Perform ongoing administration of assigned contracts. Assist in resolving problems related to invoice discrepancies, material rejections, lost or damaged goods and quantity and other discrepancies. Coordinate the negotiation of contract changes after the award.

Initiate surveillance assignments, where required, by compiling an assignment package consisting of copies of the purchase orders and other required information for inspection. Coordinate and ensure the review and approval of engineering, manufacturing, regulatory, quality assurance and other technical procedures and documentation by specialist staff in the requisitioning, as required. Initiate, maintain and verify the completeness and accuracy of quality assurance and other files required for the administration of contracts.

Make effective recommendations on the effectiveness and efficiency of products and services purchased by the company. Handle and process, in accordance with regulatory and company procedures, restricted documents for the procurement of security related equipment and materials. Requires a knowledge of the fundamentals of purchasing, inventory control, transportation and quality management, including contract law, materials forecasting and management, negotiating skills, duties and taxes, insurance, foreign exchange and terms of payment, to carry out the purchasing process.





Requires a good knowledge of mathematics and basic financial practices and procedures to perform commercial evaluations, assign taxes and duties and to administer contracts. Requires a good knowledge of English and negotiating skills to maintain an effective relationship with requisitioners and suppliers.Requires procurement experience with the various commercial practices involving quotations, tendering, proposals, public advertising, purchase approvals, placement of business, the administration of contracts, etc. Requires experience to understand the full scope of the company's purchasing requirements, requisitioning sources and the vendor community to provide input to procurement strategies and policies and to develop procurement procedures and buyer guidelines.

Requires experience with financial and legal counsel to ensure procedures meet due diligence and commercial requirements. Requires experience with private and public tendering processes. Requires experience purchasing the range of equipment materials and services.

Requires experience to be familiar with the jargon or working language to facilitate communication, to recognize when regulatory and other special requirements apply and have an expertise and proficiency in dealing with procurement assignments, covering a wide variety of clients and applications. Requires experience to assess the need for special commercial conditions, including Corporate seals, bid securities, labour requirements, financial security and parental guarantees. Requires experience to be able to input, retrieve, update, assemble and modify information using computerized business systems.At Hydro One we understand that the success and strength of our business rests with our people.

To secure the best talent, we seek to create a workforce that reflects the diverse populations of the communities where we live and work and to create a culture based on safety, innovation and inclusiveness.

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One provides an extensive offering of programs to promote a culture of safety, wellbeing, inclusivity, and sustainability to enable our employees to be the best version of themselves. For management roles, compensation is based on the principle of pay-for performance compensation philosophy, and the amount of annual adjustments and incentive payments depends on how well you and the company perform (subject to plan terms). We encourage open dialogue about compensation with our Talent Acquisition Team, who can provide more detailed information specific to this role.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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One uses AI tools to assist in the screening and assessing candidates for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Hydro One; Telecom, Telecommunications, QA, Quality Assurance, Recruiting, Technology, Quality, Human Resources 2009-2022 Hydro One Networks Inc.

📌 Senior Contract Management Buyer (Toronto)
🏢 Hydroone
📍 Toronto