Buyer II

TEEMA; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 97,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

TEEMA is seeking a Buyer II in Burnaby, British Columbia to lead purchasing strategies and contract management for municipal projects. You will review bids, guide junior buyers, and ensure compliance with laws and policies across departments.

You will negotiate terms, prepare tender documentation, and monitor contracts, providing expert guidance to engineers, lawyers, and project managers to optimize value and mitigate risk.

Qualifications

• Completion of Grade 12 with professional designation in supply chain management or equivalent training.
• Thorough knowledge of municipal purchasing policies and regulations.
• Strong negotiation and analytical abilities; experience with contracts and insurance basics.
• Ability to collaborate with internal/external stakeholders and guide junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and approves purchase strategies, bid documents, and awards for lower-level Buyers.
• Provides work direction and training to Buyers; interprets purchasing policies.
• Prepares specifications, tender docs, and contracts with client departments.
• Interviews suppliers, negotiates discounts, and determines best source of supply.
• Drafts contract language and monitors awarded contracts for compliance.
• Performs market analysis, life-cycle costing, and process improvements.
• Advises clients and suppliers on purchasing issues and liaises with engineers, project managers, lawyers.

Skills

Purchasing knowledge

Negotiation

Relationship management

Analytical skills

Contract law knowledge

Communication

Education

Grade 12 and professional designation in supply chain management

Equivalent training/experience

Job description

Job Title:Buyer II
Job ID:90110
Location: Burnaby, British Columbia

What you will be doing:

• Reviews and approves purchase strategies, bid documentation and award recommendations of lower-level Buyers and identifies requirements for bid amendments; reviews financial aspects of invitations to tender and requests for proposal prior to release; ensures that tenders and requests for proposal are issued in accordance with governing laws and policies.

• Provides work direction and training to lower-level Buyers; provides guidance on the interpretation of purchasing policies and procedures.

• In conjunction with client departments, prepares detailed specifications, tender and proposal documentation and contracts; assists in the preparation of tests of acceptable vendors; arranges for calling of selected and advertised tenders; ensures all information is uniformly distributed; analyzes bids as to value, price, quality, quantity, future availability, past performance, etc.

• Independently, or in conjunction with client departments, interviews suppliers, negotiates satisfactory price discounts, terms, delivery methods, dates and related items; determines the most appropriate source of supply.

• Drafts contract language according to precedent; researches and obtains information and material required from a variety of sources; ensures that documentation reflects changes in contract law and participates in the development of new contract clauses to comply with legislative changes.

• Reviews all formal tenders and requests for proposal to ensure appropriate purchasing treatment, including levels of indemnification and to verify required insurance and bonding certification; administers and monitors awarded product and service contracts.

• Performs research and analysis of products and services, makes life-cycle costing comparisons, and prepares reports and recommendations on purchasing; recommends and implements procedures to increase efficiency in the buying process.

• Advises and assists departmental clients and suppliers regarding purchasing problems and requirements, specifications, contracts and details of goods and services to be purchased; liaises with external and internal contacts such as engineers, architects, project managers, contractors, suppliers and lawyers on matters related to the work, and provides advice as required; confers with client departments and outside agencies regarding environmental procurement matters and provides relevant information to purchasing staff; serves as organizational representative to the Metro Vancouver Municipal Purchasing Group.

• Carries out administrative tasks in support of delegated purchasing systems; approves new cardholders and individual spending limits; oversees clerical processing by department staff.

• Performs related work as required.

What you must have:

• Completion of Grade 12 supplemented by completion of components of a professional designation in supply chain management from a recognized professional association, or equivalent training, plus considerable related experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

• Thorough knowledge of the policies, procedures and regulations governing municipal purchasing.

• Thorough knowledge of market conditions, price trends, and business conditions affecting the work.

• Considerable knowledge of the sources, quantities, types and prices of products and services required.

• Considerable knowledge of contract law, negotiation and corporate insurance.

• Working knowledge of the functions and requirements of the departments served.

• Ability to evaluate quality, price and service factors to determine quality and suitability of all products and services.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external contacts.

• Ability to prepare specifications and related documents for a variety of products and services and to monitor and administer such contracts.

• Ability to study and review market conditions and prepare reports and recommendations on purchasing matters.

• Ability to review the work of subordinate Buyers and provide work direction and training.

• Driver’s Licence for the Province of British Columbia.

Salary/Rate Range: $97,428.85 – $115,132.84