Senior Buyer (TFT)

City of Port Moody; Port Moody; Hybrid; CAD 63,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Hybrid work opportunities

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

The City of Port Moody seeks a Senior Buyer to manage complex purchasing for multiple departments, ensuring best value and compliance with trade agreements and city policies. The role involves preparing specifications, bid documents, and contracts for high-value capital projects.

The successful candidate will coordinate procurement, advise clients, and maintain effective relationships with internal and external partners while navigating regulations and a potential hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Two-year diploma in a related field plus a recognized purchasing designation/certification.
• Seminars in laws of competitive bidding, contract law and contract administration.
• Courses or seminars in risk management considered an asset.
• Minimum of three years procurement experience, preferably in public sector.
• Thorough knowledge of purchasing principles, competitive bidding laws, trade agreements and related regulations.
• Knowledge of contract law, risk management, and evaluation methodologies.
• Experience with competitive bid documents: RFSO, RFQ, RFP, RFI, RFT.
• Familiarity with MMCD/CCDC contract documents and e-procurement processes.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, reviews and analyzes detailed specifications, bid documents and contracts for various goods/services.
• Administer procurement and tendering processes ensuring compliance with Trade Agreements and City policies.
• Provide professional advice and strategic guidance on purchasing issues and contracting.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and legal counsel.

Skills

Procurement experience

Public procurement knowledge

Contract law knowledge

Risk management

Strong analytical skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Two-year diploma in a related field

Purchasing designation/certification (SMT/SCMP) or equivalent

Tools

MMCD & CCDC contract docs

BC Bid process

Bidding platforms (bids&tenders)

Microsoft Word & Excel

Job description

Senior Buyer (TFT)

Job Number: J1026-0728

Job Title: Senior Buyer (TFT)

Job Type: Temporary Full-Time

Date Posted: October 21, 2026

Closing Date: October 27, 2026

Job Category: Purchasing & Risk Management

Branch/Location Office: City Hall

City: Port Moody

Province / State: British Columbia

Salary Range: $45.85 - $49.32/Hour

The City of Port Moody has an excellent opportunity for a temporary, full-timeSenior Buyer.

The Senior Buyer performs complex purchasing functions including the purchase of high value, highly complex and non-standard goods and services for various City Departments while ensuring best value and compliance with Trade Agreements and City Policies. This position provides advice, guidance, advanced technical support and expertise to departmental clients on purchasing requirements and issues.

The Senior Buyer prepares, reviews and analyzes detailed specifications, competitive bid documents and contracts for a wide variety of commodities and services, including large dollar, high profile and/or high-risk capital projects, ensuring competitive bidding law requirements and deadlines are met. This position is responsible for administering the procurement and tendering process and providing professional advice and strategic guidance on purchasing issues and the contracting process. The successful candidates will be organized and self-motivated with a strong ability to establishand maintain effective working relationships with staff, consultants, contractors, suppliers, legal counsel, regional purchasing professionals, and the general public.

Basic Qualifications

• Successful completion of a two (2) year diploma in a related field plus a recognized purchasing designation/certification such as the Supply Management Training Diploma (SMT), Supply Chain Management Professional designation (SCMP) or equivalent.
• Seminars in the laws of competitive bidding, contract law and contract administration.
• Courses or seminars in risk management considered an asset.
• Minimum of three (3) years procurement experience, preferably in public sector.
• Thorough knowledge of current purchasing and supply management principles, methods and practices including competitive bidding laws, applicable trade agreements and any associated regulations, particularly as they relate to a local or regional government.
• Knowledge of contract law and risk management with the ability to interpret and apply the laws of contract and competitive bidding to a variety of situations.
• Knowledge of developing procurement strategies and issuing competitive bid documents including Request for Standing Offers (RFSO), Request for Quotations (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), Request for Information (RFI), Request for Tender (RFT) documentation.
• Training or experience in the use of contract documents through the Master Municipal Construction Document Association (MMCD) and the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC).
• Working knowledge of e-procurement including bids&tendersTM and the BC Bid process.
• Working knowledge of WorkSafe BC regulations and Contractor Coordination requirements.
• Ability to identify and manage risk inherent in the goods and service acquisitions, ensuring insurance and bonding requirements are addressed.
• Working knowledge of project management and contract administration.
• Ability to facilitate interdepartmental evaluation teams through complex bid evaluations and to use a variety of evaluation methodologies.
• Ability to make recommendations for solutions to complex and/or specialized purchasing issues.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal and external contacts.
• Ability to participate as an engaged member of a team and to work independently.
• Demonstrated ability to be proactive, adaptable to changing needs and a strategic thinker.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong planning and organizational skills. Able to meet deadlines, multi-task and manage time effectively, while delivering high quality results with acute attention to detail.
• Proficiency in intermediate levels of Microsoft Word and Excel.

Please note that employment with the City of Port Moody is subject to the receipt of a satisfactory police information check as well as a satisfactory driver's abstract. The City of Port Moody strives to be an employer of choice, and offers an excellent benefits package as well as professional development opportunities and, for some positions, hybrid work opportunities.