Strategic Public Sector Procurement Lead

Infrastructure Ontario; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Healthcare benefits

Parental leave top-up

Healthcare Spending Account

Professional development

Transit-accessible location

Job summary

Infrastructure Ontario, a crown corporation, seeks a Procurement Specialist to lead end-to-end competitive processes, ensuring compliance with policies, trade agreements, and legislation.

You will develop documents, facilitate evaluations, support contract negotiations, and advise internal clients while building strong vendor relationships in a fast-paced public sector environment.

Located at 1 Dundas St W in Toronto, IO offers a comprehensive benefits package and a commitment to diversity.

Qualifications

• Experience leading competitive procurement processes in the public sector.
• Knowledge of RFIs, RFQs, RFPs, and RFTs and related procurement documents.
• Ability to interpret procurement legislation and trade agreements.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Experience in construction, infrastructure, or real estate is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end competitive procurement processes and related activities.
• Develop procurement documents, evaluation frameworks, and scoring methodologies.
• Act as primary contact for procurement processes, coordinating communications.
• Facilitate evaluations and ensure compliance with requirements.
• Support contract negotiations, vendor onboarding, and amendments.
• Provide procurement guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Build relationships with clients, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor procurement legislation and market trends for process improvement.
• Contribute to policy, tools, templates, standards, and procedures.
• Participate in special projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Public sector procurement

Contract administration

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

University degree in Business Administration or related discipline

Job description

Infrastructure Ontario, a crown corporation, seeks a Procurement Specialist to lead end-to-end competitive processes, ensuring compliance with policies, trade agreements, and legislation.

You will develop documents, facilitate evaluations, support contract negotiations, and advise internal clients while building strong vendor relationships in a fast-paced public sector environment.

Located at 1 Dundas St W in Toronto, IO offers a comprehensive benefits package and a commitment to diversity.