17 Sep 2025

Senior buyer – purchasing

  • NorQuest College
  • Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Job ID : 210060
  • Category : Purchasing-Procurement
  • Job Type : Full-Time
  • Salary : $74577-96841 Annually
  • Anticipated Start Date : 2025-09-17
  • Posting Date : 17 Sep 2025
  • Expiry Date : 16 Mar 2026

Description

Job Title: Senior buyer – purchasing

With some duties as a supply chain process analyst

Employer: NorQuest College 

 

Job details

Languages: English

Education

  • College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
  • or equivalent experience
  • Logistics, materials, and supply chain management
  • Purchasing, procurement/acquisitions and contracts management

Experience: 5 years or more

Hybrid: Work must be completed both in person and remotely.

Work setting

  • Public school
  • Public sector

Responsibilities

Tasks

  • Purchase general and specialized equipment, materials or business services
  • Assess requirements of an establishment to develop specifications for equipment, materials and supplies to be purchased
  • Develop specifications for equipment, materials and supplies to be purchased
  • Negotiate offers from suppliers
  • Consult with suppliers
  • Review quotations
  • Determine contract terms and conditions
  • Award contracts to appropriate parties
  • Establish delivery schedules
  • Monitor progress of delivery schedules
  • Contact clients and suppliers to resolve problems
  • Provide customer service
  • Internal audit
  • Develop and maintain cost findings, reporting and internal control procedure
  • Process credit cards, vouchers and other payments
  • Ensure compliance with government regulations
  • Maintain inventory of equipment

Credentials

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Membership in the Supply Chain Management Association of Canada

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Word
  • Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
  • MS Office
  • Oracle
  • Electronic mail
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Windows

Area of specialization

  • Process improvement
  • Risk management

Specialization/experience (business sales and services)

  • Negotiation

Additional information

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Time management
  • Flexibility
  • Ability to multitask
  • Leadership

Benefits

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • As per collective agreement

Long term benefits

  • Long-term care insurance
  • Maternity and parental benefits

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
  • Team building opportunities

Who can apply for this job?

The employer accepts applications from:

  • Canadian citizens and permanent or temporary residents of Canada
  • other candidates, with or without a valid Canadian work permit

How to apply

Online:

https://careers.norquest.ca/job-invite/1375

 

 

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Job Categories: Purchasing-Procurement. Job Types: Full-Time. Job expires in 180 days.

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