Procurement Specialist

Education Level: 4 year university education in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Science or Law.

Base Location: Darlington, ON

Shifts: Days

Travel: 10%

Deadline to Apply: April 23, 2026

Salary Range: $1,704.68 - $2,658.86 Per Week

Job Overview

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Procurement Specialist.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Supply Chain, this position is responsible to plan, coordinating and performing procurement assignments for various goods and services, including EPCM and its variants, engineered products, materials, services, and vendor management inventory programs. Plan, co ordinate and provide support in the management of inventory, and inventory controls. Review the adequacy of competitive sources, prepare agreement documents, review proponents' lists, evaluate proposals, negotiate contracts and prepare/issue various purchasing documents. Review claims, progress payments and escalation claims. Act as an information resource to requisitioners and suppliers and assess vendor performance. Review Procurement/Material/Quality Plans from suppliers and provide comments. Perform Oversight on Suppliers Procurement Processes. Coordinate and schedule oversight activities and prepare reports and Oversight plans. Interface with clients in support of daily, weekly, and monthly meetings as a Supply Chain representative to be the information resource to coordinate support for services and materials.

Key Accountabilities

• Act as an information resource to users, requisitioners and suppliers on the Corporation's procurement processes and commercial considerations. Respond to vendor inquiries regarding supplier qualification procedures, agreement processes, contract standards, quality assurance programs, etc. Provide assistance to procurement groups on technical matters including proponent list preparation, quality and regulatory requirements, surveillance assignments, acceptance criteria and testing, manufacturing problems, etc.
• Participate at site (both generating and non generating OPG facilities) daily, weekly and monthly meetings to plan, coordinate, and status various items and services to support site operations. Ability to implement strategies that consolidate and leverage the various tactical requests.
• Assess Market conditions and available supply base to support review of the adequacy of competitive sources and recommend corrective action where sources are insufficient. Develop a procurement strategy considering the marketplace and the needs of the requisitioners and end users. Develop and recommend sourcing strategies to the customer. Consult with Supervisor or other Supply Chain, or internal or external staff/clients when necessary.
• Review Ontario Power Generation (OPG) approved vendor lists to ensure adequacy for competitive sourcing. Monitor and track suppliers' performance. Investigate unsatisfactory vendor performance and work with supplier to correct the situation or recommend the removal of the supplier from approved lists. Maintain current records on suppliers' capabilities and performance.
• Prepare or review draft and final Request for Quotations, Proposals, Information (RFI, RFQ, RFP), contracts, and purchase order documents ensuring resolution of any areas of concern or ambiguity. Establish that acceptable quality program levels are assigned and that clear acceptance criteria exist. Review specifications to ensure purchasing conditions conform to Supply Chain's standards, policies, practices and jurisdictional requirements. Where possible, resolve areas of conflict whether in commercial, quality or technical areas. Issue RFx and any subsequent addenda and bring to Supervisors attention those areas for which resolution cannot be found.
• Evaluate incoming quotes, proposals for vendor exceptions. Consider total landed cost with emphasis in priority order, quality, schedule, client needs and price. This may also include quality assurance needs, technical specifications, delivery requirements, commercial variances, vendor historical performance, capabilities and other relevant factors in the analysis of proposals. Participate with requisitioners in clarification of vendor offerings and the resolution of non conformances at pre award meetings with vendors. Ensure an understanding by the prospective vendor of OPG's needs and expectations. In conjunction with the requisitioner, make award recommendations that ensure the best overall value for OPG while following OPG code of conduct and governance.
• Negotiate contracts under the direction of Supervisor where no adequate competition exists or where it is in the Corporation's best interests. Work with requisitioner in establishing an acceptable supplier proposal with respect to the technical, commercial and quality specifications and recommend its acceptance to the requisitioner.
• Ensure the preparation or prepare the various purchasing documents such as commercial proposal reviews, price competition sheets, letters of intent, awards, purchase orders, and instruction notices. Arrange post award meetings with suppliers and inspection to ensure a clear understanding of contractual responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Requires a four year university education in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Science or Law.
• Requires a minimum of 4 years of experience in Procurement or Supply Chain.
• Requires an engineering knowledge to provide a complete technical service for the procurement of various materials, Engineered components and services including the application of complex technical specifications and manufacturing processes and developing new strategies and methods.
• Requires knowledge of business administration for the commercial administration of all phases of the procurement process.
• Requires experience to understand the design, fabrication, assembly, testing and installation practices in order to assess capabilities of manufacturer's facilities. Requires experience to be familiar with the practices, routines and standards followed within the commercial and industrial field, together with experience in test and inspection of various materials, Engineered components and services, to understand the various problems and remedial procedures required, and to assist in the preparation of inspection procedures.
• Requires experience to be knowledgeable of inspection to specification, production planning and scheduling, QA, designing, and dealing with people on controversial matters.
• Requires experience to understand the commercial aspects of contracts, contract law and business administration.
• Requires experience to understand the procedures and practices and to become generally knowledgeable of the interrelationships within the Division, other requisitioning departments throughout the Corporation as well as external organizations.

The successful candidate will exhibit uncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment.

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OPG is committed to employment equity. As such, we encourage applicants from equity seeking communities (Indigenous Peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and women). We strongly believe that alleviating the under representation of equity seeking individuals will create a stronger OPG team and allow us to better serve the needs of our diverse communities.

In order to fulfill the above mentioned purpose, priority in hiring may be given to qualified persons who self identify as a member of equity seeking groups as identified in the application process. This initiative constitutes a special program under the Human Rights Code/Canadian Human Rights Act.