Project Buyer

Req ID: 529292
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities
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as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Could you be the full-time Buyer in Toronto we’re looking for?
Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your Procurement expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside strong analytical and collaborative teammates.
You'll develop and implement the Procurement strategy to ensure optimal cost productivity. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business, such as Engineering, Project, Bid, and Technical Managers, to prepare tender Procurement commitments, and much more.
You’ll specifically take care of collecting and formalizing Return of Experience on projects deployed in the region, but also challenging commodity buyers and managers to increase competitiveness and ensure convergence of commodity strategies with tender.
We’ll look to you for:
• Managing procurement activities during the tender phase, ensuring adherence to Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People (QCDP) commitments.
• Leading supplier engagement and negotiation of pre-bid agreements when they create a competitive advantage for the project.
• Collaborating with Engineering teams to support “Design-to-Cost” initiatives.
• Compiling, validating, and updating procurement cost commitments for tender submissions, including supplier quotation analysis, firming, and risk assessment.
• Preparing accurate, competitive, and timely tender cost packages, ensuring alignment with internal procurement strategies and market conditions.
• Ensuring compliance with company procurement policies, ethical sourcing practices, and contractual requirements during tender activities.
• Coordinating with Quality and Project Teams to confirm supplier readiness.
• Setting up the full supplier selection process, creating supplier contracts, and managing contract execution.
• Preparing and launching Requests for Quotation with suppliers.
• Leading project negotiations.
• Monitoring Procurement project QCDT & legal project evolution (FAI, Business Award, Product development).
• Ensuring work package sheet commitment respect.
• Preparing Business Awards.
• Promoting the Alstom Code of Ethics and adhering to the highest standards of ethical conduct.
• Managing contracting activities and supplier contract execution while coordinating projects with all métiers.
• Ensuring on-time delivery and quality, especially during the ramp-up phase of the project.
• Supporting commodity strategy and consolidating commodity needs and inputs.
• Participating actively in commodity strategy and panel elaboration.
• Providing inputs to build differentiation.
• Supporting the Commodity Manager during the tender phase.
• Representing the commodities towards projects, platforms, and solutions.
• Ensuring effective teamwork with internal customers and stakeholders in problem-solving.
• Applying the Alstom Procurement process and providing Return of Experience.
All About You
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Purchasing or a related field.
• Proven experience and understanding of procurement processes.
• Previous Alstom experience will be considered an asset.
• Strong knowledge of electronics and N&T materials and equipment, SCADA, metallic parts, and electro-mechanical systems.
• Familiarity with Excel.
• A second language is preferred.
Things you’ll enjoy Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills an

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