Senior Buyer (Contract Management) - TCU Represented - Full-time
MTASenior Buyer (Contract Management) - TCU Represented
Job ID: 16296
Business Unit: MTA Headquarters
Location: New York, NY, United States
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Department: Supplier Management
Date Posted: Aug 13, 2026
Description
JOB TITLE:
Senior Buyer (TCU Represented)
SALARY RANGE:
Step 1: $ 62,802
Step 2 : $ 67 ,288
Step 3: $ 71,774
Step 4 : $ 76,259
Step 5: $ 80,746
Step 6
...
: $ 85,231
DEPT/DIV:
Procurement
SUPERVISOR:
Contract Manager, Supplier Management
LOCATION:
333 West 34 th Street, New York, NY 10001
HOURS OF WORK:
9:00 am - 5:30 pm (8 hours/day) or as required
• **This position is represented by the Transportation Communication s Union (TCU)***
Opening:
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people across a 5,000-square-mile travel area surrounding New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. The MTA network comprises the nation’s largest bus fleet and more subway and commuter rail cars than all other U.S. transit systems combined. MTA strives to provide a safe and reliable commute, excellent customer service, and rewarding opportunities.
Position Objective:
Processes internal customer requisitions typically for low dollar procurements for materials and services utilizing non-RFP marketing strategies. Responsible for managing the bidding process, contract creation, administration, and maintenance through contract lifecycle. Works collaboratively with Project Managers, Legal, and other functions as necessary to secure leading-class contract terms and service levels in a timely fashion.
Although the Senior Buyer position has both Buying and Contract Management and Administration responsibilities, incumbents may be assigned to concentrate their work on either one or the other as needed.
Responsibilities:
The Senior Buyer position has both Buying and Contract Management and Administration responsibilities. Incumbents may be assigned to concentrate their work on either the Buying or Contract Management and Administration functions as needed.
Buying:
+ Reviews and processes high volume and/or medium complexity requisitions independently.
+ Verifies requisitions for accuracy and validates scope of work collaborating with Project Managers and internal stakeholders.
+ Produces high quality “Memo to File”, summary documentation, or system reference information for each requisition, ensuring detailed spend information is available for future reference.
+ Determines how each procurement can contribute to diversity goals.
+ Prepares Board approval paperwork for requisitions that exceed defined dollar thresholds.
+ Initiates advertising for requisitions that exceed defined $thresholds as required and identifies potential suppliers.
+ Solicits quotes and evaluates bids ensuring they are compliant with MTA policies, including pricing analysis.
+ Initiates proposal to consider new suppliers for requisitions that are not advertised.
+ Manages award process, collaborating with Legal on contract execution.
+ Coordinates distribution and collection of required government forms to awarded supplier.
Contract Management and Administration:
+ Manages ongoing contract administration and changes, as well as related PO revisions as needed.
+ Reviews contracts on a routine and as-needed basis to monitor pricing, delivery, and other KPI's, ensuring compliance to MTA standards, policies, and procedures.
+ Manages contract issues, including delivery, supplier performance, price changes post negotiation, scope/product changes, etc.
+ Keeps requestor informed of status, delivery, and price changes.
+ Identifies and resolves past-due POs, match exceptions, pricing and freight charge discrepancies, invoice issues.
Performance Indicators:
+ Meets savings and value creation targets.
+ Meets diversity spend targets for assigned scope.
+ Meets agreed stakeholder requirements.
+ Achieves high percentage of events planned versus ex