Purchasing Manager

We are looking for a Purchasing Manager to support a machinery manufacturing operation in Toronto, Ontario through a Long-term Contract assignment. This role will take ownership of supplier-facing commercial agreements, helping ensure procurement arrangements align with project needs, customer commitments, and business risk expectations. Working closely with sourcing, legal, project, and operational teams, the successful candidate will drive contract execution, strengthen supplier terms, and provide clear oversight of obligations throughout the contract lifecycle.

Responsibilities:
• Direct the preparation, review, negotiation, and finalization of supplier contracts, service agreements, statements of work, purchasing terms, and related amendments while coordinating internal approvals.
• Translate customer and project commitments into supplier-facing contract requirements to ensure obligations such as delivery, warranties, acceptance criteria, liability, and damages provisions are properly addressed.
• Build and maintain a structured obligation tracking process that maps customer requirements to supplier commitments, identifies commercial gaps, and escalates exceptions for resolution before award.
• Develop negotiation plans with practical fallback positions covering pricing, payment structures, lead times, production capacity, change management, indemnities, insurance, confidentiality, and intellectual property terms.
• Set contracting priorities based on project timelines, supplier importance, spend levels, continuity risk, and existing agreement coverage to keep procurement activity aligned with business deadlines.
• Oversee contract performance from initial award to closeout by monitoring milestones, deliverables, notices, renewals, amendments, and supplier adherence to agreed commercial conditions.
• Assess supplier requests involving delays, scope revisions, and incremental costs, then negotiate appropriate change orders and support dispute management in collaboration with project and legal teams.
• Partner with sales, engineering, quality, finance, project management, sourcing, and legal stakeholders to ensure supplier commitments are realistic, compliant, and operationally achievable.
• Maintain organized contract documentation, approval records, templates, and status reporting for leadership, highlighting unresolved issues, pending obligations, and areas of commercial exposure. • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 7 to 10 years of progressive experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain roles with strong exposure to complex supplier contract negotiations.
• Proven background drafting and negotiating supplier agreements within industrial manufacturing, engineered equipment, or project-based environments.
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate customer or prime contract obligations into supplier agreements and resolve differences in commercial terms and risk allocation.
• Strong knowledge of commercial contract elements such as warranties, liability limitations, indemnities, liquidated damages, acceptance terms, payment structures, termination clauses, and change control.
• Experience working with suppliers, vendors, pricing structures, contract renewals, and ERP environments within a manufacturing setting.
• Certification in supply chain, procurement, or commercial contract management would be considered an asset.