• Job ID: 60194
• Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Purchasing
• Division & Section: Children's Services, ChildSvcs Strategic, Business & Fin Svcs
• Work Location: Metro Hall, 55 John St, Toronto, ON M5V 0C4 
• Job Type & Duration: 1 Full-Time, Permanent Vacancy
• Hourly Rate: $40.69 - $44.57
• Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 Hours per Week
• Affiliation: L79 Full-Time
• Number of Positions Open: 1
• Posting Period: 13-Mar-2026 to 27-Mar-2026
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Job Description

Children's Services is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment where all employees and members of the public feel valued, respected and supported. We believe that advancing reconciliation, equity, and inclusion are critical to achieving our mission of promoting access to high quality early learning and childcare services for Toronto families and children. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the public and the communities in which we live and serve.

Major Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Children’s Services Purchasing Unit Budget Coordinator, the Purchasing Analyst provides purchasing support to the Children’s Services Division, as follows:

• Provides research, analytical, and support as required with purchasing and coordination in the development of RFQs, RFPs and Tenders with respect to identification of product/service specifications, contract deliverables, terms, annual estimates across the Division, ensuring that there are appropriate provisions in the RFQ/RFP/ Tenders and enters sourcing requests into Ariba.
• Provides support, advice, and training for clients within Children’s Services relating to purchasing procedures and automated systems (SAP, Ariba).
• Monitors divisional compliance with City, Provincial and Federal purchasing regulations, and requirements, e.g., Health and Safety, Fair Wage, Municipal Codes 195 and 71, and assist in this interpretation.
• Lead contact for the division with the City of Toronto Purchasing Division (PMMD).
• Monitors existing blanket contracts and co-ordinates commodity and services estimates across the division; and where applicable and acts as the Blanket Contract lead.
• Provides support in the development and implementation of purchasing practices for the clients within Children’s Service such as preparing, issuing, receiving, evaluating, and awarding of Divisional Purchase Orders (DPOs).
• Assists in the development and maintenance of a technical specification library.
• Prepares and writes reports and/or purchasing documents for Division staff, Committee and Council concerning purchasing related issues (e.g., over-expenditures, requests for sole sourcing, extensions, contract awards).
• Attends committees/meetings dealing with procurement matters.
• Reviews updated statistical techniques of trend analysis including the consumer and industrial price indexes for market information and specific commodity information as it relates to economic purchasing of goods and services.
• Reviews and recommends possible time frames, annual estimates, product specifications for term quotations to set-up new and/or renew blanket contracts.
• Maintains a running evaluation of the divisional purchasing activities (e.g., divisional purchase orders, blanket contracts, purchase orders).
• Research information on price change of specific commodities for estimating of future inflation costs and feasibility of extending contracts where options exist.
• Researches and conducts benchmarking studies, and surveys regarding policies, procedures and practices used by other Purchasing functions throughout North America, i.e. By-laws, policies, procedures, practices.
• Researches and prepares reports on corporate issues.
• Updates and monitors information in databases used for divisional statistics on purchasing activity and policies and procedures.
• Extracts information from the Financial Information System (SAP) to compile information relating to purchasing activity, history, benchmarking, and information as it relates to economic purchasing of goods and services required by client divisions.

Key Qualifications:

Your application must describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. Post-Secondary Education in a related field and/or a purchasing designation or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
2. Extensive practical procurement experience in a governmental environment or broader public sector (BPS), i.e., development and preparation of RFXs, evaluation and award.
3. Considerable experience in performing purchasing functions and analysis related to the areas listed above.
4. Considerable experience in working with large amounts of data and the ability to apply analysis methodologies to complete projects of various terms and complexities.
5. Considerable experience using Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint software to develop and maintain reports, spreadsheets and database information.
6. Considerable experience with the Financial System - SAP logistics module or an equivalent financial information system involving purchasing.
7. Considerable experience managing internal customer interactions to ensure consistently excellent customer service to clients.

You must also have:

• Highly developed interpersonal skills, ability to interact effectively with all levels of staff in the organization, outside service agencies and the public in a professional manner.
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision to plan and execute tasks or assignments and work under strict time constraints to meet deadlines.
• Excellent problem-solving skills to analyze requirements, develop or recommend solutions to implement and/or enhance projects or statistical bases.
• Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects and to work effectively in a fast paced, consistently changing environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (i.e., in dealing with Council, City staff and General Public).
• Working knowledge of the Purchasing Bylaw, Financial Control Bylaw, policies, applicable legislation, and procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively to prepare written reports to clearly explain issues, recommend resolutions, display statistical findings and data in an understandable format.

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The City is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness that reflects the diverse residents that we serve. Learn more about the City’s commitment to employment equity.

Accommodation

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