Purchasing agent Jobs in Ottawa, ON

Buyer and Materials Specialist

About Metergy Solutions Inc. (“Metergy”)

Metergy has the energy, rapid growth and excitement of a startup, together with a rock-solid, recession-proof business that has a 45 year track record. We’re a technology company that drives huge carbon emission reductions. This is a once-in-a-career opportunity.

As one of North America’s most experienced submetering providers, Metergy has brought turnkey solutions to clients for over 45 years. Metergy supplies, installs and remotely reads meters to measure individual suite consumption of electricity, water, gas, and thermal energy in multi-residential and commercial buildings, and bills and collects for the cost of commodities and administrative charges for the services provided. The business model allows for long-term recurring revenue through an innovative Submetering as a Service (SaaS) model. Submetering is proven to reduce in-suite energy consumption by 40%, driving decarbonization efforts for Metergy’s clients. This performance has enabled Metergy to issue green bonds and obtain green financing.

Positioned as the #1 submeter provider in the New York and Canadian markets, and one of the largest in North America, Metergy has more than 900,000 contracted meters, issues over 4M utility bills annually and has over 500 team members. Metergy is a portfolio company of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brookfield is one of the world’s largest investors, owners and operators of infrastructure assets across the utilities, transport, energy, data and sustainable resources sectors. This sponsorship provides Metergy with access to large-scale capital, infrastructure investment expertise and global reach.

Our Mission

Provide building owners and occupants with accurate and reliable utility consumption data through market-leading expertise in turnkey submetering and billing, while fostering a workplace with inspired team members empowered to do more good.

At Metergy, we don’t just believe in our people; we champion them. When individuals feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow, incredible things happen. That’s why we’re thrilled to be recognized as a Great Place to Work for the second consecutive year! This achievement reflects our unwavering commitment to building a workplace that’s respectful, inclusive, and high-performing.

Come be part of a team that leads with passion, thrives on positivity, and delivers with precision. We’re proud of who we are and even prouder of where we’re headed.

Position Summary :

The Buyer & Materials Specialist is responsible for purchasing execution, supplier follow-up, materials coordination and inventory support. The role creates and manages purchase orders from approved requirements, helps maintain accurate material records and supports the availability of materials needed for production and other operational requirements.

Working closely with Production, Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering and Customer Service, this role helps ensure materials are available when needed, purchasing and inventory records are accurate, and operational commitments are supported.

Accountabilities :

Purchasing :

• Create and place purchase orders for approved requirements identified through MRP, email, Teams, telephone requests and other operational needs.
• Confirm order acknowledgements, pricing, quantities, lead times and expected delivery dates with suppliers.
• Monitor open purchase orders and follow up on shortages, late deliveries and changing operational priorities.
• Maintain accurate purchase order information and purchasing records in D365.
• Coordinate routine supplier communication and resolve day-to-day order issues within approved authority.
• Escalate supplier, cost, quality, availability or delivery concerns to the Supply Chain Manager.
• Support vendor coordination while strategic sourcing, supplier selection, contracts and commercial negotiations remain with the appropriate management owner.

Materials Coordination & Inventory Support :

• Monitor material availability and communicate shortages, delivery risks or changing priorities.
• Support cycle counts, physical inventory counts and inventory reconciliations as assigned.
• Assist with inventory discrepancy investigations and provide purchasing or supplier information needed to support resolution.
• Complete authorized D365 inventory transactions, including transfers, issues, returns, adjustments and material movements. This role must not post system receipts against purchase orders they create or place.
• Maintain purchasing and material traceability records and support accurate item, quantity and location information.
• Support scrap identification, disposition tracking and inventory write-offs in accordance with approved processes.

Warehouse & Receiving Support :

• Provide warehouse and receiving support as needed during workload peaks, absences or changing operational priorities.
• Assist with identifying, moving, staging, replenishing and putting away materials when requested.
• Support production-order and sales-order picking when needed, following established warehouse priorities and processes.
• Complete physical receiving support, such as unloading, checking quantities against packing documentation and identifying materials. Authorized system receipt transactions must not be completed by this role for purchase orders they created or placed.
• Follow established storage locations, labelling standards, material-flow practices and warehouse procedures when performing warehouse work.
• Help maintain a safe, clean and organized warehouse and report storage, safety or inventory concerns to the Supply Chain Manager

Shipping & Operational Support :

• Provide backup support for outbound shipments, shipping documents and carrier coordination when required.
• Support engineering changes, BOM revisions, new product introductions and material transitions by coordinating purchasing and material information.
• Create, revise and follow SOPs, QWIs and other operational documentation related to assigned responsibilities.
• Participate in improvements to purchasing follow-up, material availability, inventory accuracy, standardization, quality and waste reduction.
• Assist with sales-order final assembly and production assembly, including laser operations, only when required as backup support.
• Follow all company policies, quality requirements and health and safety procedures.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• High school diploma or equivalent required; post-secondary education in supply chain, logistics, business, manufacturing or a related field is an asset.
• Two or more years of experience in purchasing support, materials coordination, inventory control, warehouse operations or a manufacturing environment.
• Experience creating purchase orders and communicating with suppliers.
• Experience with an ERP system; Microsoft D365 experience is an asset.
• Strong organization, prioritization and time-management skills with the ability to manage changing requirements.
• High attention to detail and a strong commitment to purchasing, inventory and transaction accuracy.
• Clear communication, follow-up and practical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across departments.
• Comfort using Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Excel and Word.
• Ability to perform the physical requirements of warehouse support and safely handle materials and equipment.

Equipment Requirement :

• Reach truck certification is required. The employee must hold valid certification or complete company-provided training before operating a reach truck independently.
• The employee must follow all required training and company safety procedures whenever operating powered material-handling equipment.

Any shown ranges reflects base salary. We offer discretionary bonus and additional benefits, including health and retirement, as part of our total rewards program.

Benefits & Perks

• Fully company covered heath and dental benefits from day 1

• Company funded Health Spending Account

• Plan for retirement with Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) and RRSP Matching

• Grow with us! We provide support for continuous learning.

• Paid personal and sick days on top of your vacation

• Summer hours to enjoy the weather

• Company sponsored social events & more!

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Our recruitment process includes accommodation for applicants with disabilities. All accommodations will consider the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability and are available upon request.

Recruitment Fraud Notice:

Metergy is aware of individuals impersonating Metergy recruiters and employees to make fraudulent job offers. Metergy recruiters may make initial contact with candidates through messaging. All interview invitations, offer letters and other recruitment correspondence come only from an @metergysolutions.com email address. Communications from any other domain, including @metergysolutions.us, or from a personal email account, do not come from Metergy. Metergy recruiters do not ask candidates to move conversations to text message, WhatsApp, Telegram or other messaging apps. All current Metergy job openings are posted at www.metergysolutions.com/careers. Metergy does not request payment, the purchase of equipment or training, or banking information at any stage of the application or interview process. If you receive a suspicious communication, offer letter or interview request claiming to be from Metergy, do not respond or share personal information. Please verify it by contacting careers@metergysolutions.com and, if it is fraudulent, report it to your local authorities.

Compensation details: 45000-55000 Yearly Salary

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