Buyer for Engineering Intellectual Services

Job Information

• Date Opened 04/01/2026
• Job Type Contract
• Industry Engineering
• City Mirabel Southwest
• Zip/Postal Code J7N
• State/Province Quebec
• Country Canada

About Us

Gestal Amérique du Nord is a partner of choice for companies in the aerospace, shipbuilding, and energy sectors. We offer a full range of services, from design to execution, including maintenance. Our experts support our clients in optimizing their production processes, ensuring compliance with the most rigorous standards, and improving their overall performance.

Our values: Quality is everyone's business, and our commitment to continuous improvement transforms errors into opportunities for excellence. We foster a respectful and caring work environment where employees thrive. If you are ready to take on challenges and foster innovation, join us!

Job Description

Do you have experience in tender management and a technical background allowing you to work with engineering teams, have you worked in aeronautical purchasing and want to evolve and develop new skills? This position is for you!

The A220 commercial aircraft program is looking for one (1) buyer (m/f) for the purchasing portfolio related to engineering services. Join the General Purchasing team based in Mirabel (Quebec, Canada), where you will work jointly with the Americas and Europe purchasing teams, as well as the Engineering and Finance departments.

You will be part of the General Purchasing team responsible for carrying out the following purchasing activities:

Definition of purchasing strategy

Management of calls for tenders

Negotiation of supplier offers (price negotiation)

Contractual negotiation

Your role as a buyer will be to coordinate the expression of needs from the Engineering services located in Mirabel, providing support for the drafting of common specifications with Europe, ensuring that the strategy defined for the Group's global calls for tenders is taken into account by the engineering teams, and working with the Senior Engineering Services Buyer for the preparation and execution of these global calls for tenders.

Your challenges:

• Bring Engineering teams to work with their counterparts in Europe on drafting specifications
• Manage the relationship with Engineering teams to ensure they meet tender deadlines
• Consolidate the information necessary to launch the tender with the Finance and Engineering teams
• Ensure compliance with commitments to the Americas and Europe purchasing departments
• Work closely with the Americas and Europe purchasing departments for the preparation and execution of tenders
• Participate in the analysis of offers and assist in their evaluation during the different rounds of tenders
• Participate in meetings for preparation and execution in support of the senior engineering buyer

Requirements

• Mandatory experience in purchasing, negotiation, and contracting
• General technical knowledge in the field of engineering
• Proficiency in French and English (mandatory)
• You know how to work in a multicultural environment, and you know how to work in an environment where cost and deadline issues are important
• You are agile and have the ability to manage several files simultaneously and to define the management of urgent and important subjects
• You are able to communicate and interact with different hierarchical levels