Sr. Purchasing Specialist

Overview

Manage purchase orders, supplier coordination, and procurement compliance for projects.

Key Responsibilities

• po management
• supplier coordination
• scheduling
• documentation
• reporting
• compliance

Tasks

-Scheduling & Delivery: Coordinate priorities and delivery dates with planning and field teams -Supplier Coordination: Obtain engineering data, monitor progress, and manage subsupplier expediting -Quality Assurance: Collaborate with supplier quality representatives -Supervises: May guide and train purchasing/expediting staff -Purchase Order Management: Form, administer, and expedite orders from development to closure -Supplier Relationships: Support key suppliers and oversee performance -Located at various Bechtel permanent office locations, performs tasks involved in the formation and administration of purchase orders. -Contacts: Works with Supply Chain, bidders, and suppliers -Records Management: Maintain integrity of purchase order records -Documentation: Prepare prequalifications, bidder lists, negotiation plans, solicitations, analyses, and commitments -Prepares bidder pre-qualification, bidder lists, bid solicitation, bid analysis, makes commitments and administers purchase orders. -Meetings & Reporting: Attend project status meetings, issue minutes, track actions, and report status -Compliance: Follow sourcing strategy, Approved Manufacturers List, and tariff/quota considerations -Communicates with suppliers and personnel within Bechtel to establish clear definition of requirements, and to assure performance to purchase order terms and conditions.

Requirements

• engineering degree
• supply chain
• purchasing
• expediting
• 10+ years
• negotiation

What You Bring

-Proficiency in the administration of commitments, monitoring supplier performance, back-charge procedures and the resolution of claims and disputes. -Capable of providing early warning to the Project Management of supplier deficiencies or schedule slippage. -Broad knowledge and related sourcing experience and may participate in negotiations under direction of others. -Proficiency and experience in the formation, administration and expediting of purchase orders. -Proficiency in all phases of procurement including knowledge of and skill in communicating effectively with suppliers, bidder prequalification, preparation of bidders’ lists, compilation of bid requests, knowledge of Uniform Commercial Code or applicable commercial legislation, negotiation of contracted terms and conditions, and award of commitments. -A bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputed University. Post-graduate specialization in Supply Chain Management preferred. -Ability to source items of moderate complexity. -Good understanding of equipment and material fabrication steps and methods. -Skilled in working with, and communicating effectively both orally and in writing with other project functional groups. -10+ years of industry experience including minimum 3 years in both purchasing and expediting functions. -Capable of interpreting schedules to ensure they are realistic, that required activities occur on time, and that interface between activities is maintained.

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About Bechtel Corporation

-The firm began building railroads and dams in the American West and grew into a pioneer of mega-projects. -Post-war, it laid massive pipelines across the Middle East and ventured into nuclear power, building the USA’s first commercial plant. -Its projects include Boston’s complex “Big Dig” tunnel, the Channel Tunnel, and Intel megafab campuses. -It operates in global markets across Energy, Infrastructure, Manufacturing & Technology, Mining & Metals, and Nuclear/Security/Environmental sectors. -Typical projects include highways, bridges, ports, airports, LNG plants, data-centers, environmental cleanups, and nuclear facilities.

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