Senior Purchasing Specialist

Description

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

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• Capable of interpreting schedules to ensure they are realistic, that required activities occur on time, and that interface between activities is maintained.
• Ability to source items of moderate complexity.
• Skilled in working with, and communicating effectively both orally and in writing with other project functional groups.
• Good understanding of equipment and material fabrication steps and methods.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering from a reputed University. Post-graduate specialization in Supply Chain Management preferred.
• 10+ years of industry experience including minimum 3 years in both purchasing and expediting functions.
• Proficiency and experience in the formation, administration and expediting of purchase orders.
• Broad knowledge and related sourcing experience and may participate in negotiations under direction of others.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance