Senior Purchasing Manager

Description

• Interprets and translates the organizational strategy, ensuring team understanding of their role in accomplishing strategic goals
• Coordinates and collaborates with the Support Operations and Preconstruction departments to incorporate their deliverables into the purchasing process
• Produces Trade Partner risk mitigation strategy and execution by coordinating with the operations teams, the risk management team, and the leadership team
• Manages multiple purchasing teams and their projects
• Ensures all training is provided to gain a thorough understanding of all company policies and procedures
• Develops long term strategic planning and contingency plans while taking global issues into account
• Represents Gilbane Purchasing at BU industry events and within the Diverse Owned Small Business (DOSB) vendor community
• Responsible for the career development and coaching of team members
• Coordinates with operations for the purchasing requirements and trade contract flow downs from the prime agreement
• Identifies and tracks deviations on the Baseline SOP, if applicable, within the BU
• Acts as the signing authority on all contracts, waivers, recommendations to award, and other documentation
• Maintains Trade Contractor relationship management across a BU or multiple BUs Elevates and collaborates with the specific BU leader when issues arise
• Develops a departmental budget, manages the budget, and assigns projects to it
• Fosters a positive and inclusive work environment to motivate and engage team members
• Provides oversight to all BU Purchasing activities
• Assists with resource and workload allocation and management

Requirements

• Knowledgeable in local union jurisdictional claims (if applicable) and ability to ensure compliance within purchasing process
• Ability to solicit and apply lessons learned
• Knowledge of risk management including Gilbane P&P bonds and Builders Risk
• Knowledge of how to satisfy the needs of any of our clients
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or similar technical field
• Knowledge of the differences in design responsibility and how it flows down to Trade Contracts
• Knowledge of the DOSB market, capacity, and strategy
• 12+ years of experience managing/purchasing/procuring work of construction Trade Contractors
• Ability to prepare teams for Project Health Assessments (PHAs) and guiding team through PHAs
• Knowledgeable in the different types of owner contracts and how they function
• Ability to lead multiple teams while encouraging them to work together towards a common goal by utilizing strengths of various team members
• Ability to leverage material and equipment status tracking to guide teams to early and/or direct procurement
• Ability to utilize cashflow and workforce projections during the bid process to determine the qualification of a bid

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance