Procurement Lead

Responsibilities

• Use purchasing systems to purchase necessary items.
• Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability.
• Comply with purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
• Locate vendors of materials, equipment, or supplies, and interview them to determine product availability and terms of sales.
• Maintain records of goods ordered and received.
• Perform expediting of orders including progress tracking and reporting.
• Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products, or substitute materials.
• Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.
• Prepare bid awards requiring board approval.
• Prepare reports regarding market conditions and merchandise costs.
• Represent companies in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers.
• Resolve vendor or contractor grievances, and claims against suppliers.
• Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.

Qualifications

• Has depth and breadth of experience in own discipline; integrates knowledge of business and functional priorities.
• Acts as a key contributor in a complex and critical environment.
• Applies in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and nonstandard situations.
• Ants to customer needs and identifies solutions.
• Interprets internal/external business issues and recommends best practices in own discipline.
• Manages costs for specific projects.
• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
• Manages own time to meet objectives, forecasts, and plans resource requirements.
• Explains difficult concepts and persuades others to adopt a point of view.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, supply chain management or related field. Proficient in EPC execution. Typically has 5-10 years’ experience. 10+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.

Physical Requirements

Ability to reach, stand, walk, finger, grasp, feel, talk, hear, see and to perform repetitive motions. Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.