Procurement Specialist

About the role

The Procurement Specialist supports the purchase process for capital equipment, rental equipment, tooling, and other items needed to support HQC US field teams. Key responsibilities include interacting with key vendors, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, issuing RFPs, and managing vendor performance.

Responsibilities

• Interact with key vendors in support of the Company's overall strategic goals
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to issue necessary contracts for Project Services, capital equipment, and other items as needed
• Perform vendor onboarding processes (including NDA and pre-qualification)
• Issue RFPs including preparation of RFPs to qualified vendors, gathering required documents and data, determining and maintaining bid schedules, coordinating responses to RFIs, reviewing and comparing vendor proposals, supporting commercial negotiations, and performing change order processes
• Support the Project Management Team with contract information and input to resolve vendor disputes and/or issues, such as under-performance or scope gaps
• Coordinate with internal and external logistics providers to manage movement of assets between projects and/or warehouse facilities
• Maintain accurate and complete contracting records in accordance with record retention procedures
• Track and analyze market data and provide updates to leadership teams
• Identify, qualify, and onboard new vendors

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 3-4 years of experience in Contract Management and/or Procurement
• Preference for experience in solar and/or renewable energy with projects of at least 50MW in size
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, professional, team environment with minimal supervision
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Confident communicator with the ability to interact with people at all levels of the organization
• Computer literacy with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.
• Understanding of construction management software systems (Procore, E-Builder, CMiC, etc.)
• SAP Experience preferred but not required

Qualifications

• Ability to work remotely from Houston, TX
• Up to 15% travel
• Regular professional, office business setting
• Frequent use of sight to detect images on computer, office documents, and office objects near and far
• Occasional use of hearing and speech to communicate with employees, coworkers, and all personnel matters; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations
• Occasional use of climbing to ascend/descend on stairways to get to office upper and lower floors

Skills

• Contract Management
• Procurement
• Vendor Management
• RFP Issuance
• Commercial Negotiation
• Project Management Support
• Vendor Performance Evaluation
• Market Data Analysis
• Vendor Onboarding

Benefits

Commensurate with experience

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

Monday through Friday, from 8:00am to 5:00pm or 9:00am to 6:00pm local time