PURPOSE OF POSITION
Provide the lead responsibility for the procurement of materials and/or services involving high dollar volume and/or complex technical characteristics requiring continuous and close contact with Engineering, Production Planning, and other key personnel to ensure that requirements to support our division operations are properly presented to and executed by supplier. Services and Capital projects contracts will also fall under this position.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Perform the functions of Buyer and in addition perform the following:
- Successfully develop and manage supplier relationships to best serve the needs of Corporate or Division objectives.
- Negotiate procurement of major commodities and/or services by properly balancing considerations of price, quality, service, delivery, payment terms, and commercial situations.
- Be able to complete a comprehensive contract covering all as facts of a purchase agreement, insuring legal and ethical requirements are met while still meeting Corporate or Division objectives.
- Analyze and interpret industry conditions and state of the art advancements which may have an affect on design, lead time, cost.
- Acquire a broad knowledge of supplier qualifications encompassing such items as sales and distribution policies, procedures, research and development support in order to ensure desired quality and delivery of assigned commodities.
- Analyze and evaluate all elements of cost and all procurement transactions of assigned commodities for maximum cost improvement.
- Maintain a general knowledge of technical requirements involved with assigned commodity responsibility so that our Division requirements are fully understood by suppliers.
- Provide management with forecasts of market conditions, price trends, and potential problem areas. Communicate detailed and sometimes technical information to internal customers to advance best practices and decision making. Assist purchasing management in training lower classified personnel.
- Knowledge of Energy and Facilities contracts.
POSITION SPECIFICATIONS
I. KNOWLEDGE
- Have a sound working knowledge of purchasing principles including the ability to research, analyze, negotiate, and close various types of purchase efforts within the guidelines of good business and ethical practices.
- B.S. Degree. Three (3) years experience in purchasing or related fields.
- C.P.M. or C.P.S.M. certification.
