Purchasing Project Manager - Full-time / Part-time

Job Title: Purchasing Project Manager
Reports To : Purchasing Logistics Manager
Position Summary: Responsible for total procurement cycle of material including sourcing, planning, purchasing, delivering, and returning of material in support of project requirements.
Essential Job Functions:

• Develop and manage internal customers relationships.
• Regularly issue Purchase Orders to support assigned jobs.
• Lead development of a standard, efficient, streamlined supply chain strategy in cooperation with internal customers and suppliers.
• Negotiate agreements, terms, and pricing with suppliers for assigned projects.
• Establish positive relationship with suppliers, facilitate continuous improvement.
• Establish material forecasting plan for projects, and maintain a Purchasing Status Report.
• Assist the project team and drive the proper process for building material submittal packages .
• Solicit and analyze the job material estimate.
• Develop project purchasing & delivery plans to meet jobs specific needs/requirements as it relates to purchasing, delivery, and receipt of material.
• Follow established procedures and processes to manage job assignments.
• Collaborate with PEs, GFs, and SUPs to develop a comprehensive list of tools, consumables, and supplies needed to construct the job in an organized fashion.
• Be active member of project team to influence purchasing decisions.
• Provide weekly status reports/updates to management, analyze raw purchasing data, graph charts to reveal trends.
• Identify and Drive cost reduction opportunities, identify opportunities for application of Lean Six Sigma methodology
  Minimum Job Requirements:
  Education: Bachelor Degree or equivalent industry experience .
  Experience: 5 - 10 years electrical material experience.
  Specific Skills: Independent, strong communication and organizational skills, attention to detail, proactive and able to quickly learn new concepts and systems
  Specialized Knowledge, Licenses, etc.: Excel, Word, Powerpoint, ERP business systems (SAP, Oracle).
  Supervisory Responsibility, if any: N/A
  Qualification:
• Understands industry dynamics
• Understands contracting and appropriate use of contract types
• Superior analytical ability and business judgment
• Strong facilitation, teamwork, project management skills
• Responsive and highly motivated
• Energetic and results oriented
• Technical competency in construction equipment.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.