Project Purchasing Manager

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

• Work with Project team to identify main activities/milestones in a project schedule.
  • Review Bills of Materials from segmented schedule and combined quantities based on Material Type
  • Issue RFPs to suppliers and leverage estimated qtys to secure availability based pricing for bulk buyouts
• Sit in schedule meetings and update team with upcoming major deliveries
• Engage distributors and Project Team to develop Commodity execution plans
  • Consignment Purchasing -Conex on site with VMI capabilities
    • Work with Project team & Supplier to organize and set up by scope of work
    • Establish Minimum Stock Quantities and replenishing requirements
  • Planning Meeting sit in planning meetings to remind the field that a requisition needs to be placed for components needed to install the work
• Manage, delegate, and perform everyday material buying
  • Maintain tracking log and PO execution log
  • Source Product Requisitions and Issue Consolidated Purchase Orders
  • Delegate Purchase Order overflow to assigned clerks
• Develop project purchasing & delivery plans to meet jobs specific needs/requirements as it relates to purchasing, delivery, and receipt of material.
  • Relay Laydown Areas, Required PPE, and Site Offload expectations to suppliers

Essential Job Functions

• Negotiate agreements with suppliers for assigned projects.
• Establish positive relationship with suppliers.
• Establish material 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.
• 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.
• Identify and Drive cost reduction opportunities

Minimum Job Requirements:
Education: Construction Management Degree, Business Degree or equivalent 4 year degree preferred
Experience: 5 - 10 years electrical material experience.
Specific Skills: Independent, strong communication and organizational skills.
Specialized Knowledge, Licenses, etc.: Excel, Word.
Supervisory Responsibility, if any: N/A
Qualification:

• Understands industry dynamics
• 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, and is not eligible for sponsorship. This position may be eligible for travel per diem, or relocation assistance.