What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction and Contracted Services Buyer position at Primary Services?
Our Chemical Storage client is looking for a Construction and Contracted Services Buyer for a contract through the end of 2025 in Texas City, TX. You will be responsible for sourcing construction and contracted services, reducing costs, and reducing change orders.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Interface with Project Managers (5-6) and suppliers (100-150)
- Cradle to grave, short-term and long-term planning - full lifecycle
- Focus only on construction and contracted services
- Rely on contractors for budgets, scopes, and planning
- Communicate with project managers and contractors, and be curious about solving problems.
- Identify opportunities to bundle, save time, and save money
- Drive sourcing event activities, including developing, publishing, managing, and awarding for the supply of goods and services.
- Gather and analyze data related to category performance and suppliers
- Identify cost improvement opportunities for assigned categories and implement measures to systematically reduce costs
- Utilize SAP for P2P process work, including order creation, management, and closing
- Reduce the number of change orders by setting and gathering clear expectations
- Conduct supplier management activities
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics, or a related field
- Intermediate/advanced understanding of cost-controlling fundamentals for capex projects and opex expenses
- Ability to drive simple to complex negotiations and maintain sustainable stakeholder and supplier relationships
- General understanding of all procurement processes with advanced knowledge of a Source-to-Contract (S2C) process
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge and (5 years) experience sourcing supply categories to operate and maintain industrial facilities including civil/mechanical construction, inspection, electrical/instrumentation, painting, and facility services
- General knowledge of MS Office programs (Teams, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of P2P transactions, reports, and functionality in SAP
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