What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Buyer position at Signal Energy Logo?
Reports to: Director of Procurement
Works closely with: VP of Global Procurement, Project Managers, Project Engineers, Pre-Construction, Estimating, Accounting, Site Teams Vendors
Key Responsibilities:
- Request, receive, and review material bids.
- Analyzing and qualifying material proposals
- Developing and writing scopes of supply.
- Negotiating terms and conditions of contracts, including, total value, schedules, and other key terms.
- Facilitate the full lifecycle of material contracts.
- Assist with resolving discrepancies, non-conformance and disputes with vendors.
- Develop and implement overarching procurement strategies.
Other Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate alignment with our unique corporate culture, as codified by our Core Principles.
- Read and understand requirements of owner contracts identifying critical flow-downs to include in PO’s to be issued.
- Assist pre-construction team with the identification and evaluation of potential vendors, assuring they meet all internal and owner requirements and expectations.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with vendors.
- Creating schedules to include in the scope of supply.
- Creating change/purchase orders for projects.
- Assure all vendors agree to our Quality and Safety standards.
- Build and execute the “hand over” process of all contracts to the projects team.
- Travel is required on occasion. (ex: site visits, vendor visits, among other things)
Key Knowledge/Skills:
- Strong writing skills (technical or other writing experience)
- Understanding of the construction project management process.
- Knowledge of contract terminology.
- Solid negotiating skills: Ability to influence others.
- Problem Solving: Ability to think outside of the box in order to provide value added solutions. Ability to gather information and confidently make decisions.
- Ability to take ownership of assigned responsibilities. Driven, self-motivated and organized.
- Understanding of contract scopes.
- Advanced MS Office skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to navigate cross functional departments to achieve common goals.
- Knowledge of Vista ERP system a plus.
Signal Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and uses E-Verify.
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