What are the responsibilities and job description for the Procurement Specialist position at The Shaw Group?
Summary
Research, negotiate and purchase through appropriate processes materials, products, and services. Other duties may be assigned.
Responsibilities
Research, negotiate and purchase through appropriate processes materials, products, and services. Other duties may be assigned.
Responsibilities
- Use purchasing systems to purchase necessary items.
- Analyze market and delivery systems to assess present and future material availability.
- Arrange for disposal of surplus materials.
- Comply with purchasing and contract management instructions, policies, and procedures.
- Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them to determine product availability and terms of sales.
- Maintain records of goods ordered and received.
- Participate in the development of specifications for equipment, products or substitute materials.
- Prepare and process requisitions and purchase orders for supplies and equipment.
- Prepare bid awards requiring board approval.
- Prepare reports regarding market conditions and merchandise costs.
- Represent companies in negotiating contracts and formulating policies with suppliers.
- Resolve vendor or contractor grievances, and claims against suppliers.
- Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
- Has depth and breadth of experience in own discipline; integrates knowledge of business and functional priorities.
- Acts as a key contributor in a complex and critical environment.
- Applies in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and nonstandard situations.
- Anticipates customer needs and identifies solutions.
- Interprets internal/external business issues and recommends best practices in own discipline.
- Manages costs for specific projects.
- Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions.
- Manages own time to meet objectives, forecasts and plans resource requirements.
- Explains difficult concepts and persuades others to adopt a point of view.
- Typically has 2-10 years’ experience.
- Ability to reach, stand, walk, use fingers, grasp, feel, talk, hear, see and to perform repetitive motions.
- Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
