Project Buyer 2

Description

POSITION DESCRIPTION

A Little About Us: ZAP is a full-service engineering, design, and construction management firm servicing the oil & gas, heavy industrial, mining, and manufacturing sectors. From our Lakewood, Colorado office, we execute projects across North America spanning from California to Florida and Canada down to Mexico. Our projects range in size from simple engineering studies or maintenance repairs to full-scale design of large facilities. ZAP operates at a fast-pace while providing a team-centric approach to our work.

About your role:

This is a hands-on, full-time position with day-to-day duties that include working the procurement process, procurement status reporting, vendors, delivery of project documentation and materials. The Project Buyer engages in communication with external parties to obtain detailed status information regarding procurements, and report that information to the internal project team. This position analyzes commercial details of vendor proposals and advises on the best fit for the project. The Project Buyer prepares procurement deliverables in line with established templates to facilitate project progression and reporting.

Essential Duties and Major Responsibilities

• Maintains documentation of procurements, the procurement process, status reporting of procurements and handling of vendor documentation.
• Communicates well through verbal and written communication with internal stakeholders to receive and distribute information internally and externally.
• Identities issues at the project level and communicates with internal and external stakeholders to generate solutions for issues.
• Ability to review and evaluate the information for substantive details.
• Communicates with vendors to achieve project execution and manages vendor relationships to develop positive and fair vendor interactions.
• Great attention to detail to generate procurement deliverables in line with established formats.
• Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and understand project timing needs.
• Assist with other duties as assigned.

Work Hours:

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• Accrued PTO
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Basic Life / AD&D
• Voluntary Life / AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Aflac

Qualifications

Type of Experience Needed to be Successful

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills to propose mutually beneficial solutions.
• Developing leadership skills and some general experience leading work groups or task forces in specific projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, and Excel, as well as other software required to execute daily tasks.
• Ability to self-direct and take responsibility for own tasks, deliverables, and timelines.

Supervisory Expectations

• The position does not have any regular responsibility for overseeing or supervising the work of other team members.

Independence of Action

• Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager; incumbent follows precedents and procedures and may set priorities and organize work within general guidelines established by supervisor/manager/leader.

Physical Demands and Work Environment: (The phrases "occasionally," "regularly," and "frequently" correspond to the following definitions: "occasionally" means up to 1/3 of working time, "regularly" means between 1/3 and 2/3 of working time, and "frequently" means 2/3 and more of working time.)

• The work environment is the typical office environment. The employee must complete their work satisfactorily in an environment where there are significant distractions, including [staff, clients, and vendors walking through and conversing, telephones ringing, conversations carrying over, loud noises, and interruptions to answer questions from others.
• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. In many cases, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must rarely lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and should do so in a sound and safe manner. This job's specific vision abilities include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Core Competencies:

• Oral Communication and Written Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; writes clearly and informatively; Edits work for spelling and grammar; Able to read and interpret written information. Ability to communicate with clients or customers.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Puts success of team above own interests; Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting.
• Reasoning and Problem Solving - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems, identify complex problems, and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; plans for additional resources; sets goals and objectives; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; develops realistic action plans.
• Detail Oriented – Consistently checks and rechecks work product for accuracy. Able to manage multiple tasks while accurately performing essential job functions. Prepares accurate and thorough reports, emails, and data as required by the position.

Salary : $31 - $51