Senior Purchasing Specialist

Requisition ID: 276727 

•  Relocation Authorized: None 
• Telework Type: Part-Time Telework 
• Work Location: Various Permanent Bechtel Office Locations 

 

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Job Summary:

In this role, you will oversee the development and preparation of project master purchasing commercial pro-forma forms, including legal and commercial terms and conditions. You will lead the development of purchasing procedures, planning, and forecasting of purchasing staff. You will direct negotiations, solve problems, and communicate with suppliers to ensure compliance with purchase order requirements and achieve the required service to meet project needs. #LI-AM3

 

Major Responsibilities:

• Pre-qualifies suppliers and prepares bidders’ lists
• Responsibilities include the formation and award of large, complex orders
• Conforms and ensures order execution
• Directs negotiation in the commitment of awards
• Assists when instructed in the planning, staffing, work-hour calculations, budgeting and procedures preparation
• Forms bid request packages and issues bid request packages to approved suppliers
• Coordinates bidders’ questions and answers to those questions
• Receives bids and evaluates bids commercially and coordinates the resolution of technical and commercial exceptions / deviations
• Prepares Commercial Bid Summary and recommendation letters
• Recommends and secures approvals in accordance with established procedures
• Prepares purchase orders and subcontracts for execution
• Prepares and maintains control and status reporting documents
• Communicates with Engineering, Construction and/or other functions to assist and/or guide them in the preparation of the requisitions and scopes of work for procurement to achieve the understanding needed to process these requisitions
• Prepares and organizes assigned meetings, such as pre-bid, bid clarification and pre-award meetings, for the purpose of ensuring complete understanding and agreement between Bechtel and suppliers
• After reviewing plan and agenda with supervisor, conducts meeting and prepares and issues meeting notes delineating important statements, required actions and schedules
• Assists project team when instructed in solving and attending to administrative problems on commitments involving high monetary expenditure or risk, engineered technical specifications or supplementary commercial conditions
• Implements the Supply Chain Assignment Schedule which records the Project’s agreed assignment of various purchase order / subcontract management tasks and the applicable procedures
• Administers and expedites assigned purchase orders / subcontracts maintaining a continual review of progress and providing management with information regarding projected financial or technical difficulties
• Coordinates with designated staff on operational activities affecting contractual rights and obligations, performance, administration, and other major matters
• Administers complex purchase order changes by negotiating with supplier
• Participates in contractual discussions of moderate complexity
• Administers information programs to ensure mutual understanding of subcontract terms and conditions
• Prepares periodic status reports for management
• Communicates with suppliers and internal project team to establish clear definition of requirements and to assure performance to the stated project requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

 

Education and Experience Requirements: