General Purpose of the Position:
The Switch Procurement division is seeking a brilliant Senior Buyer to lead, maintain, and promote a history of exceptional integrity and reputation of the Construction Purchasing department. This role involves collaborating closely with and supporting project and finance teams and requires a highly organized, detail-oriented individual.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Prepare purchase orders and change orders with appropriate documentation and details
- Maintain accurate job cost allocation for projects
- Understand the full flow of the purchasing process and how each function interrelates across departments
- Expedite orders placed by the project team to ensure compliance with cost and budget constraints
- Communicate purchase order information effectively to vendors and project team members
- Execute tasks assigned by senior project team members efficiently and timely
- Manage multiple projects independently and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
- Communicate effectively with internal clients regarding subcontract progress and accomplishments
Required Job Skills:
- Strong knowledge of cost allocation and budget management
- Ability to prioritize, adapt and pivot throughout a workday
- Ability to manage multiple projects independently
- Ability to interact with staff (at all levels) in a fast paced environment, sometimes under pressure, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient, with a high level of professionalism
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, verbal and written
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Ability to be proactive, take initiative, independently manage multiple tasks and projects with competing priorities and deadlines, work under pressure, and ensure follow-through
- Ability to be flexible to a changing environment, acknowledging urgency when necessary
- Work cohesively with team members with a “roll-up his/her sleeves” attitude, supporting and promoting team efforts
- Display a positive attitude through behaviors and demonstrate supportive problem solving skills
Computer Equipment and Software:
- Thorough working knowledge of various software applications including Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- Excel skills are a requirement
- Working knowledge of JD Edwards strongly preferred
Education and Experience:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, supply chain management, a related field, or equivalent on-the-job experience
Experience:
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in procurement or purchasing in the construction industry
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.
If your position requires you to work in the field and/or warehouse, it is mandatory that you wear approved Personal Protective Equipment.
