About this role
This Procurement Specialist role supports Infrastructure & Capital Projects by purchasing needed goods and services, managing procurement documents, and overseeing supplier performance. The role also administers contract negotiations and monitors performance for compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Purchase machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies or services
- Approve purchase orders and solicit bid proposals
- Review requisitions and resolve issues for undelivered goods
- Evaluate and optimize suppliers across multiple performance criteria
- Administer contract negotiation, renegotiation, and performance compliance
Technical Overview
Focuses on end-to-end procurement operations: evaluating suppliers on price/quality/service/availability, approving purchase orders, soliciting bid proposals, reviewing requisitions, and administering and monitoring contract performance for compliance and necessary changes.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a procurement professional experienced in purchasing equipment and services, managing purchase orders, and running bid proposals. They can evaluate suppliers across price/quality/service metrics and administer vendor and contract performance with strong compliance focus.
Must-Have Skills
purchase machineryequipmenttoolspartssupplies or servicesapprove purchase orderssolicit bid proposalsreview requisitions for goods and servicesreview and potentially optimize suppliers based on pricequalityselectionservicesupportavailabilityinstruct staff on methods of negotiationrenegotiation and administration of contractsevaluate and monitor contract performance to ensure compliance with contractual obligations
Nice-to-Have Skills
optimize suppliers across multiple procurement criteria
Required Skills
purchasing machineryequipmenttoolspartssupplies or servicesreview and optimize suppliersapprove purchases lowest possible priceapprove purchase orderssolicit bid proposalsreview requisitionsresolve undelivered goods problemsnegotiation and renegotiationcontract administrationconfer with staff/users/vendorsevaluate and monitor contract performancecompliance with contractual obligationscorrective action
Hard Skills
purchasing machinerypurchasing equipmentpurchasing toolspurchasing partspurchasing suppliespurchasing servicesprocurementreviewing and optimizing supplierssupplier evaluation on pricesupplier evaluation on qualitysupplier evaluation on selectionsupplier evaluation on servicesupplier evaluation on supportsupplier evaluation on availabilityapproving purchases at lowest possible priceapproving purchases in correct amountsapproving purchase orderssoliciting bid proposalsreviewing requisitionsundelivered goods problem resolutioncontract negotiationcontract renegotiationcontract administrationcontract performance evaluationcontract compliance monitoringdefective or unacceptable goods determinationcorrective action determination
Soft Skills
negotiationcommunication with staff and usersvendor managementproblem-solvingdecision-makingattention to quality and pricing tradeoffscontract administration coordination
Keywords for Your Resume
Infrastructure & Capital ProjectsProcurement SpecialistANSData Centerpurchasingpurchase ordersbid proposalsrequisitionssupplierspricequalityselectionservicesupportavailabilitycontract negotiationcontract renegotiationcontract administrationcontract performancecomplianceundelivered goodscorrective actiondefective or unacceptable goodsremotesupplier evaluationpurchase machinery
Deal Breakers
No procurement experience with purchase orders and bid proposals, No ability to administer contracts and monitor contract performance for compliance
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