Purchasing Agent

The Purchasing Agent role will be responsible for the sourcing and purchasing of assigned commodities and services which may include direct and/or indirect commodities consisting of engineered equipment, raw material, fabrication services, MRO, valves, pipe & fittings, engineering/design services and other items assigned to support the execution of global projects or the global parts and services business segments. Day-to-day activities include gathering requirements, requesting proposals and quotes from potential suppliers, evaluating bids, developing and executing negotiation strategies, issuing purchase orders, managing supplier execution, ensuring on-time delivery and quality, expediting, managing vendor claims, and processing invoices in support of the B&W business units.

• Understand and ensure compliance with applicable procurement policies, standards, and regulations.
• Lead execution of RFPs and other sourcing events.
• Develop new or existing suppliers to improve sourcing options to meet execution strategy
• Review purchase requisitions to assure scope is properly specified as to description and/or use.
• Develop sourcing strategies as required for commodities assigned.
• Identify qualified suppliers and obtain competitive quotations.
• Analyze proposals to determine the best proposition, and negotiate with successful supplier, prior to placement of purchase order.
• Create purchase orders using an ERP system and track transactions through order, receipt, invoice reconciliation, and payment.
• Serve as the primary contact with suppliers. Ensure required deliverables are maintained.
• Develop and maintain internal interfaces with project managers, project controls, engineering, and other internal personnel.
• Provide ongoing purchasing contract administration including revision management, warranty claim resolution, discrepancies settlement, etc. as required during the life of the contract.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or equivalent with specialization in purchasing preferred
• 2-4 years' relevant Supply Chain or related experience in a project driven, engineering, or manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated ability to understand commercial language
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills
• Contract negotiation experience is a plus
• Ability to identify and on-board new suppliers
• Demonstrated teaming and collaboration skills with multiple disciplines at various levels of the organization.
• Knowledge of ERP, business software, Microsoft office suite programs
• Successful problem solving, conflict management, and customer relations skills
• Organizational skills and the ability to multi-task and balance time and resource demands appropriately