Purchasing Agent

Babcock & Wilcox • Akron, OH

2d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Contract negotiation experience is a plus

Responsibilities

• Sourcing and purchasing of assigned commodities and services
• 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
• Processing invoices
• 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
• Review purchase requisitions
• Develop sourcing strategies
• Identify qualified suppliers and obtain competitive quotations
• Analyze proposals to determine the best proposition
• Negotiate with successful supplier
• Create purchase orders using an ERP system
• Track transactions through order, receipt, invoice reconciliation, and payment
• Serve as the primary contact with suppliers
• Develop and maintain internal interfaces with project managers, project controls, engineering, and other internal personnel
• Provide ongoing purchasing contract administration

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level