Senior Buyer

Sr. Buyer

Orlando, FL 32801

Contract for 6-12 months

Hybrid remote/on-site

Job Purpose:

• Responsible for procurement of supplies, equipment, materials, and services.

• Administers purchasing processes in accordance with company policies and procedures.

• Act as a liaison between internal and external customers, suppliers, and internal departments.

• Oversee complex, specialized, and non-routine purchasing processes.

• Provides consultation, performs negotiations, and develops effective professional relationships with internal and external customers.

Primary Functions:

• Evaluate Request for Proposal (RFP) from suppliers and make recommendations to management during the selection process;

• Collaborate with others to plan projects, establish goals/requirements, best project approach, assess risks, develop strategies, establish terms and schedule needs; collaborate with various internal teams and external suppliers for purchasing supplies, equipment, materials, and services selection;

• Assist end-users and collect information related to bids; ensure bids accepted are valid, responsive and meet company policy and procedures;

• Research market and suppliers for the most cost-effective and competitive pricing for materials and services;

• Coordinate and participate in evaluation committee meetings;

• Purchase equipment, materials, services and supplies; negotiate buying terms with suppliers (price, quantity, delivery terms);

• Create and process contracts, extensions and amendments; review contracts and purchase orders to assist end-users with projects;

• Create Purchase Orders (PO) from order requisitions; run and manage order requisition report for division team; issue PO to suppliers for acknowledgment;

• Apply working knowledge of Florida Statutes;

• Identifies new business opportunities consistent with business short and long-term strategies;

• Responsible for managing the purchase of materials and services, both indirect and direct; that have high dollar value and high risk, safety, and liability implications;

• Consult with leadership on purchasing projects to anticipate issues, scope risk, and resolve complex problems;

• Provide support and leadership when running processes with users;

• Applies understanding of larger impact when making purchasing decisions regarding scope of work and risk;

• Provide status reports on all purchasing activities; prepare and develop related presentations to leadership;

Skills Required:

Working knowledge of all, but not limited to, the following:

• Purchasing practices

• Contracting

• Applicable statutes, industry regulations and company policies and procedures

• Cost accounting as it relates to price and cost analytics

• Project management

• Ability to communicate with impact both verbally and written;

• Exhibit negotiation skills;

• Build effective professional relationships with both internal and external customers;

• Ability to anticipate issues that potentially may arise in purchasing process;

• Ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals, rates, ratios and percentages;

• Ability to collect statistics to perform basic cost and price calculations;

• Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and standard office equipment (telephone, computer, copier, etc.).

Experience Required:

• Utility/Government procurement experience

• Minimum of six (6) years of experience working in Purchasing, Supply Chain or related field;

• Training in all, but not limited to, the following is required within the first six (6) months of hire:

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems

• Purchasing laws

• Complex Contract Administration o Advanced Negotiations

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Engineering, or a related area of study from an accredited college or university

• Education requirements can be substituted 1 for 1 for experience.

Additional Information:

• Hybrid remote/on-site Expected duration: 6-12 months *