Job Description
What You Would Do in This Role
The Buyer/Expeditor is responsible for performing procurement activities to ensure the timely purchase of materials and equipment to meet project requirements. Duties include:
- Working within a project team environment, potentially on multiple projects
- Ensuring timely and cost-effective procurement while adhering to client requirements and proper procurement practices
- Maintaining status reports
- Preparing, issuing and evaluating standard procurement documents including bid lists, request for quotation and commercial bid evaluations
- Purchasing mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, structural steel and piping commodity materials and equipment
- Executing appropriate bidding strategies
- Creating and issuing purchase orders for materials and equipment
- Assisting in the negotiation of progress payments
- Developing and managing vendor/contractor relationshi...