Purchasing Manager

Overview

The Purchasing Manager is responsible for organizing and supervising purchasing functions; managing daily activities in purchasing to include day to day and construction projects purchases; managing contracts including administering, negotiating, reviewing, renewing, filing, and evaluating for availability, price, term, and quality of products. Coordinating bid process and ensuring compliance with procurement conflict of interest policies and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensures purchasing of needed materials and services are performed at the best cost, quality, and availability. 
• Leads the purchasing operations and activities of the purchasing staff. 
• Provides assistance, guidance, and training to the purchasing staff.
• Leads vendor/supplier selection and maintains key working relationships for raw materials, supplies and capital equipment. 
• Develop and execute purchasing strategies. 

• Negotiate with strategic suppliers/vendors for optimal terms. 
• Work with vendors to maintain and/or improve services. 
• Seek and partner with reliable vendors/suppliers. 
• Assess, manage and mitigate risks; perform cost and scenario analysis; identify cost saving opportunities. 
• Review standard pricing updates. 

• Arranges and maintains inventory.
• Ensures purchase orders, invoices, and other purchasing documents comply with the established policies/procedures and bear an authorized signature. 
• Regularly interacts with Project Managers, Superintendents, Foremen, Pre-Fab, Tool Room, and Accounts Payable.
• Ensure all department procedures, policies, and work rules are complied with.
• Perform additional assignments per the SRVP/RVP’s direction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, accounting, logistics or business administration preferred. 
• 4+ years demonstrated experience working in Procurement/Supply Chain in construction and electrical materials very helpful. 
• Working knowledge of price structure and expectations, and purchasing concepts and practices, required. 

• Strong leadership, analytical, interpersonal and organizational skills. 
• Experience working with MRP/ERP systems.
• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills. 
• Proficiency with MS Office. 
• Strong customer service and client relationship building skills. 

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 
• This is largely a sedentary role; however, this role may require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand to complete other administrative functions. 

Working Environment

• This role operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, etc. 

Benefits

Bergelectric is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and a 401k retirement plan with employer matching.

EEO Statement

The information contained in the job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of duties performed by this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned by the Supervisor or their designee.

Bergelectric is a Federal government contractor and subject to the requirements of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). We have listed the affirmative action laws that we are governed by and their implementing regulations for your easy reference:

• Executive Order 11246 including Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision (41 C.F.R. part 60)
• The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistant Act of 1974, as amended (41 C.F.R. 60-300)
• Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (41 C.F.R. 60-741)