Buyer

Entering requisitions in SAP for materials to be purchased.
• Substituting lower cost, safe, quality material, services, and/or equipment.
• Controlling purchase order budgets by contractor.
• Reviewing proposals and selecting vendor to provide materials/services.
• Review/audit contractors’ and subcontractors’ purchasing documentation.
• Maintaining and updating off-site library repositories as required by agencies.
• Assuring all change orders are properly documented and processed.
• Material Management SAP Functionality.
• Coordinates dispositioning of surplus and salvage through investment recovery across multiple projects to reduce costs.
• Standardize tools, equipment, and supplies as required across several projects to reduce cost.
• Coordination of construction contractor materials and supplies.
• Expediting materials and supplies.
• Support CPI initiatives and utilize Procurement Card Program.
• Purchases volume $.5 - $3 million.


KEY COMPENTENCIES:
• Ability to train in multi-discipline vendor accounting and manufacturing industries with specific expertise in procurement and auditing.
• Ability to demonstrate good organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in the use of common office and technical software (Microsoft Office Suite, email, Windows, etc.).
• Must be able to demonstrate good analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information to other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Proficient with SAP and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and Access)
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral and diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
• Minimum 1 year professional experience.
• BS in technical area of specialization or business administration

6 month contract assignment - Pasadena, TX