Overview
As a Senior Purchasing Agent supporting MC Dean's growing businesses, your role will include:
- Functioning as a key liaison between the Procurement team and internal stakeholders including MC Dean's Executive Team, Engineering, Sales, and Manufacturing.
- Working closely with the core Program/Project teams to manage high visibility and high value programs, applying program/project management skills to assure the timely and efficient execution of MC Dean's portfolio of projects.
Your responsibilities will include:- Procurement planning during the bidding phase
- Understanding contract specifications and bills of material
- Sourcing, identifying, and prequalifying vendors Developing comprehensive RFP's
- Analyzing multiple quotes (scope leveling) Vendor Matrix ; working with project and engineering team to confirm completeness of scope of service and supply
- Negotiating and finalizing agreements
- Developing the Procurement Plan
- Post award, managing plan implementation
- Post award procurement planning and implementation on major projects and programs,
- Transferring bid phase documents and knowledge to the project team
- Engaging with the project team on procurement planning & implementation
- Capturing and communicating market intelligence across projects & programs
- Understanding, evaluating, and incorporating current market conditions into procurement plans, including but not limited to:
- Pricing trends
- Lead times and logistical requirements
- Best value opportunities
- Alternative products opportunities (Material cost/Labor savings)
- Evolving contract compliance requirements
- Reading, understanding, and interpreting contract documents, drawings, specifications, scopes of work and project schedules.
- Traveling to project sites, manufacturers, and vendor as needed
Required Qualifications:- Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.
- Bachelor's degree plus 9 years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience.
- U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain a Top Secret Security Clearance with the federal government.
- Relevant Purchasing experience sourcing, negotiating contracts with Original Equipment Manufacturers, construction /specialty trade subcontractors and fabricators.
- Proven written and verbal communication abilities
- Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint and Microsoft Excel.
- Familiarity with accounting principles.
Abilities:- Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
- Sitting for extended periods of time.
- Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
- Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Identify and understand the speech of another person.
