Buyer

Job Title: Buyer

Location: Allentown, PA or Providence, RI

Pay Rate: $38-$42/hour on W2.

** Need to have construction experience **

Job Summary:

• The purpose of this job is to facilitate the procurement of services primarily in support of Client’s Electric (Transmission and Distribution), and Gas operating companies.
• Services to be supported in this role range from Environmental, Engineering, and Vegetation Management, to construction and maintenance.
• Contracts issues for these functions will be issued at the best evaluated total cost of ownership and assure quality and schedule compliance in accordance with stakeholder’s requirements.
• This position will lead efforts to optimize process efficiencies and consistency in the consolidation of procurement functions across the Client operating companies in different jurisdiction into the desired combined company approach for systems and processes.
• In addition, this position will administer contracts and Purchase Orders, drive continuous improvement initiatives with internal stakeholders, and may help manage SOx compliance programs.
• This position also provides tactical administration for multiple supply chain processes and systems used to support the cost control and standardization efforts of the operational business line teams in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
• This position requires collaboration with team members, stakeholders, suppliers, and is expected to take day-to-day supervision from supported Category Managers and a Supervisor.

Job Responsibilities

1. Review client procurement requests for completeness and process into purchase orders.

2. Solicit bids through formal request for quotations or request for proposal competitive processes, including evaluation and analysis of bids, for procurement of services.

3. Coordinate Supplier onboarding and negotiate with suppliers as needed.

4. Coordinate with the accounts payable team in resolving issues associated with invoice and payment processing as they occur. Identifies and resolves invoice holds and bottlenecks to ensure that work management schedules are not impacted. This includes direct interaction with internal business proponents across the company.

5. Identify new sources of vendors and establish/maintain professional relationships with suppliers/partners, based on the highest ethical business practices as set forth in the Standards of Conduct and Integrity and Client & Supply Chain Polices.

6. Manage SOX compliance programs as applicable to the assigned categories and ensure that purchases follow all applicable policies.

7. Provide work management support for services and other requirements as requested by internal business proponents.

8. Participates in Supplier Relationship Management activities and facilitates timely and relevant information sharing between external suppliers and internal business proponents and leaders.

9. Performs other duties as assigned by Category Managers and Supervisors.

Basic Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two years Supply Chain experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience on a year-for-year basis, is required.

2. Experience using ERP, procurement, or work management systems.

3. Experience in Electric and Gas Utility supply chain (Distribution and/or Transmission and Substations).

4. Demonstrated analytical skills.

5. Experience with using Excel.

6. Strong verbal and written communications skills

7. Detail-oriented, ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with strict deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with working with operations services (construction- or engineering-related categories) and processes preferred, as well as good working knowledge of ERP systems and other company systems. Must become current on and comply with the corporate purchasing guidelines and policies. Analytical; comfortable with moderate levels of ambiguity; basic financial analysis skills; good communications (written, oral and listening), time management, and people skills.