Senior Buyer

ENSCO, Inc., a diverse engineering, science, and advanced technology company seeks a highly motivated Senior Buyer to join our Procurement team.

This position will be responsible for the purchase of materials and services in support of Commercial and Federal Government programs.

The Senior Buyer shall coordinate purchasing efforts with project personnel; execute electronic purchase requisitions for a wide variety of materials and services; negotiate terms and conditions, work with suppliers to achieve cost savings, ensure the requirements for purchased items are executed in a cost-effective and a timely manner; ensure issues relating to delivery, quality and/or pricing are promptly conveyed to the supplier, project and management personnel and are resolved in a timely manner.

Additionally, the Senior Buyer will be responsible for entering and updating purchase orders and other procurement actions within the electronic purchasing system.

Additional duties include but are not limited to:

Partners with the Operations Team by participating in the Proposal process to proactively identify and source select vendors, conducting due diligence and analysis based on criteria such as price, quantity, quality, delivery etc.

to meet the procurement requirements of the effort

Works with the Requisitioner to communicate purchasing procedures and ensure complete and accurate purchase requisitions are entered into the purchasing system

Develops Request for Proposals/Quotes for vendors and analyzes Proposals/Quotes to ensure all required proposal information has been submitted

Independently reviews and negotiates terms & conditions

Negotiates pricing with vendors to achieve maximum cost savings for ENSCO, Inc.

Processes purchasing transactions in the purchasing system and awards purchase orders within assigned signature authority to vendors in accordance with state and federal regulations and ENSCO, Inc.

Procurement policies and procedures

Troubleshoots and resolves any purchasing issues with both requisitioners and vendors

Develops and maintains strong relationships with existing and new suppliers to ensure on time deliveries

Participates in inventory tracking, total quality management, continuous process improvement, and ISO 9001 (International Organization for Standardization) efforts

Provides basic trainings as needed for new team members

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