Chief Purchasing Agent I

4 weeks ago

Boston, United States Gilbane Building Company Full time

Overview:
GILBANE is seeking to hire a **Chief Purchasing Agent** for the **New England region**. This person can work from any of our three office locations in **Boston, MA, Glastonbury, CT or Providence, RI.**

**Who are we?**

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Consistently recognized as one of the most reputable construction management firms in the country, Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more

**Who are you?**

You are someone who acts inclusively, showing empathy and treating others with respect and dignity in order to uphold Gilbane’s core value of Caring and “People First” workplace culture. You seek to listen in order to understand and can convey information clearly. You’re a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement alternatives for solutions, and you demonstrate adaptability by collaborating with others and supporting team members to achieve excellence. A self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership all while delivering on business outcomes and driving results. You’re someone who identifies opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that result in value-add solutions.
- Your core values match Gilbane’s: Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Toughmindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship._

**What’s in it for you?**

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through a number of resources. While managing your responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through our award-winning Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. In addition, you would work with an experienced team which provides you with the opportunity to learn new industry skills every day. You will protect and promote the interests of both Gilbane and the client in all matters as well as demonstrating the personal characteristics of a developing leader.

**Responsibilities**:

- Review and understand all project plans, requirements and specifications
- Manage and utilize a Bidders list throughout the buyout process of multiple projects at a time at various stages of design
- Process bid documents to ensure compliance with contract requirements
- Prepare and process contracts, purchase orders, consultant agreements and amendments to ensure compliance with contract and project requirement
- Track/monitor the MBE/WBE/SBE utilization process and identify risk areas
- Determine labor and equipment costs
- Understand project logistics and project schedule and how they influence bid leveling and pertinence to scope reviews
- Prepare bid packages and compare and analyze competitive subcontract and supplier bids
- Review quotes and estimates with Project Team and prepare recommendations
- Interface with clients, ensuring customer satisfaction
- Accurately develop cost models
- Track and report on current material and labor prices, including escalation
- Identify escalation factors in marketplace for specific materials and labor rates
- As a secondary role, will support and work with preconstruction and business development staff in the review of project plans, 3D Models, requirements and specifications and will organize and supervise a team of estimators to perform preconstruction estimating services on, and competitive bidding of, projects.
- Provide oversight to all Business Unit Purchasing activities
- Ensure all training is provided for thorough understanding of all Company policies and procedures
- Evaluate performance of team members and determine appropriate training & goals
- Develop a departmental budget, manage to it and assign projects
- Assist with resource / workload allocation/management
- Develop long term strategic planning, and contingency plans and understand global issues
- Responsible for coordinating with operations for the purchasing requirements and trade contract flow downs from the Prime Agreement
- Responsible for signing authority on all Contracts, waivers, Recommendations to award, etc.
- Manage multiple Purchasing teams/projects
- Responsible for Trade Partner risk mitigation strategy and execution including coordination with operations teams, risk management, and leadership team
- Coordinate/collaborate with the Support Ops/Precon departments to incorporate their deliverables into the Purchasing process.
- Responsible Trade Contractor relationship management across Business Unit or multiple Business Units. Elevate/collaborate with BU Leader when issues arise.
- Represent Gilbane purchasing at BU industry events and within the DOSB vendor community.
- Knowledgeable in local union jurisdictional claims (if applicable) and ensure compliance within purchasing process.
- Lead multiple teams to work together toward a common goal utilizing stre

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