Senior Procurement Specialist

4 days ago


Houston, Texas, United States Westlake Full time

About the Role

Westlake is seeking a highly skilled Senior Procurement Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our procurement department, you will be responsible for organizing, supervising, and monitoring purchasing records distribution, recording, and files retention, as well as actively performing purchasing activities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Review production schedules, supplier lead time, and related information to determine direct material procurement requirements for the plant.
  • Train, monitor, mentor, and assist team members in performance of their duties.
  • Negotiate purchases to the most economical advantage to the Company.
  • Recognize market trends and capitalize on advantageous buying situations.
  • Assist Category Managers in developing category strategies.
  • Leverage yearly purchases to achieve lowest total cost by establishing yearly or multi-year contracts for the purchase of goods and services.
  • Prepare, issue, and evaluate RFP/RFQs to include coordinating with Engineering/Operations/and maintenance to develop scope of work and technical specification.
  • Determine the type of contract in conjunction with the legal department and in accordance with good business practices that would be appropriate for various services and materials requirements.
  • Coordinate with legal, treasury, and risk to resolve vendor exceptions to Company terms and conditions.
  • Purchase materials and services for the Plants in a manner which assures that the most economical advantage to the Company has been attained.
  • Expedite orders that are critical to the operation of the Plants and those orders that are behind schedule.
  • Prepare and maintain a preferred vendor database based on previous cost, quality of service, reliability, and types of goods and materials.
  • Assist Accounting in resolving purchase/billing discrepancies; warehouse stores and other departments in expediting, scheduling, contracts, and specifications.
  • Assure that purchase requisitions have had the proper D.O.A. approval levels applied.
  • Develop a thorough knowledge of the Company's ERP tools.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering field.
  • Minimum 7 years' of purchasing experience, preferably in a related industry.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Work Environment

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate as normally based in an office. Some of the work may be required in the operating units which can require usage of required PPE including safety glasses, hearing protection, etc. May also result in exposure to outside elements and may require usage of stairs and elevators. Up to 10% travel including air travel or auto travel may occasionally be required.



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