Procurement officer

Description

Full Job Description Responsibilities Purchases or oversees the purchase of higher-risk and more complex materials, assets, and services in accordance with policies, procedures and established buying agreements, using cost-effective approaches for each transaction. Identifies and negotiates with vendors to purchase requisitioned commodities, services, and assets, while meeting criteria such as specification, price, quantity, quality, safety, and delivery date. Clear understanding of “Best Value”. Supports strategic initiatives with procurement and the district. Proactively manages and supports the procurement team and operations team to mitigate risks identified through expediting. Maintains and develops marketplace knowledge and key contacts for products and services. Develops and maintains constructive and cooperative, and customer focused working relationships with suppliers, internal and external customers, projects, and the district. Identifies current and future risks (e.g., schedule, price, supply, quality, service) and contributes to discussions to manage/mitigate those risks. Administers formal bid process (e.g., Requests for Quote (RFQ), technical and commercial review, bid conditioning, award); negotiates procurement details with suppliers, including contract terms and conditions and administration of the agreement throughout their term. Supports estimating as the lead with price support for materials and services, leading preparation of supplemental estimates (temporary power / cranes / heat / equipment spread), and participating in estimating meetings and bid closing. Evaluates and makes recommendations for rent vs buy scenarios. Evaluates current fleet of equipment. Actively searches the marketplace for innovative products, technologies, services, and processes that could be introduced and bring best value to PCL. Champions initiatives to reduce nonvalue add activities and streamline processes while maintaining or improving effectiveness.