Logistics Buyer Jobs

Our Labor Partner Buyers are responsible for the development of vetting, negotiating, selecting and assigning 3rd party labor partners to our projects. The goal of this position is to provide both internal and external customers with the best quality pricing and timely installation of projects while minimizing our costs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintain labor data in Smartsheets.
• Creation of Request for Quote packages for Labor Partners including SOW, RFQs, Spec Sheets, etc.
• Negotiate with 3rd party labor partners and improve pricing/costs of labor partners to ensure optimal margin results and profitability.
• Create PO's from awarded labor.
• Identify and vet additional regional and national 3rd party lighting installers that meet all required licenses and insurance standards.
• Participate in labor partner program by providing input in performance measures, accountability, utilization, incentives, and best practices.
• Manage escalated issues related to labor partner execution.
• Develop and maintain relationships with labor partners.
• Create and maintain Intent to Bid documents (ITBs).
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Gather data and present at yearly Labor Partner Summit
• Manage the filing and storage of the RFQ packages.
• Accountable for data entry and maintaining Salesforce & Oracle

Skills and Abilities:

• Expertise in presenting and communicating with labor partners.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel used for tracking and analysis.
• Ability to take direction from multiple people, prioritize work and meet deadlines with limited supervision.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Able to work well in a team environment as well as individually.
• Detail-orientated, high degree of accuracy and ability to multi-task.
• Strong problem-solving, financial management and analytical skills.

Education:

• Four-year degree preferred in Business or related degree.

Experience Required:

• Workload planning for labor partners.
• Labor Partner procurement and negotiations.

Experience Preferred/Other Qualifications:

• Labor partner (lighting installs, industrial, commercial, retail, others) management, sourcing, negotiating and licensing experience.
• 3+ years technical experience to include knowledge on electrical, compliance, and licensing.
• Oracle or other ERP systems