Procurement Buyer Jobs

Summary

Processes internal customer requisitions typically for low dollar procurements of lesser complexity than a Sr. Buyer, utilizing non-RFP marketing strategies. Responsible for managing the bidding process, contract creation, administration, and maintenance through contract lifecycle. Works collaboratively with Project Managers, Legal, and other functions as necessary to secure leading class contract terms and service levels in a timely fashion.

Although the Buyer position has both Buying and Contract Management and Administration responsibilities, incumbents may be assigned to concentrate their work on either one or the other as needed.

Responsibilities

Buying:

• Initiates proposal to consider new suppliers for requisitions that are not advertised.
• Produces high quality “Memo to File”, summary documentation, or system reference information for each requisition, ensuring detailed spend information is available for future reference.
• Initiates advertising for requisitions that exceed defined $thresholds as required and identifies potential suppliers.
• Coordinates distribution and collection of required government forms to awarded supplier.
• Reviews and processes high volume low complexity requisitions independently.
• Determines how each procurement can contribute to diversity goals.
• Solicits quotes and evaluates bids ensuring they are compliant with MTA policies, including pricing analysis.
• Manages award process, collaborating with Legal on contract execution.
• Verifies requisitions for accuracy and validates scope of work collaborating with Project Managers and internal stakeholders.

Contract Management and Administration:

• Keeps requestor informed of status, delivery, and price changes.
• Identifies and resolves past-due POs, match exceptions, pricing and freight charge discrepancies, and invoice issues.
• Manages contract issues, including delivery, supplier performance, price changes post negotiation, scope/product changes, etc.
• Reviews contracts on a routine and as-needed basis to monitor pricing, delivery and other KPI's, ensuring compliance to MTA standards, policies, and procedures.
• Manages ongoing contract administration and changes, as well as related PO revisions as needed.

Performance Indicators:

• Meets diversity spend targets for assigned scope.
• Meets savings and value creation targets.
• Meets agreed stakeholder requirements.
• Executes assigned requisitions in a timely fashion.
• Achieves high percentage of events planned versus executed.

Qualifications

• Bidding and sealed bidding processes, contract writing and administration.
• Interpersonal and organization skills with strong attention to detail.
• Knowledge of procure-to-pay process and procurement-related policies, procedures, processes and risks, and ability to apply understanding to daily work.
• Actively solicits differing opinions to ensure understanding of complex issues and acts in a manner that builds and maintains trust.
• Knowledge of ERP Purchasing applications and other procurement-related software.
• Solid judgment with ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Knowledge of government procurement requirements such as sealed bids, advertising requirements, and diversity spend targets.
• Ability to complete routine purchasing transactions effectively, efficiently, and accurately from requisition to purchase order close in a fast-paced environment.

Education & Experience

• 3 years satisfactory full-time transactional procurement experience.
• BA/BS in Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Contract Management, or related field.

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