Buyer

Company: Bergaila
Location: Lake Charles
Posted on: January 16, 2022

Job Description:

Overview

We have an opening for a Buyer to work in the Lake Charles, LA area.

Our Client is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. Driven by its employees around the globe, they produce materials and products that are key to advancing solutions to modern challenges. Our Client sells products into more than 100 countries and is the world's largest producer of polypropylene compounds and the largest licensor of polyolefin technologies.

Responsibilities

This position supports project execution by procuring required materials and equipment efficiently and effectively in accordance with all applicable Company policies and procedures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: include the following.

* Other duties may be assigned.
* Negotiate commercial aspects of contracts of materials, services and bulk commodities for local or regional locations.
* Placing orders for all material, services and bulk commodities.
* Entering requisitions in SAP for all items to be purchased.
* Substituting lower cost, safe, quality material, services, and bulk commodities.
* Controlling purchase order budgets by contractor.
* Reviewing proposals and selecting vendor to provide material, services, and bulk commodities.
* Auditing contractors' and subcontractors' purchasing documentation.
* Maintaining and updating off-site library repositories as required by agencies.
* Assuring all change orders are properly documented and processed.
* Material Management SAP Functionality.
* Coordinates dispositioning of surplus and salvage through investment recovery across multiple projects to reduce costs.
* Standardize tools, equipment, and supplies as required across several projects to reduce cost.
* Coordination of construction contractor materials and supplies.
* Expediting material, services, and bulk commodities.
* Support CPI initiatives and utilize Procurement Card Program.
* Purchases volume over $30 million.

Note: The above major outgoing responsibilities describe only the essential job functions and are not intended to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities. All job functions must be performed in accordance with Client policies and procedures.

Qualifications

* Minimum 10+ years professional experience in procurement, material control, contract auditing in refining and/or petrochemical industry with demonstrated knowledge in all areas.
* BS in technical area of specialization or business administration with knowledge of processes relating to purchasing and material management.

KEY COMPENTENCIES:

* Knowledge in multi-discipline vendor accounting and manufacturing industries with specific expertise in procurement and auditing.
* Must be able to demonstrate good organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook and Access), Windows, SAP and Primavera.
* Must be able to demonstrate good analytical and decision-making skills.
* Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
* Ability to write simple correspondence.
* Ability to effectively present information to other employees of the organization.
* Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
* Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral and diagram form.
* Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

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