Purchasing Supervisor

General Job Description : Purchasing Supervisor supervises daily purchasing operations functioning as a Buyer, Project / Internal Support, and as a Supervisor of a team. Implements strategy to provide materials and services to meet organizational requirements for quality volume, and pricing.

The Team Leader is expected to have routine interaction with their team as well as their internal customers. The Team Leader is responsible to ensure that their staff is providing a turnkey procurement solution relative to the responsibilities they are charged with.

Supervises : Buyers

Essential Duties & Responsibilities :

Supervise Teams Responsible for : Project or Internal Support

• Supervises a team of Buyers directly that covers a Project or Internal Support function.
• Assists in the recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and training of new team members.
• Collaborates with Buyers on a daily basis to ensure that all tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Identifies and offers solutions to any issues to the Purchasing Manager and / or Director.
• Responsible for subcontract review of non-union requests, bond reviews, and redline review / negotiations.
• Understand and resolve billing disputes between Project Managers and suppliers. Escalating to Sales and Purchasing leadership as needed.
• Work to manage the process of mitigating delays, properly notifying suppliers of their responsibilities from a cost perspective relative to supplier caused issues.

Other

Position Requirements (Skills, Knowledge, Abilities) :

ACCO Competencies :

Physical Requirements :

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

Travel : 0 -5% of the time to and from the primary office to regional branch offices.