Buyer IV - Procurement Capital Construction

Turner & Townsend•Annapolis, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This is specialized and advancing professional work in large-scale purchasing and contracting for architectural, engineering, and construction services. The firm operates throughout the United States as part of Turner & Townsend and specializes in project and program management for public sector organizations, with industry-leading experts in corporate, cultural, healthcare, justice, sports, K-12 education, higher education, aviation and government facilities. Recognized for service excellence by a broad spectrum of professional organizations and industry publications, the talented multidisciplinary team at Turner & Townsend Heery exceeds client expectations — adding value, best practice and expertise at every turn. The team's unique client-centric culture is integrated into each project and reflects a passion for the built environment and staying true to the client’s vision.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of modern procurement policies, procedures, and practices.
Thorough knowledge of sources of supplies and services, prices, and market conditions and trends.
Thorough knowledge of the needs of vendors and contractors for information as a basis for providing pertinent, informed, and meaningful bids and proposals.
Considerable ability in evaluating and developing improvements in procurement practices and procedures and administrative arrangements and staffing for their conduct.
Considerable ability in written and oral expression.
Ability to establish and maintain effective work relations with colleagues, vendors, suppliers, and served agencies.
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in business administration, finance, or a related field.
Thorough technical experience in large-scale procurement of diverse architectural, engineering, and construction services.

Responsibilities

Supervising and coordinating commodity group teams.
Conducting research as a preliminary to and basis for negotiations of contracts.
Analyzing and developing improvements in bid invitations, specifications, and other features of procurement practice.
Evaluating existing practices and procedures and identifying and exploiting opportunities for improvements therein.
Analyzing distribution of work among commodity teams in the interest of achieving improvements in workload balance and maximizing the use of available resources.
Evaluating the quality of reference and technical materials available for use by buyers in identifying and evaluating sources and product.
Developing detailed plans for improvements in these areas.
Conducting research into sources of supplies and services.
Developing criteria for use in making preliminary selections from among possible bidders.
Planning and developing resource files for use in identification and pre-qualification of bidders.
Analyzing form and content of bid invitations and specifications for supplies, equipment, and services so as to improve the quality and responsiveness of bids and proposals.
Performing related work as required.
Adhering to SOX control responsibilities where applicable.