Senior Procurement Specialist

Rosendin•Coppell, TX

About The Position

The Senior Procurement Specialist plans, forecasts, and coordinates logistics, purchasing, and releases of assigned commodity construction materials, electrical equipment, lighting, and supplies. The position may provide leadership, training, and management, and may supervise buyers or expeditors when necessary. The role manages procurement from project award through closeout, including preparing and distributing complex bid invitations and requests for proposals, evaluating bids, processing purchasing transactions, supporting specifications and RFP development, and ensuring purchasing decisions follow applicable laws, company policies, and procedures. The specialist works with suppliers, project teams, estimating management, design professionals, and site management, and contributes to purchasing analytics, reporting, delivery planning, and procurement policy enforcement.

Requirements

Thorough knowledge of electrical equipment and construction materials.
Working knowledge of procurement techniques, procedures, policies, and accounting.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; supervisory skills.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel; Oracle.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and changing priorities.
Ability to work under time pressure and adapt to changing requirements with a positive attitude.
Oral and written communication skills appropriate to the position.
Self-motivated, proactive, and an effective team player.
Ability to interact effectively and professionally with employees at all levels, vendors, clients, and others.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, or a related discipline.
Minimum 5 years of electrical construction purchasing experience.
Combination of education, training, and relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Prepare and distribute complex, technical bid invitations or requests for proposals, including applicable logistics, warehousing, kitting, cutting, and packaging requirements.
Receive and analyze bids and recommend approvals for bids most advantageous to Rosendin.
Process difficult and unique purchasing transactions in accordance with applicable laws, statutes, policies, and procedures.
Assist departments with specification development and draft requests for proposals.
Review, analyze, and approve purchases awarded to bidders other than the low bidder, ensuring adequate justification and compliance with policy.
Review, analyze, research, and approve non-competitive purchases.
Address defective or unacceptable goods or services with inspection or quality control personnel, users, vendors, and others, determine the source of deficiencies, and take corrective action.
Plan and manage purchasing from project award through closeout, including the purchasing buyout.
Support contract negotiations and development of policies with suppliers and professional service providers.
Maintain records of goods ordered and received.
Coordinate with estimating management, design professionals, and site management.
Provide feedback to support analysis of markets and delivery systems and assessment of current and future material availability.
Communicate and enforce procurement policies and procedures with project teams.
Support projections, financial planning, expediting, delivery schedules, and project purchasing reporting.
Develop and review procurement analytics, reporting, and deliverables.
Provide supervision to buyers or expeditors when necessary.
Perform other duties assigned based on the position’s role within the business unit.