Technology Purchasing Buyer - Broomfield, Colorado

SWCA Environmental Consultants • Broomfield, CO

10h • $79,000 - $104,457

About The Position

Do you thrive in the pursuit of ensuring excellence? SWCA Environmental Consultants is expanding their Technology team and looking for a dynamic individual who is following their passion in delivering the highest-quality project work. The Technology Purchasing Buyer position will support our 1,800+ employees across the entire company.
This person acts as a persuasive, encouraging, and diplomatic part of the technology team responsible for purchasing goods and services for SWCA. You will use your strong written and oral communication skills, interpersonal and relationship skills, to conduct purchasing efforts for the best fit and cost. You will also build new and maintain ongoing, potential, and expiring vendor relationships. This is a full-time, salaried, permanent, and benefits eligible position. Those located in the Denver area are encouraged to apply.
Application deadline: Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

Requirements

• University degree or college diploma in Business Administration, or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years direct work experience in a technology purchasing or procurement capacity.
• Solid working knowledge of current IT technologies, hardware and software – Microsoft and common cloud platforms a plus (Zoom, Smartsheet, Okta etc).
• Experience with contract management.
• Effective negotiation skills.
• Adept at conducting research into product and service-related issues.
• General knowledge of accounting, finance, marketing, asset management, and logistics.
• Ability to deal tactfully with vendors, suppliers, teammates, and contractors who provide a broad spectrum of products and services.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity and technical competence with financial management and ITIL software.

Responsibilities

• Processes requests and places orders for hardware and software.
• Develops, establishes, implements, and enforces supplier and outsourcer guidelines, obligations, and service level agreements to the organization.
• Complies with all purchasing policies and procedures and act in accordance with SWCA technology and company standards.
• Identifies, establishes relationships with, and sets up new suppliers to secure cost-effective sources and supplier options for products and services.
• Negotiates pricing, terms and conditions of sale, and warranties of goods and products with key suppliers and vendors.
• Coordinates with other Technology Services teams to execute asset management for hardware and software.
• Drafts and submits budget proposals and changes, adheres to spending guidelines.
• Delivers purchasing and inventory reports.
• Monitors vendor, service provider, outsourcer, and/or contractor performance to ensure quality of service.
• Provides periodic oversight and execution of vendor requalification.
• Manages and track equipment recycling/destruction in accordance with organizational and departmental standards.
• Conducts scheduled planning and forecasting cycles for hardware and software asset lifecycle management.
• Reconciles procurement records across various systems to ensure accuracy through the procurement lifecycle.

Benefits

• We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).
• At SWCA, we support our team members in developing their careers to make them leaders in their industry.
• Our Career Landscape initiative is a process and guide designed to help develop chart rewarding career paths for employees at SWCA.
• We encourage professional conference attendance, internal and external professional development and training programs, education reimbursement, a Science and Leadership Program, and bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria.
• All regular status employees are eligible to participate in SWCA medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, wellness, life and disability plans, and are eligible to participate in the SWCA 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.
• SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff.
• We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA’s continued success.
• Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position.
• We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level