JSGis hiring two
(2) – Buyer - Consultants6-month plus - temporary assignment to start ASAP
Location: Tampa, FL 33618
Pay: $30-35/hr based on experience
Position Summary Description
- Position objective is to prepare, evaluate, execute and manage Purchase Orders and Procurement Card Purchases required to satisfy needs in a timely manner while complying with the Board policies, procedures and practices.
- Develops Purchase Order pricing based on the specification and/or scope of work.
- Review specifications and ensures performance criteria and other critical elements are established when possible.
- Negotiates PO terms and conditions with the goal of reducing risk.
- Ensures timely processing of Purchase Requisitions and Procurement Card requests to support operations, identifies and reduces risk, avoids duplication and waste, and promotes fairness from the procurement process.
- Maintain contract and PO binders, records, and files.
- Oversee all bid openings. Ensure required paperwork completed.
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
- Requires an Associate of Arts/ Science Degree in Business or related field and two (2) years of supply management, procurement, and/or related experience.
- Additional specialized training and professional certification highly desirable. One (1) year of practical and/or industrial experience may be substituted for one (1) year of college.
Technical Competencies/Skills:
- Procurement processes
- PO administration & negotiation
- Knowledge of procurement laws/regulations
- Risk analysis and management
- Basic knowledge of power plant systems
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications
Essential Functions:
- Monitors expiring contracts and provides updates to end users.
- Prepares detailed dollar evaluation of bids to determine lowest evaluated bidder.
- Negotiates terms and conditions of exceptions to the standard PO T&C’s.
- Expedites POs to ensure deliveries in accordance with commitments.
- Coordinates with user departments to ensure the proper delivery of needed goods and services to the correct locations.
- Develops work priorities based on critical plant/transmission operational needs.
- Coordinates discrepancies (NCM’s) with materials management, user and vendor groups.
- Investigates, determines need for and recommends guidelines for dealing with vendors on late shipments.
- Conducts vendor evaluations and writes various reports, analysis and presentations. Sets up vendor meetings as needed.
- Conducts pre-bid and post-bid conferences for user departments, Contractors/Vendors and Supply Management as required.
- Develops presentations, at the request of Supervisor/Manager/Director.
- Processes allowable transactions via Corporate Procurement Card.
- Processes monthly Procurement Card Bank Statement in accordance with established procedure.
- Reduces risk through proper conformance of PO’s, ensuring that insurance requirements, T&C’s, Quotes and Site Administration are included as required.
- Works with users and Accounts Payable (A/P) to resolve problem invoices that cause delays in vendor payments or lost prompt payment discounts.
- Manages OnBase record keeping of all Contracts, Amendments, Task Orders, and Change Orders for all locations.
- Manages filing requirements for all department documentation per current practices.
- Manages Supply Management’s various SharePoint sites including but not limited to: Bid log, Archive log, Contract Log, Bidders Qualification log.
- Verifies that Contracts and PO’s documentation is complete and produces the final books and folders.
- Manages the offsite archiving (Expired Contract and Purchase Order) and related log for easy access to retrieve documents when needed by legal.
- Manages the Bid Vault for backup folders from bids responses.
- Distributes monthly Supply Management reports – i.e. Open Contracts by Buyer, by Contractor/Vendor.
- Reorders and manages department supplies.
- Performs other duties as applicable to the position or as assigned.
JSG offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance options, short-term disability, 401(k), weekly pay, and more. Johnson Service Group (JSG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. JSG provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
