Capital Project Buyer
Talascend is currently seeking a Capital Project Buyer for a contract opportunity with our client in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Overview
The role involves supporting purchasing activities for high-risk engineered equipment and commodities, ensuring compliance with technical and commercial requirements.
Responsibilities
- Evaluation of technical requirements prepared by Engineering to ensure the most appropriate method of accomplishment is utilized to acquire engineered equipment and associated commodities.
- Assists Project Planning and Project Sourcing to ensure all commercial and technical requirements are followed.
- Coordination with other project functions (e.g., Project Controls, Planning, Finance, Insurance) to ensure project requirements are achieved.
- Development and maintenance of bidders’ lists, ensuring input is received from all procurement functions and other operational groups.
- Issuance of Request for Quotes (RFQ) and RFQ amendments.
- Commercial evaluation of proposals, including determination of price reasonableness in accordance with FAR and DFAR requirements as well as Customer Policy and Procedures.
- Preparation of negotiation plans and associated negotiations with suppliers.
- Extensive understanding of FAR/DFAR Parts and clauses.
- Comprehensive understanding of commercial terms and conditions and coordination and resolution of exceptions to terms and conditions with customer General Counsel, as applicable.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for resolution of all Purchase Order issues, whether commercial or technical related.
- Resolve Supplier quality issues, purchase order accounting issues and problem receipts.
- Assists in developing other Buyers and collaboratively working with all project team members to achieve overall project goals.
- May be responsible for determining material requirements from engineering and production schedules and maintaining inventory at appropriate level.
- Understanding of MRP Oracle systems.
- Ability to produce and maintain several contract types including Firm Fixed Price, Time & Materials, as well as issuance of standard Purchase Order, Blanket Agreements, and Indefinite Deliveries/Indefinite Quantity type agreements.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline in Supply Chain, Business, or Engineering, or extensive knowledge and experience in Supply Chain for specialty equipment and associated commodities for Government projects.
- 5 years of previous procurement experience with a government agency.
Requirements
- Possess effective communication skills, both orally and in writing, with internal and external customers at various levels.
- Experience with manufacturing procurements preferred.
- Competency working with all Microsoft Office products.
- May require travel.
- Ability to read and understand Bill of Materials requirements and quantity take-offs from Engineering issued drawings is highly desirable.
- DOE experience preferred.
We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.
Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.
Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.