Purchasing Agent
Purchasing Agent
Posted on :
07-04-2025
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07-04-2025
Job Description
MMR Purchasing Agent
Company Culture:
At MMR our most valuable assets are not our buildings or equipment it is our family of employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Our investment in training programs and resources allows our employees to reach both their personal and professional goals. This is evident with MMR receiving numerous awards including Best Place to Work and consistently being recognized as one of the top Engineering News Records Annual Specialty Contractors. All of which can be further explained on our website (https://mmrgrp/resources) by watching the provided videos.
Organization Description:
MMR has served as the industry leader in instrumentation and electrical construction maintenance and technical services for over 30 years. Our diverse list of clients allows us the unique ability to work across industry lines in the oil and gas upstream and midstream as well as chemical and petrochemical downstream industrial manufacturing power generation renewable energy mission critical heavy commercial and energy storage sectors. MMR holds the proud distinction of being the largest privately owned Open Shop contractor in the United States with over 30 branch offices including global locations in Canada Qatar and South America. For more information please visit our website: www.mmrgrp.
Job Description:
MMR is seeking Purchasing Agent candidates. The responsibilities would include but not limited to the following:
- Evaluating suppliers by considering price quality availability and other criteria
- Interviewing vendors and visiting suppliers facilities to learn about products services and pricing
- Negotiating contracts with vendors and suppliers to obtain the best deals on behalf of the company
- Verifying purchases by comparing them to a master list and recommending alternatives for expensive or irrelevant products
- Interacting with suppliers to schedule delivery times and resolve shipping errors
- Authorizing payments and maintain receipts records and inventories
- Attend industry trade shows to learn about and stay current on trends and to meet suppliers
- Manage relationships with key suppliers to maintain quality of goods timely delivery and compliance to terms of contracts
- Keeps information accessible by sorting and filing documents
- Provides purchasing planning and control information by collecting analyzing and summarizing data and trends
- Follows and provides feedback on processes set forth by department for organization and data management
- The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as needed to align with the overall business objectives of the organization
- BS degree in related field preferred
- 35 years relevant work experience required
- Experience in procurement within a construction setting preferred
- Ability to work independently prioritize organize problem solve and exercise good judgement with minimal supervision
- Ability to coordinate a variety of project simultaneously
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility and creativity
- Working knowledge of MS Office software
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills are required
- Able to work effectively under time pressure and/or deadline
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to work flexible varying hours including evenings and weekends as needed
- Regular and reliable attendance at work
MMR Group Inc. and its affiliated companies (MMR) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin religion sex age veteran status genetic information or any other legally protected class.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
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