Senior Buyer
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is the second-largest private employer in Chicago. We are a multicultural international community of more than 20000 faculty and staff-each supporting UChicagos mission of inquiry and academic client is a Medical Center provides world-renowned patient care while advancing medical science through groundbreaking research. Together UChicago Medicine and the Biological Sciences Division are working to address the worlds most pressing medical challenges.
Job Title: Senior Buyer
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Chicago IL 60615
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Onsite
Shift: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Mon-Fri)
Job Description:
- Procurement of professional services (architects/engineers) construction and MRO-related goods and services
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree required preferably with a purchasing materials management concentration or related field
- OR an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience (minimum of five years) of direct independent purchasing; demonstrated experience in identifying and solving purchasing and associated issues
Competencies:
- Demonstrated negotiation ability with experience in dealing directly with contractors and professional services firms (i.e. architects and engineers)
- Demonstrated customer service orientation in a support or service department
- Comprehensive knowledge of contracting techniques for construction-related projects
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment setting priorities consistent with facilities and strategic planning
- Ability to understand and relate procurement concepts and develop and maintain relationships with supervisors project managers and directors
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent organizational skills
- Strong computer skills with competency in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel Word PowerPoint and Access
- Acquired competency in the use of ERP systems database management and comparative analysis
- Experience in contract writing
- experience and expertise in handling procurement-specific concerns of users and suppliers related to contract management
- Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in administering mid- to large-sized procurement operations; attention to detail in documentation and transaction accuracy required
- excellent verbal and written communication skills
Performance of Services:
- Issuance of Requests for Proposals; contract administration; electronic filing; resolving contract-related issues in e-Builder (project management system); other administrative duties as assigned
- Performs functions that direct and lead efforts that benefit the purchase of planning design and construction and facility maintenance services materials supplies and equipment
- Evaluate proposals either as an individual or as a facilitator of a group. Prepare documentation for award analysis and recommendation of award
- Prepare correspondence and reports regarding contract matters. Prepare reports of the departments contracting activities
Mental Demands:
- Attention to detail
- Ability to perform within deadlines; reading
- Confidentiality
- Problem solving
- Ability to handle ambiguity and exert informal authority
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities
Physical Demands:
- Ability to move around campus to attend meetings; keyboarding; bending; stooping to reach files; light lifting; standing
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
