Buyer - Vancouver, Canada - Wood Plc

Wood Plc

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood currently has an exciting opportunity for a
Buyer. Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, this position is located in our Vancouver, BC office.

This role has the overall responsibility for providing key supply chain management support to Wood project teams in our Transmission & Distribution business.

If you have a desire to learn and develop multi-discipline supply chain skills and thrive on challenges in a fast paced and growing environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

Provide assistance to the Procurement team in a learning environment
Managing, coordinating, and administrating contracts and procurement to ensure cost and schedule compliance
Developing and maintaining Requests for Quotations (RFQ's) and Purchase Orders (PO's) within the client's system and Wood system
Manage all clarifications and preclose correspondence
Receive tenders, proceed with the analysis and manage internal and external communication
Support the bid evaluation process with the project manager and owner when reviewing proposals and recommending the award
Attend negotiations with selected tenderers and assist in preparing commercial recommendations for contract award
Conform and issue contract documents for signature
Execute, coordinate, and manage the purchase of equipment and materials request from various projects and their teams within the client's system and Wood system.
Assisting with the documenting of shipping and receiving of all materials to various job sites
Coordinating resolution of shortages and overages
Reporting on material status per project schedules
Attesting vendor invoices
Electronic file management in company file sharing systems

Skills / Qualifications:

Solid organization and communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment
Postsecondary business training
Ability to handle multiple tasks
Experience in procurement and materials coordination roles, preferably in a construction environment, is highly desirable
Advanced level of MS Word and Excel, including a good comfort level of working within a supply chain management software package (MRP)
Experience working with SAP is considered an asset

Company Overview:

Diversity Statement (EEO):
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce.

All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.