Purchasing Manager

1Recruit International

New York City, United States

Ref: MP907-575

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

International Commercial Stone Contracting Firm
Competitive Salary Package

Continued project growth of major commercial projects in New York, USA has created this exceptional opportunity as a Purchasing Officer / Manager with our client, an international commercial stone contracting firm from Canada with offices across Canada, the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, Monaco, Italy and South East Asia.

Following the recent award of numerous supply contracts, our client seeks to appoint a Purchasing Manager to procure, expedite and schedule deliveries of materials and services to the jobsite for the stone package scope of works for a major commercial refurbishment and extension project valued at $750M.

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, the responsibilities for this role include:
- Maintain, control and implement construction proformas and budgets for each project.
- Negotiate pricing contracts with subcontractors and suppliers.
- Create scopes of work for stone contracting services.
- Issue purchase orders for procurement and expedition of materials and equipment for jobs.
- Locate vendors of materials, equipment or supplies, and interview them in order to determine product availability and terms of sales.
- Meet suppliers on-site as necessary.
- Review purchase order claims and contracts for conformance to company policy.
- Ensure compliance to project budgets and provide analysis of deviations.
- Maintain subcontractor and supplier insurance policies.
- Develop and implement new purchasing strategies to deliver ongoing cost reductions and process simplification
- Establish and maintain new relationships with suppliers to ensure adequate resources for all projects and to continually improve pricing and quality of work.
- Assist in maintaining company quality control program.
- Assist in settling invoice or contract disputes.
- Handle change order requests.
- Forecast upcoming demand.
- Maintain supplier information on company on-line management systems.
- Manage materials/equipment inventory.

Requirements

- Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Construction, Project Management or comparable experience with a minimum of 7+ years purchasing or estimating experience in the construction sector.
- Candidates with extensive stone, marble or flooring will be highly regarded.
- Strong attention to detail and be able to read and interpret construction plans.
- Superior time management and problem solving abilities.
- Candidates must be computer literate in estimating, accounting or comparable packages.

An excellent salary package, with stable employment and exceptional projects, will be offered to attract suitable candidates to this role.

About the Company

1Recruit International LLC is an international global recruitment and human resource solutions consultancy with a global mind set and a proven track record in talent management. Resourcing across an array of executive business sectors, our corporate mission entails client satisfaction through quality orientation; a consultative approach, delivery excellence and innovation through 'best fit candidates technically, behaviourally and culturally.

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