Job Description
Purchasing Manager | Dublin (Tier 1 Contractor)
- International market leading contractor with significant annual turnover
- Excellent salary including heaps of generous benefits and clear scope for career advancement
- Prestigious Projects across the region within commercial, industrial, mission critical etc.
Purchasing Manager | Outstanding opportunity for ambitious, career orientated Purchasing Manager/Procurement Specialist to join an international market leading Construction Company based in the Leinster area leading on a number of large projects.
As a Purchasing Manager / Procurement Specialist, you will be able to build your career by supporting the Senior Management in the delivery of 'leading edge' construction & engineering projects and the project team from the earliest stages of the project.
The Procurement Specialist will assemble tender packages and evaluate submissions from a commercial/technical/programme perspective through to procurement closure with a view to generating the greatest value for the company.
You will work with a vibrant, agile and multi-functional team in delivering projects to quality, on time and to budget.
Purchasing Manager Responsibilities- Provide commercial support to project teams on project commencement.
- Attend project meetings and obtain required information and clarifications to close project procurement.
- Assemble procurement packages for tender in conjunction with project team.
- Ensure technical submittals & approvals to facilitate project procurement are in place.
- Lead the negotiation process, driving closure on package agreements to include T's & C's.
- Liaise with the project teams to improve demand planning.
- Assist and implement category management process improvements.
- Drive improvements in supplier price management and performance.
- Assist in implementation of lean process procurement methods.
- Work as an integral part of the procurement team.
- Assist in implementing group procurement strategy.
- Ensure all practices and documentation in place comply with QA processes.
- Degree Qualification.
- 5+ Years' Experience working in the Engineering, commercial development, civil, residential or refurb/fit out industries.
- Sound engineering knowledge and experience to enable effective appreciation of the requirements and the environment in which the solution will be required to operate.
- Excellent computer skills and the ability to utilise the MS suite of products and display a keen ability to utilise new software quickly.
- Strong commercial awareness.
- Constructive questioning: good at identifying all the necessary criteria.
- Effective listener: good at listening to requirements or problems without bias.
- Team Player: Ability to work in a team environment.
- Able to think beyond the boundaries.
- Good at building rapport with the project team in order to achieve a closer working relationship and openness.
- Able to develop innovative and practical design solutions to technical problems when required.
- Meticulous in approach to quality.
- An excellent communicator with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical disciplines, both internal and external.
- A keen and avid seeker of knowledge.
- Positive in attitude towards the customer & colleagues.
For more information about this Purchasing Manager / Procurement Specialist position, contact Eavan McCallig at Oradeo Recruitment confidentially on / or apply in confidence.