Purchasing Manager - Blackstone Talent Group

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a Purchasing Manager to join our Client's team.

Purchasing Supervisor General Job Description:

Purchasing Supervisor supervises daily purchasing operations functioning as a Buyer, Project/Internal Support, and as a Supervisor of a team. Implements strategy to provide materials and services to meet organizational requirements for quality volume, and pricing. The Supervisor is expected to have routine interaction with their team as well as their internal customers. The Supervisor is responsible to ensure that their staff is providing a turnkey procurement solution relative to the responsibilities they are charged with. Supervises: Buyers Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Supervise Teams Responsible for: Project or Internal Support.

Supervises a team of Buyers directly that covers a Project or Internal Support function.

Assists in the recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and training of new team members.

Collaborates with Buyers on a daily basis to ensure that all tasks are completed in a timely manner.

Identifies and offers solutions to any issues to the Purchasing Manager and/or Director.

Responsible for subcontract review of non-union requests, bond reviews, and redline review/negotiations.

Understand and resolve billing disputes between Project Managers and suppliers. Escalating to Sales and Purchasing leadership as needed.

Work to manage the process of mitigating delays, properly notifying suppliers of their responsibilities from a cost perspective relative to supplier caused issues.

Maintaining a knowledge of market conditions as they pertain to pricing, service, and known product issues.

Working with Buyers on your team or as assigned by your Director, update and maintain unit cost pricing database.

Identify areas of potential cost reduction and analyze the impact of pricing changes for goods and services.

Track costs in unit measurement. Evaluate market trends.

Develop and maintain reports needed to manage suppliers and staff

Develop/maintain vendor relationships.

Position Requirements (Skills, Knowledge, Abilities):

A High School diploma or recognized equivalent.

Must have 2 years related work experience in materials and production field

Security Clearance Required: N/A

Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.

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