Senior Buyer
Current+Accountable for subcontracting international procurement as well as purchase of domestic materials that are considered high spend. +Manage outfitting procurement for quality, job specifications, drawings and adherent to project schedules.+Reduce the cost of materials through source selection and negotiation.+Prepare Requests for Quotation for Materials and Subcontracts.+Review and analyzes quotations received in reply to RFQs to negotiate pricing and prepare for review by Director of Materials prior to award.+Create, issue and perform Purchase Order maintenance using the USJ business information system.+Review Purchase Order acknowledgements for contract formation issues, and if any, addresses them appropriately.+Resolve discrepancies between suppliers and USJ, including quality (yard concerns) and invoicing issues.+Operate within the program budget for subcontract work and assigned purchase product lines. A Support for USJ Proposal efforts by obtaining potential project specific pricing for subcontract work and assigned purchase product lines.+Implementing Oracle ERP systems to Streamline business processes by working directly with principle architects, process practitioners, and business analysts to taylor the application to the business.Lead trainer for new ERP system rollout helping to enrich the To-Be process, pass the process over to the engineering team, and integrate existing or develop new composite services information that is required to enable development and process automation initiatives.