Purchasing Supervisor

Purchasing Supervisor

Requisition ID: 293551 

•  Relocation Authorized: None 
• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project 
• Work Location: Chennai

 

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Bechtel’s India offices support the execution of projects and services around the world. Working seamlessly with Bechtel’s global business units, project sites, customers, and suppliers, our teams have delivered more than 125 projects since 1994.  With offices in Gurgaon, Vadodara, and Chennai there are exciting career opportunities for candidates who are passionate about delivering projects that make a lasting, meaningful difference for people and communities around the world.

Job Summary:

Located at Various Bechtel India offices, provides supervision to a project team of assigned Purchasing personnel and performs tasks involved in the formation and administration of complex purchase orders. Prepares Purchasing master pro-forma documents and develops & monitors project workhour estimates. Participates in the planning, staffing, training and development of Purchasing personnel.

 

Job Dimensions:

Supervision Received

• Reports to and receives operational direction from Project Procurement Manager and/or assigned supervisor.
• At jobsite locations, reports to and receives direction from Project Field Procurement Manager.

Supervision Exercised

• Provides supervision to assigned Purchasing personnel.

Contacts:

• Maintains working relationships with project Procurement personnel and other project discipline supervisors.
• Maintains relationships with supplier personnel.
• Maintains contacts with global business unit Procurement personnel, including functional supervisors, and other Procurement supervisors of Expediting, Supplier Quality, Logistics and Field Procurement.

Major Responsibilities:

• Performs tasks involved in the formation and administration of complex purchase orders.
• Supervises assigned personnel in the orderly performance and completion of project procurement commitments through the several steps of bidding, evaluation, and award, in accordance with established policies and procurement procedures, in the Procurement administration functions of identified project purchases to ensure, in conjunction with other functional departments, performance of each order in accordance with the contracted terms and conditions and project requirements.
• Indoctrinates newly assigned Purchasing personnel to the requirements and procedures of the corporate, global business unit, project, and client. Ensure they receive appropriate training and development.
• Supervises preparation and maintenance of project bidder lists, ensuring input is received from all procurement functions and other operational groups.
• Reviews bid tabulations for accuracy, bidder recommendation, completeness, and approves selection of suppliers within delegated approval authority. Ensures all commitments made by subordinate personnel are accurately presented and have proper global business unit approval and signing authorities, as contained in the Procurement Procedures. Reviews and recommends bid selections that require higher Procurement approval authority. Executes commitments within delegated signing authority.
• Develops project purchases operating procedures for review by supervisor and inclusion into the project procurement procedures. Develops project workhour estimates for Purchasing function. Monitors project work and the expenditure of work hours within approved budgets.
• Develops and coordinates with Project Procurement manager the Purchasing personnel staffing plan so that staff are added and released in an orderly manner, in accordance with the project workload.
• Reviews prime contract between client and Bechtel and makes recommendations to ensure appropriate provisions are reflected in the general, special, and pricing conditions of the master Purchasing pro-forma documents.
• Develops, monitors, and maintains project master Purchasing pro-forma documents, including legal comments to commercial terms and conditions.
• Directs negotiations and prepares proposed negotiating plan in the commitment and resolution of commercial conditions of purchases when such action is agreed as necessary by the project procurement manager.
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Education and Experience Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering with 12 to 18 years of relevant industry experience in purchasing and expediting functions on Energy / Infrastructure / Mining & Metals / Manufacturing & Technology projects and 14 - 16 years of relevant work experience..
• Post - Graduate specialization in Supply Chain Management preferred 

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of the legal and commercial aspects of global procurement of equipment and materials.
• Experience, skill, or training in the function of supervising workload distribution and execution of the work, as well as personnel interviewing, selection, performance evaluation, career counseling when delegated, training.
• Skilled in working with and informing effectively with supervisors of other project functional groups.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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