Purchasing Agent

Purchasing Agent - Heavy Mobile Equipment and related MRO, Supplies & Services

Summary

This position has purchasing responsibility for the following Categories: Heavy Mobile Equipment (Cranes, Loaders, Railcar Movers, Skid Steers & Forklifts) and related parts and service, Construction Services, Equipment Rental, Fuel, Uniform Rental Program and other Capex and MRO Categories. This position will report to a Purchasing Manager.

Primary Category Responsibilities

- Managing all aspects of the Supplier Relationship: Supplier Selection, Competitive Bidding, Negotiation, Transactional Activities, Supply Agreements and Performance Evaluation.

- For assigned categories, develop comprehensive strategies to drive total cost reduction. This includes effective implementation and on-going supplier and category management.

- Leading the effort with Operations to monitor and evaluate the suppliers' and equipment performance.

- Continually growing our technical knowledge in assigned categories and sharing this technical knowledge with Alter Operational departments as needed.

- Direct responsibility for certain transactional activities, including timely processing of POs and inventory transactions.

- Report to Management procurement activities, cost saving and achievement of inventory management goals

- Provide general support to operations and personally lead improvements and evaluations of assigned categories.

Other activities may include:

- MRO Parts Inventory Management

- Requires occasional domestic travel primarily in the Midwest

Education and Experience

- Bachelor’s degree

- 3-5 years of strong MRO, Services and Capex Purchasing experience including procurement processes and systems or other equivalent experience.

- Experience with MRO Inventory Management

- Past and on-going technical knowledge of assigned categories.

- Knowledge of Contract Terms and Conditions and the ability to work between the supplier and Alter’s Corporate Legal Department.

- Ability to manage the entire procure-to-pay process and the ability to resolve vendor payment issues for assigned categories.

- Ability to work in Cross Function and Center led Procurement environment

- Ability to work independently and to be a self-starter

- Attention to detail and excellent organization skills

- Established skills working with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint.