Company Overview:
CB&I® is the world's leading designer and builder of storage facilities, tanks and terminals. With more than 60,000 structures completed throughout our 130-year history, we have the global expertise and strategically-located operations to provide customers world-class storage solutions for even the most complex energy infrastructure projects.
Overview:
The Associate Buyer is an individual contributor responsible for identifying varied sources of commodities and services, evaluate bids, awards contracts and purchase orders, maintains contact with vendors, and maintains comprehensive descriptions of available products and current prices of CB&I Storage Solutions' products and services. The role directly reports to the Sr Procurement Manager and routinely interacts with Engineering, Operations and Estimating. Responsibilities:
- Effectively exemplify the company's Leadership Competencies
- Actively seeks and utilizes an effective mentoring relationship(s)
- Establishes medium and long term career and personal development goals
- Enthusiastically seeks and accepts tasks and projects in rotations that allow for maximum experience and growth
- Proactively embraces and promotes the company's HSE requirement's and culture
- Prepares contract documents and bidders list.
- Assembles and distributes requests for quotation from vendors.
- Responsible for purchase of material and services at or below estimate using procurement processes while maintaining consistency with schedule requirements.
- Perform bid evaluations and issue purchase orders for basic commodities
- Negotiate basic purchase orders for regional purchases
- Assists with the evaluation, award and conforming process.
- Able to resolve simple claim or dispute events with vendors.
- May be responsible for soliciting budgetary pricing for equipment, material, or labor to support estimating/proposal efforts for a non-major project or projects.
Qualifications:
- All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
- Preferred Job Qualifications:
- 0-3 Years of relevant work experience.
- An entry level Professional (P1) applies broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education (3-4 year University degree).
- BA or BS degree in Supply Chain, Business, Technical / Engineering, Construction Management or related field (required).
Skills and Behaviors:
- Business presence and polish
- Knowledge of CB&I products and markets
- Proactively identifies and solves the complex problems
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Mentally agile and ability to multi-task and manage tight deadlines
- Proven negotiating ability with high emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated business partnering skills with the ability to influence the organization
- Adaptability and agility to learn and contribute in varying and complex environments
- A mature business and technical acumen coupled with a drive to achieve results
- Exceptional communication and presentation skill, both written and verbal
- Ability to work and build credibility across the business, up to and including senior management level
- Proactively embraces and promotes the company's values and culture, including diversity & inclusion and a healthy and safe work environment
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