Construction Purchase Manager

Responsibilities:

• Control spend and build a culture of long-term savings on procurement costs
• Monitors business trends and product availability to pay the best prices for company goods and services without sacrificing quality or delivery times
• Develop long-term procurement strategies and evaluate consequences
• Organize tenders – mainly for deliveries of MEP construction materials (HVAC, Electrical services, Sprinklers,..); gathers offers from various suppliers, does bid comparisons and further negotiates with the suppliers in order to get best possible rates; conclude frame agreements
• Expect unfavorable events through analysis of data and prepare control strategies
• Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements
• Find a perfect balance between investment costs per sq. m, operating costs, maintenance and repair costs for properties to function for period of 50 years at least
• Nurtures relationships with suppliers to negotiate the best prices and on-time deliveries
• Actively cooperates with other colleagues from Procurement, Project management, Design and Controlling
• Keep an overview of unit prices to identify opportunities for their continual reduction
• Provide suggestions on innovations of construction materials
• Track and report key functional metrics to reduce expenses and improve effectiveness

Requirements:

• Minimum qualification includes civil engineer / construction management or procurement background degree and minimum 3 years of relevant experience
• Experience with purchase of construction materials, or in real estate general, big advantage
• Focused and able to manage large portfolio of projects with strict adherence to budgets and deadlines, in a fast-paced environment
• Additional relevant technical skills; data analyst, math skills, good negotiator, team player
• Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques as well as a dexterity in “reading” the market
• Talent in negotiations and networking
• Perfect written and spoken English; excellent communication skills
• Advanced PC skills (MS Office, ERP systems)
• Aptitude in decision-making and working with numbers
• Looking for hard-working, hands-on person; trouble shooter; innovator

Start is possible immediately or a.s.a.p.

In case of interest, please share your CV in English with us. We will only contact selected candidates.