Construction Purchase Manager
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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.